Academia is “publish or perish” because we are rarely paid for what we publish, we publish in order to get pay raises and permanent jobs. The majority of what we publish is read only by other academics. The textbook industry (elementary and higher ed) is driven by publishers.
Academia is “publish or perish” because we are rarely paid for what we publish, we publish in order to get pay raises and permanent jobs. The majority of what we publish is read only by other academics. The textbook industry (elementary and higher ed) is driven by publishers.