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What is an offprint and why was it important in the humanities? This article will approach this question in five steps. Following some terminological remarks and an overview of the format’s history...
- Carlos Spoerhase
- 2020
- Separate Copies in The Eighteenth Century
- Separate Copies in The Nineteenth Century
- No Longer Just For Private Circulation…
- What About The Proceedings?
- In The Twentieth Century
‘Separate copies’ of papers originated as private arrangements between the author and the printer, with the author paying the cost of additional copies. Surviving copies suggest that this practice was in existence for the Philosophical Transactionsat least as early as 1708 (see comment below from Gregory S. Girolami). Such arrangements continued to...
During the nineteenth century, the numbers of separate copies provided, and the ways in which they could be used, were often discussed. In 1802, there was a contretemps between the president, Joseph Banks, and William Nicholson, the editor of Journal of Natural Philosophy about whether it was legitimate to reprint material from the separate copies ...
Until 1875, all the ‘separate copies’ in existence were for the authors’ private use. But in that year, apparently as a result of a suggestion from Charles Darwin to his friend, Joseph D. Hooker (then President of the Royal Society), a small number were made available for commercial sale by a bookseller. It was hoped this would make the articles in...
Separate copies had initially been provided only for Transactions, but in the 1860s, the question was raised of separate copies for the ‘abstracts’ and short papers that appeared in the Proceedings. In 1871, it was agreed that Proceedings authors would be furnished with 50 copies of a paper, and 25 copies of an abstract, free of charge (RS CMP/4, 1...
It is also clear that the theoretical limit of 100 free and 150 paid-for copies could be breached, despite regular reiterations of the rule in early twentieth-century Council meetings. In 1910, for instance, Frederick Mott was granted permission to purchase 500 additional copies of his Transactionspaper on human trypanosomiasis, so that they could ...
The offprint is in decline as a means of scientific communication in the age of the pdf, but signed offprints are important sources of data in curatorial and historical research.
An author who publishes a paper is expected to share materials related to that publication to other scientists for research purposes, but that does not prevent an author from seeking intellectual property rights protection in order to realize the commercial value of those materials.
- 2003
Offprints serve multiple purposes within the academic and scientific community. Firstly, they allow researchers to distribute their findings to their peers and colleagues, enabling them to share the latest advancements in their respective fields.
In this final chapter, we argue that authors who manage their own professional development, pursue a research agenda, and implement strategies to extend their “academic footprint” are better equipped, not only to survive but also to thrive in Academia.
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Most publishers seem to realize that offprints of articles in periodicals serve to promote their publication rather than compete economically with it.
