University Presses: In A Death Spiral?

The reality is that “university presses aren’t just being hurt by the bad economy, but by changes in reader habits. While many continue to discuss the primacy of the printed book, some see grave danger for university presses holding on to the print model — with one speaker going so far as to predict a ‘death spiral’ for presses if they don’t move within the next few years to an online, free model.”