# academic books and public access to information email from: robert what to: alison gibbons de montfort university date: sun apr 27 2014 subject: public access to information and "the routledge companion to experimental literature" > dear dr. gibbons > hello > i'm a uk based amateur philosopher and writer and would like to ask what your thoughts are regarding the exorbitantly high prices of otherwise excellent sounding academic titles like "the routledge companion to experimental literature" - and how these prices relate to human rights of free public access to culturally relevant academic research > i'd love to read books such as yours but they're often (deliberately? -rob) priced well out of the range of most modern readers. this is saddening > i've also written to nina b. huntemann at suffolk university (boston) about "joystick soldiers" but in this case was basically told both publication and pricing are not concerns of the researchers involved - a notion i find puzzling and disconcerting > surely someone who writes a book or helps construct art of any human meaning and relevance whatsoever also actually wants to share that work with others? and if so surely they should have *some* say over who precisely represents those meanings to the public for them - and in ir name? > i await your reply with much interest (updater: still waiting) > sincerely robert what // video here // republic of bob