Re: Using Kickstarter to fund Our PLoS One Publication Fee for our experiments

Thanks everyone! We're almost there at $954 of $1350 reached. This may
be the first "community-supported" publication through a venue like
Kickstarter. Let's hope this is just the beginning....
Cheers,
Tim

On Dec 30, 12:25 pm, Laurie <kello...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm in.  I posted it on my fb page as well, hope that's okay!
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> On Dec 29, 12:43 pm, "Tim @ Backyard Brains" <t...@backyardbrains.com>
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> > Hello fellow Biologists,
> > Over the past year my colleague Greg and I have been working on a
> > manuscript describing the development and educational use of our
> > neuroscience hardware ("The SpikerBox"). Since we want teachers and
> > amateurs to have access to the article, it is critical that we publish
> > in an open-access journal. We ultimately decided on PLoS One, and
> > after a few rounds of review over the past 6 months, we found out two
> > days ago our work was accepted!
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> > We are now trying a new experiment. Our hardware/software is open-
> > source, our journal is open-access, so why not "crowd-source" the
> > publication and get the public more involved in the scientific
> > publication process? PLoS One charges $1350 for publication, so we
> > have started a kickstarter fund (deadline in 13 days) to raise the
> > money. Contributors, regardless of level, will be included in the
> > paper's acknowledgements.
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> >http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2067585958/backyard-brains-operat...
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> > I know PLoS One offers waivers, but it's not really about being able
> > to afford it or not (I really don't want PLoS One to just swallow the
> > cost, as they have to keep lights on too). We'd like to set a
> > precedent where the community, if they are interested in a project,
> > can help fund a project's dissemination and publication. My teacher
> > colleagues have asked about this, and as you all know, the number of
> > open access journals is still pretty limited. Let's see if this works,
> > to the NeuroRevolution!
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> > Tim
> > co-founder,
> > Backyard Brains

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