I’d like to thank everyone who’s responded so far. It is nice to know we weren’t alone in this. And I’m especially grateful to a Metapress representative who got back to me with a clarification.

 

The really good news is I was misinformed. The Bellwether Metapress site will be updated throughout 2013. It is confusing that T&F is slightly ahead in adding the issues, but we will be able to rely on Metapress through 2013 until the transition takes effect in 2014.

 

 

 

Hi all,

 

As of 2013 Taylor & Francis has taken over Bellwether Press’s journal titles, but, as I understand  it, they’re not going to fully take over the subscriptions until 2014.

 

However Taylor & Francis is hosting new issues on their site. For example they’ve just published the second issue of Urban Geography, which we subscribe to.

 

Because we paid Bellwether Press for our 2013 subscription we can’t access issues on the T&F site, which would be fine, but Bellwether isn’t adding any new issues. I’ve contacted Bellwether about this and was informed that they don’t have the rights to any new 2013 issues. Only Taylor & Francis can publish new issues. They’ve tried contacting T&F about this and haven’t gotten a response, and when I contact T&F I’m told I have to contact Bellwether. I’ve tried explaining the situation, but I still get the same answer.

 

We’re stuck because T&F won’t acknowledge payments made to Bellwether, and Bellwether can’t provide access because T&F is now the sole publisher.

 

Has anyone else had this problem?

 

 

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