Free access to content from over 3,000 arts and humanities journals not enough? There will still be times, of course, that call for a flourish of the cheque-book or a PayPal ping. Steven Schroeder wanted to spend some money on journal subscriptions…

“You know, for all the moaning journals (mostly university-affiliated) do about how they won’t ever get subscribers, a surprising number of them aren’t making it easy to get subscriptions. I had a little money burning a hole in my pocket yesterday and decided to buy some new subscriptions — my only condition was that I be able to buy them online. […] You might as well be asking [potential subscribers] to chip their request on a stone tablet or send it via Pony Express. By my rough estimate, maybe 20% of university-affiliated journals have the ability to purchase online through their websites.”