Note to Self: Invent New Pub­lish­ing Model:

Remark­ably, some of the edi­tors liked the book — “A mon­u­ment to schol­ar­ship,” “A tour de force,” “An incred­i­ble achieve­ment.” But no deal: there is just no way, they said, to make any money on such a book. Not even the insti­tu­tional pur­chasers — libraries that are basi­cally forced to buy obscure books — could make my propo­si­tion profitable.

The printed mono­graph is dying.

(Via Ed Vielmetti’s Vac­uum Blog.)