Scholarly communications: the intersection of research and commerce -- The scientific journal: a historical perspective to modern times -- The scholarly book: its hard times and rise again -- Secondary publishing: from abstracting and indexing to access and information -- The rise and fall of the CD-ROM technology -- The birth of online: the Internet and the Web change scholarly communication -- Traditional economics of academic publishing -- Institutional buyers, scholars, and open access: a continuing story -- Big data, big science, and social academic networks -- The rise of work flow systems.