Today, some papers are published in journals that make papers immediately free upon publication and cover costs by charging authors a fee. (sciencemag.org)
A growing number of funders are paying author fees on behalf of the scientists they support, but this approach is still far from becoming mainstream. (scientificamerican.com)
Also similar to the Kindle Store, these sites may pay authors a royalty for each ebook sale and usually charge authors a fee for order processing. (toughnickel.com)