Tim, Academic journals rarely pay their authors of referees anything and demand copyright of what they print. They usually have hefty subscription fees.
Some journals seek to limit redistribution by the original authors too.
I am not sure whether O'Rielly is involved in this business. Duncan Duncan, No, we're not in the journals business. From what I know, though, this business is changing radically, with many journals becoming online-only. But you have to have some sympathy for companies whose business model is shifting out from under them. We're all learning our way in the new world we've unleashed on ourselves.