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Good point. However, some publishers still do copy edit the accepted papers, for example journals published by the American Mathematical Society.
– user4511
Commented Jan 17, 2014 at 20:53
Good answer, but I doubt the saved money meant lower prices. Without copyediting (and with only free peer review) we have journals run for next to nothing.
– Blaisorblade
Commented Sep 12, 2016 at 1:56

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