Question ID:PT66 S4 Q8 Passage:A significant amount of the acquisition budget of a typical university library is spent on subscriptions to scholarly journals. Over the last several years, the average subscription rate a library pays for such a journal has increased dramatically, even though the costs of publishing a scholarly journal have remained fairly constant. Obviously, then, in most cases publishing a scholarly journal must be much more profitable now than it was several years ago. Stem:Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument? Correct Answer Choice:DChoice A:Many university libraries have begun to charge higher and higher fines for overdue books and periodicals as a way of passing on increased journal subscription costs to library users. Choice B:A university library's acquisition budget usually represents only a small fraction of its total operating budget. Choice C:Publishing a scholarly journal is an expensive enterprise, and publishers of such journals cannot survive financially if they consistently lose money. Choice D:Most subscribers to scholarly journals are individuals, not libraries, and the subscription rates for individuals have generally remained unchanged for the past several years. Choice E:The majority of scholarly journals are published no more than four times a year.