On October 5, the AIP sent the attached letter to Jan Marwan abruptly cancelling the New Energy Technology Symposium Proceedings. See the letter and a memo from Marwan, below.
We will probably upload the papers from these proceedings to LENR-CANR.org. We will probably do this soon, since the AIP's decision appears to be irrevocable. This is disappointing. Marwin did a lot of work on these proceedings, and they would have enhanced the status of cold fusion. We do not know why the AIP cancelled. I can speculate that someone opposed to cold fusion is behind the decision, but I have no knowledge of that. - Jed - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Maya Flikop Director Special Publications and Proceedings American Institute of Physics Suite 1NO1, 2 Huntington Quadrangle Melville , NY 11747 October 5, 2010 Dr. Jan Marwan Forschung & Entwicklung Rudower Chaussee , 29 D-12489 Berlin, GERMANY Dear Dr. Marwan: Having received the technical presentation and PDF files related to the “New Energy Technology Symposium”, AIP’s Publisher’s Office has had a chance to evaluate the contents of the material presented. Based on this evaluation, AIP has decided to exercise its right under Section C.1(a) of the Publishing Contract to decline publishing the proceedings and materials as an AIP publication. As an accommodation to the Symposium Organizers, AIP would be willing to facilitate the printing of the Volume book for the attendees of the Symposium, including the title page, table of contents, and index, which will be otherwise prepared in accordance with the technical specifications. Because we are declining the print or electronic publication of such materials as an AIP publication, we will not seek any copyright rights, nor will AIP include its name on the book materials. If the Symposium Organizers would like to have the Volume book printed, AIP can prepare and provide such print proceedings at a reduced price of $27 per copy. This reduction in price is being offered strictly as a courtesy. The Symposium Organizers are also free to find another printer or publisher for its materials. As an additional courtesy to assist the Symposium with finding a suitable publisher, AIP can provide you with a PDF file of the entire Volume so that you may use it at your discretion for online applications. No affiliation with AIP should be stated or implied in connection with any such publication. Please let me know if you would like any of the books printed, and if so, how many. If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact me. I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks and best regards, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dear colleagues, Same as you I am disappointed that at final stage our AIP conference proceedings, although already published on the AIP web site (Table of content, title, abstract, ISBN and price), has been declined. As you noticed, from the email by the AIP that I forwarded to you, the director of the AIP publishing service is missing a detailed explanation for her unexpected decision. I leave it to you to require specific details on that issue from the AIP. Jed Rothwell suggested to publish this volume on his website and Scott Chubb suggested to publish it in his journal. I am sending both the whole volume that I submitted to the AIP on June 29. Jan Marwan
