Yeah ... scientific publishers don't do that much editing anymore ... the whole scientific publishing industry is essentially obsolete already, but, "obvious" things take a while to happen in human society, so for the time being we still have to contend with it and the various social structures surrounding it...
On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Mike Archbold via AGI <[email protected]> wrote: > I think it is pretty rare for self-published books to get very far. > Of course it depends whose book it IS.... I think it is true, though, > that mainstream books often contain errors (this isn't a knock against > ANYONE in particular). Just about every book published now seems to > have one f-up or another. I've been trying to read Penrose's complete > guide to reality and it has a few sentences which don't work! > > > On 8/3/14, Ben Goertzel via AGI <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, rightly or wrongly, for this book I opted for the modicum of > academic > > legitimacy that comes from using a "real academic publisher" rather than > > self-publishing via Amazon, Lulu, etc. > > > > -- Ben G > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Juan Carlos Kuri Pinto < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> Thanks Ben. I would like to buy and read all your AI books. But they are > >> somewhat expensive in comparison to other books. Why don't you publish > >> them > >> on Kindle? Amazon is a very inexpensive publisher. ;) > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Ben Goertzel via AGI <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> Or see > >>> > >>> > >>> > http://lib.freescienceengineering.org/search.php?search_type=magic&search_text=engineering+general+intelligence&submit=Dig+for > >>> > >>> as someone just pointed out to me ;) > >>> > >>> ben > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>>> Uncorrected proofs, so some extra errors, but basically the same as > the > >>>> final version... > >>>> > >>>> Vol.2 comprises a 700 page or so "extended abstract" of the OpenCog AI > >>>> design .... > >>>> > >>>> http://goertzel.org/EGI_vol1..pdf.zip > >>>> > >>>> http://goertzel.org/EGI_vol2..pdf.zip > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Ben Goertzel, PhD > >>>> http://goertzel.org > >>>> > >>>> "In an insane world, the sane man must appear to be insane". -- Capt. > >>>> James T. Kirk > >>>> > >>>> "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery / None but ourselves can free > >>>> our minds" -- Robert Nesta Marley > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Ben Goertzel, PhD > >>> http://goertzel.org > >>> > >>> "In an insane world, the sane man must appear to be insane". -- Capt. > >>> James T. Kirk > >>> > >>> "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery / None but ourselves can free > >>> our minds" -- Robert Nesta Marley > >>> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > >>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/23601136-e0982844> | > >>> Modify > >>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> > >>> Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Ben Goertzel, PhD > > http://goertzel.org > > > > "In an insane world, the sane man must appear to be insane". -- Capt. > James > > T. Kirk > > > > "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery / None but ourselves can free > our > > minds" -- Robert Nesta Marley > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > > AGI > > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > > RSS Feed: > https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/11943661-d9279dae > > Modify Your Subscription: > > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/19237892-5029d625 > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD http://goertzel.org "In an insane world, the sane man must appear to be insane". -- Capt. James T. Kirk "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery / None but ourselves can free our minds" -- Robert Nesta Marley ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
