Sara Kate
It may be 'standard publishing procedure' but it is not right for a two
billion dollar company to be indemnified for unlimited risk by an old
age pensioner however small the risk. if you insist on it I will have
to withdraw the contribution.
I will be urging my colleagues, many of whom may not have spotted your
clause or fully realized its implications, not to submit work to
publishers who insist on unlimited indemnity.
Stephen Salter
Emeritus Professor of Engineering Design
Institute for Energy Systems
School of Engineering
Mayfield Road
University of Edinburgh EH9 3JL
Scotland
Tel +44 131 650 5704
Mobile 07795 203 195
www.see.ed.ac.uk/~shs
On 13/05/2011 15:23, Heukerott, Sara Kate, Springer US wrote:
Dear Professor Salter,
Thank you for your e-mail. It is Springer policy that the indemnity
clause be included in our publishing agreements, and we cannot make
exceptions to this rule. As I mentioned in my earlier e-mail to you,
this is standard publishing procedure, and the clause is included in
most publishing agreements, not just at Springer. You have been
chosen as a contributor to the Encyclopedia because we feel that you
are a leading member of your community. All that you are expected to
do is to exercise the same judgment you would for any scientific
publication. Many thanks in advance for your assistance and
understanding.
Kind regards,
Sara Kate
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Springer
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*From:* Stephen Salter [mailto:[email protected]]
*Sent:* Thursday, May 05, 2011 5:32 AM
*To:* Heukerott, Sara Kate, Springer US
*Cc:* Sustainability, Encyclopedia REO; Packer, David, Springer US
*Subject:* Re: Robert Meyers (ed.) Encyclopedia of Sustainability
Science and Technology (Springer, 2011) | Invitation to Contribute
Dear Dr Meyers
If it is hard for you to imagine that there would be litigation then
you would not object to the removal of the clause. I will do this and
upload the agreement.
Best wishes
Stephen Salter
Emeritus Professor of Engineering Design
Institute for Energy Systems
School of Engineering
Mayfield Road
University of Edinburgh EH9 3JL
Scotland
Tel +44 131 650 5704
Mobile 07795 203 195
www.see.ed.ac.uk/~shs <http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/%7Eshs>
On 04/05/2011 22:02, Heukerott, Sara Kate, Springer US wrote:
Dear Professor Salter,
I hope that this e-mail finds you well. Allow me to introduce myself
as an Editorial Assistant working with Springer Executive Editor David
Packer on the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology.
The indemnity clause included in your Contributor's Agreement is a
standard clause and is included in most publishing agreements. All
that you are being asked to do is to exercise the same scientific
judgment that all members of the scientific community exercise when
they publish scholarly work.
We include the indemnity clause because we cannot be in a position to
judge the appropriateness of material in so many different areas of
research, whereas you, as a specialist in the subject on which you are
writing, can far better exercise such judgment. However, it is hard
for us to imagine that there would be litigation over a piece of
scientific literature of the sort that you will be contributing to the
Encyclopedia. We hope that this helps to allay your concerns over the
inclusion of this clause in the Agreement. Please do not hesitate to
contact me if you have any further questions or concerns.
With all best wishes,
Sara Kate
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Sara Kate Heukerott
Springer
Editorial Assistant, Physics
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233 Spring Street, 7^th Floor | New York, NY 10013 | USA
tel 212-460-1688
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
www.springer.com <http://www.springer.com>
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*From:* Stephen Salter [mailto:[email protected]]
*Sent:* Mon 5/2/2011 11:44
*To:* Sustainability, Encyclopedia REO
*Subject:* Re: Robert Meyers (ed.) Encyclopedia of Sustainability
Science and Technology (Springer, 2011) | Invitation to Contribute
Dear Dr Meyers
Following comments from Tim Lenton I have modified and uploaded my
contribution to your encyclopaedia. However I have now read the
publishing agreement as carefully as I should have done earlier and
noticed that in the final paragraph of clause 6 that you want
unlimited indemnity for all legal costs that might arise.
The probability of litigation is low but geoengineering has given rise
to heated disputes, even death threats, and the probability of
vexatious litigation is not as low as for general material. I am not
willing to take an infinitely large risk. I hope that it will be
possible for you to modify the clause.
Stephen Salter
Emeritus Professor of Engineering Design
Institute for Energy Systems
School of Engineering
Mayfield Road
University of Edinburgh EH9 3JL
Scotland
Tel +44 131 650 5704
Mobile 07795 203 195
www.see.ed.ac.uk/~shs <http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/%7Eshs>
On 04/10/2010 15:48, Sustainability, Encyclopedia REO wrote:
Dear Dr. Salter,
We are contacting you on behalf of the Editorial Board of the
*Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology* to be
published by Springer Science + Business Media.
We would like to introduce ourselves as the Springer editors
responsible for the development of the project.
We are pleased to inform you that Dr. Timothy Lenton and Dr. Naomi
Vaughan, our Section Editors for the section /*Climate Change
Remediation,*/ together with our Editor-in-Chief Dr. Robert A. Meyers
have nominated you as the logical and distinguished colleague to write
an article on
*"Cloud Albedo Enhancement for Solar Radiation Management" *
(about 10.000 to 24.000 words plus additional figures and table, in MS
Word or LaTex) .
The Encyclopedia is planned as the most comprehensive volume on the
subject and is aimed at a university and professional audience.
Publication is planned for Fall 2011.
The Board also enthusiastically concurred in your selection.
For questions about the contents, you may contact Dr. Lenton, Dr.
Vaughan or Dr Meyers at any time.
Additionally, please consult our webpage
http://refworks.springer.com/Sustainability for a detailed description
of the Aims and Scope as well as a complete listing of our Board and
Section Editors which includes several Nobel Laureates.
Instructions to authors and a sample article can also be viewed on the
webpage.
The authors of each entry may choose one of the following honoraria:
1.) free access to the online version of the Encyclopedia for Lead
Author and Co-authors; or
2.) an honorarium of $200 to Lead Author; or
3.) $500 in Springer books to Lead Author for participation.
We need your manuscript in about 3 months *.*
We look forward to working together with you on this project. If you
have any questions about the contract, editorial style or schedule
please do not hesitate to contact us anytime!
We look forward to hearing from you within a week's time.
Sincerely,
Anil Chandy
Sunali Mull
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