Excellent post by Victorbab on the horrible problems of self-publishing. I hope that even the postmodernists who believe that all points of view have equal merit would make exceptions to recognize the seriousness of these problems as they relate to self-publishing and plagiarism. I still remember the plight of the first theoretical paper I sent for publication as a complete novice just out of medical school. While rejecting the paper one of the peer reviewers wrote:
"What is good in this paper is not new. What is new in it is not worth publishing." Cheers, Santosh --- Victor Rangel-Ribeiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frederick, > I agree with you that sometimes self-publishing > is the only way for a > writer to go in Goa. But I strongly feel that it > should be the final option, > after the professional (or commercial) publishing > houses have been tried. > > Surprisingly often, a commercial house will > turn down a manuscript for > a very valid reason: it is badly written. At the > lowest level of bad > writing, the manuscript may be riddled with > grammatical errors and > misspellings; at a higher level, the manuscript may > be letter-perfect, but > the author may have nothing worthwhile to say. > Unfortunately, many of us > writers are so dazzled by our own work that we > refuse to admit it may not be > worth publishing. >
