I've always assumed that the major publishers use those reviews as a sort of advertisement. Bribe? Nah, not for just a few hundred dollars. I rarely write one of these reviews, only do so when I am already familiar with the book or the author, and I always send a copy of my review to the author -- I've had my suspicions that the author would never see the review if I did not do so. I have seen my reviews affect the final form of text books, but doubt they would if I did not correspond directly with the authors.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl L. Wuensch, Department of Psychology, East Carolina University, Greenville NC 27858-4353 Voice: 252-328-4102 Fax: 252-328-6283 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/klw.htm -----Original Message----- From: ROBERT [EMAIL PROTECTED]@MATHSCIENCE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 11:27 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: RE: Chronicle article - Selling Out: a Textbook Example Very interesting and certainly food for thought and topics for discussion on a number of different levels. For those of you who have published text books, is the perception that reviews (obtained by a publisher) have little influence on the final product and/or on the revision process a true/realistic perception? Rob Flint ---------------------------- Robert W. Flint, Jr., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology The College of Saint Rose --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
