It's been awhile now since I have reviewed a book, but in the past I have seen some of my suggestions appear in the new edition. At least sometimes the publishers use the information we provide. -- Doug Wallen, Psychology Dept. (507) 389-5818 Minnesota State University, Mankato [EMAIL PROTECTED] 23 Armstrong Hall Mankato, MN 56001
> From: "Wuensch, Karl L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:45:47 -0400 > To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Chronicle article - Selling Out: a Textbook Example > > 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] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
