I used David Myer's intro text through several editions (which must have involved several thousand copies sold, what with the huge class sizes) and, at one point, was asked to review the next edition. The fee? As I recall it was about $300, or about what I would have earned selling lemonade in front of my house (if one figures in the hours). I think most reviewers accept assignments because of an interest in reading that particular manuscript. I like to hope that most publishers get reviews to help the author create the best possible book that will attract adopters who have critically reviewed their options.
Patricia Keith-Spiegel, PhD --- "Wuensch, Karl L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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]
