[OT] Packtpub?

[Peter Haworth]

So did I.  I think they're just trolling the email list/forum.

I turned them down because the title of the book indicated it was about
mobile development and I know nothing about that.

Pete
lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>


On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Phil Davis <revdev at pdslabs.net> wrote:

> Hi Richmond,
>
> They published Colin's book last year. That all I know about them.
>
> I received an email from them too, similar to yours. Not sure how to
> respond.
>
> Best -
> Phil Davis
>
>
> On 7/9/13 12:20 PM, Richmond wrote:
>
>> Packtpub, apparently an India-based published operation concerned largely
>> with computer stuff
>> have asked me to be involved in editing a publication.
>>
>> What is unclear to me, and they don't seem to want to answer . . .
>>
>>  . . . is what their academic standing is as well as the extent of their
>> market reach.
>>
>> What is also unclear is how they select their editors as they have made
>> no enquiry as to an academic qualifications I may have, years of experience
>> in the field and so on. This strikes me as very odd indeed.
>>
>> "I came across your discussion, and felt that you would be an ideal
>> person to review this book for us."
>>
>> Is opaque in the extreme: what discussion? where? and what on earth would
>> that actually tell you
>> about either my ability to review a publication or my academic bona fides
>> vis-a-vis computer programming.
>>
>> Now all they are offering me for my work seems to be a hard copy of the
>> book plus another from their
>> "stable" of publications. That is all very jolly, but it is not what
>> motivates me; what does is the fact that my
>> c.v. has got a bit thin on the ground recently, and the odd editorship
>> and/or publication would spice things
>> up a bit when/if I decide to apply for a new job.
>>
>> What I am really wondering is whether this will have any sort of clout in
>> a c.v at all, or is just a bit of
>> fun to get a couple of books.
>>
>> Richmond.
>>
>> ______________________________**_________________
>> use-livecode mailing list
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your
>> subscription preferences:
>> http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecode<http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode>
>>
>>
> --
> Phil Davis
>
>
> ______________________________**_________________
> use-livecode mailing list
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your
> subscription preferences:
> http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecode<http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode>
>