[OT] Packtpub?

[J. Landman Gay]

I got one too, they write me a couple of times a year. I reviewed a book 
outline for them once. They don't pay for any of that.

On 7/9/13 2:31 PM, Phil Davis 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.
>>
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