[Hidden-tech] On Demand Publishing

[Shel Horowitz]

At 10:16 AM -0400 7/24/09, Jessica Payne wrote:
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>I've been approached by a German company, VDM Publishing House 
>(www.vdm-publishing.com) to submit a manuscript for possible 
>publication.  VDM specializes in making unpublished social science 
>research reports and dissertations available to specialists in 
>manuscripts that are listed and available for direct purchase 
>through Amazon.  Texts are reviewed by in-house staff but not 
>outside experts and tend to be minimally edited/revised.
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>Does anyone have experience with on demand publishing/publishing 
>companies or have a sense of the pros and cons of this type of 
>non-peer reviewed publishing?
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>Jessica Payne, Ph.D.
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Jessica, there's a big difference between on-demand printing vs. 
on-demand publishing. In general, I'd be careful of anyone who asks 
you to pay for publishing with their ISBN. There are times and 
companies where this makes sense, but more times when it doesn't.

I'm not directly familiar with VDM, but some questions you might ask:
* What are all costs?
* What revenues will come to you?
* How will they market?
* How many do they typically sell?
* What rights do they take, and what do they leave to you?
* What will they be doing for you that you can't easily do yourself 
or with the help of an expert, possibly better and cheaper?

I consult on this sort of thing, and am taking the liberty of sending 
info privately about that. It'll come from my PrincipledProfit 
address.
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