Timeline for Received a book review request, how to know if publisher is credible?
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| Jun 10, 2015 at 14:27 | comment | added | Ketan | @StephanKolassa thanks for caring enough to rethink and elaborate your answer, I really appreciate this. I have not been given the name of the author. I will contact the publisher and ask about it. | |
| Jun 10, 2015 at 10:57 | history | edited | Stephan Kolassa | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 10, 2015 at 10:47 | history | edited | Moriarty | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 10, 2015 at 7:03 | comment | added | Stephan Kolassa | @Ketan: I don't know whether you are notified of edits in answers to your questions. I did think of something that can hurt you in reviewing for unethical publishers, and I edited my answer accordingly. | |
| Jun 10, 2015 at 7:02 | history | edited | Stephan Kolassa | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 5, 2015 at 20:44 | vote | accept | Ketan | ||
| Jun 5, 2015 at 15:15 | comment | added | keshlam | Note that being a technical reviewer for a book is a slightly different matter, involving more work but you get paid for the task. Even there, though, your reputation isn't particularly affected. | |
| Jun 5, 2015 at 14:12 | comment | added | Stephan Kolassa | So suppose you review a bad book, and write in your review that it is a bad book. I am a bit unclear on why you would be afraid of this outcome. Likely enough a problematic publisher won't want to draw attention to a review that pointed out the flaws in one of their books. (I recently reviewed the worst Springer book I ever saw for JORS. I don't think my review will make it on the publicity page for that particular book.) | |
| Jun 5, 2015 at 14:02 | comment | added | Ketan | Thanks for the answer. I care because my name gets associated with the publisher. So, I thought I should know more about them before doing any business with them. | |
| Jun 5, 2015 at 13:39 | history | answered | Stephan Kolassa | CC BY-SA 3.0 |