At 10:37 AM 10/29/01 +0000, Stevan Harnad wrote:
>On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, [identity removed] wrote:
>
>> Dear Stevan
>>
>> I just got a message from XXX who is putting together
>> something called the YYY. I think it's a good idea
>> except for the fact that the publisher is the Vanity Press of academia,
>> ZZZ. I can't stand ZZZ because of their outrageous pricing policies
>> (i.e., "charge $150 for a 100-page book and then only libraries can buy
>> them, but that's ok, we'll make money even if not a single individual ever
>> buys the ZZZ book") and ......
"Vanity Press" implies a publisher that produces a book on payment by the
book's author. This lot may be price gougers and inefficient, but they
don't sound like Vanity Press to me.
Fytton Rowland.
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