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Post by Sock puppet on Apr 28, 2014 21:56:38 GMT -5
Avoid CSP. It's not vanity, but it's not good. Go Lexington or Ashgate or Lynn Reinner or Routledge if you must. If you can't land at one of those, then just chop it up into articles/chapters and move on.
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Post by hello to SP on Apr 28, 2014 22:49:19 GMT -5
Avoid CSP. It's not vanity, but it's not good. Hey, sock puppet, it's been a while since we've heard from you. I appreciated many of the comments that you made last fall. It would be cool if you would register, because it would be easy for somebody to sock puppet your handle here! This board is much stronger (and the advice is more credible) when post-market folks like you participate. (Apologies if this note is hijacking the thread!)
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Post by sock puppet on Apr 29, 2014 8:11:16 GMT -5
Well, thanks. That is very nice of you to say. I try to give good advice when I can. I used this board for advice to get a job, to publish the diss, and to get tenure. I've been following it since its first iteration. To job candidates, I know the whole process is opaque, and frustrating that being good at one stage (coursework, dissertation, teaching, job search, articles, book, tenure) doesn't guarantee being able to advance to the next. I'm sorry for that. I wish it weren't.
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Post by Bob on Oct 14, 2014 13:05:36 GMT -5
Cambridge Scholars Press is most assuredly not a serious academic press in the traditional sense. But, interestingly, one thing I've noticed recently is emeritus academics pumping out lots of books with them. Presumably some of that stuff is quite decent, and it is just that the emeriti want to see there backlogs of research in some sort of print ASAP. Whether that is going to build the reputation and ability to be selective of the press over time, I dunno, but it's two years since this thread and publication generally is in worse shape than ever.
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Post by Allen on Oct 21, 2014 13:45:10 GMT -5
I have published with Cambridge Scholars, and I can highly recommend them for their quick but professional service. The fact that they call themselves Cambridge Scholars is not a deceit, but a reflection of the people who originally established the press.
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Post by real world scholar on Dec 15, 2014 10:02:38 GMT -5
New to this thread. Publishing is so expensive these days that it feels like pay-to-play with some second-tier presses. My experience with CSP, who never overstated their reputation, is that my volume is in libraries in more countries than my volume published by a tier-three press. It is more widespread than a volume by a friend who published with a major university press. The point of publishing is to share our research findings with other scholars. I'm far more pleased with the distribution of CSP. My volume is not only in US/EU nations but also in nations like Thailand, Russia, China, Afghanistan, Uruguay, Japan, etc. I have no illusions of being a rising star or of purchasing a Mercedes with my royalties. In the real world, more scholars are in the trenches of the war against ignorance in our countries.
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Post by shilling on Dec 15, 2014 13:30:11 GMT -5
The point of publishing your work in outlets that are widely recognized as reputable is to maintain your career prospects. Having a book from CSP or another press viewed with suspicion will undermine your chances of getting a job or promotion.
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Post by Peter Ellis on Oct 17, 2015 17:55:36 GMT -5
I can't believe there are still people out there that actually use this cheap looking press. Don't waste your time with these no-hopers.
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Post by depends on Oct 18, 2015 11:35:17 GMT -5
There are some places, usually teaching oriented or in other countries, where the press does not matter much, they just want you to have something. That's why some people do it, I assume.
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An old discussion, but...
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Post by An old discussion, but... on Aug 9, 2021 10:07:16 GMT -5
This isn't a complicated issue. Any school that wants a book for tenure won't accept anything published by CSP. If you're desperate to see something in print (so that you can show it to your relatives or whatever), go ahead and publish with them. But don't expect the work to be taken seriously by scholars. It's not a question of the right or wrong "wrapper"; peer review exists for a reason.
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