[Air-L] Experiences on publishing with Lexington

[Patrick Williams]

Dear Susan and other interested parties,

Apologies in advance for playing devil's advocate here, but proofreading is
the responsibility of the author/editor unless a special agreement has been
made for the publisher to do it. Typically the author/editor will pay for
such service, either up front or through royalty deductions. So a couple of
follow-up questions are in order to clarify what happened in your case.
Note I'm assuming you were not the editor of the book since you wrote, "I
contributed a chapter to a book."

1) were the grammatical errors yours originally, or did somebody at
Lexington change what you wrote and thereby introduced the errors? If they
were your errors, were you given a chance to to see proofs and make
corrections to them? If yes, did you make corrections that were
subsequently ignored by Lexington? If no, was this because Lexington didn't
send proofs to the editors, or because the editors didn't send proofs to
you?

2) were the formatting errors (e.g., the table of contents) brought to
Lexington's attention during the proofing stage, or after the proofs had
been finalized and the book was printed?

I think understanding the details here will help others decide about how to
judge Lexington's publishing practices.


Cheers,

-p.


> ________________________________
> From: Susan Benesch <susan.benesch at gmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 5:32 PM
> To: Kristin Dagmar Eckert
> Cc: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Experiences on publishing with Lexington
>
> Hi Stine,
> (replying all since the info may be useful to others)
> I would avoid Lexington at all costs, I'm afraid. I contributed a chapter
> to a book that they published - with flagrant errors, not only of grammar
> but even of formatting e.g. large gaps in the Table of Contents. We brought
> this to the attention of Lexington, but they didn't seem fazed.
>
> Best wishes,
> Susan.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Kristin Dagmar Eckert <
> stine.eckert at wayne.edu<mailto:stine.eckert at wayne.edu>> wrote:
> Hi All
>
>
> I am searching for scholars who have had publishing experiences with
> Lexington (subsidiary of Rowman & LIttlefield). I am interested in their
> publishing process for monographs. Please e-mail me off list (
> stine.eckert at wayne.edu<mailto:stine.eckert at wayne.edu>) if you are willing
> to share your insights.
>
>
> Thank you!
>
>
> Take care,
>
> Stine
>
>
> Stine Eckert, Ph.D.
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