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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Cambridge Scholars Press is not exactly cheap (pace the Oz dollar), and I've been on a promotion committee where the chair argued that it is close to a vanity press.<BR>
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From: Peter Austin [<A HREF="mailto:pa2@soas.ac.uk">mailto:pa2@soas.ac.uk</A>]<BR>
Sent: Tue 19/10/2010 1:54 AM<BR>
To: Claire Bowern<BR>
Cc: r-n-l-d<BR>
Subject: Re: publisher of learner's guides?<BR>
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Claire<BR>
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Why don't you publish it yourself? Amazon offers a print on demand<BR>
service and produces high quality product for a reasonable price, and<BR>
pays a royalty to the author. When I was at CREDO in Marseilles last<BR>
week I saw the proof copy of a book they are producing that way --<BR>
colour cover, lots of illustrations and maps, high quality perfect<BR>
binding and all for 25 euros. Plus CREDO get a royalty for every copy<BR>
sold.<BR>
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Cambridge Scholars Press (<A HREF="http://www.c-s-p.org/home.htm">http://www.c-s-p.org/home.htm</A>) also does<BR>
print on demand. When I was in Melbourne earlier this year I talked to<BR>
Melbourne Uni Press about their new print on demand service for LDD<BR>
but it didn't work out economical enough for us. Might be worth a try<BR>
for your needs.<BR>
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Best,<BR>
Peter<BR>
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On 18 October 2010 14:25, Claire Bowern <clairebowern@gmail.com> wrote:<BR>
> Hi all,<BR>
> I'm trying to find a publisher for the Yan-nhangu learner's guide<BR>
> (Yan-nhangu's a Yolngu language) and it's turning out of be quite<BR>
> difficult! I want to publish it somewhere local if possible, and I<BR>
> don't want to use a vanity press.<BR>
> I've tried IAD press, but they sat on the ms for 18 months and then<BR>
> said they would need a subsidy and couldn't start working on it for 2<BR>
> years. Then I tried CDU Press; they made positive noises, then did<BR>
> nothing for a year, and then decided they couldn't take the ms after<BR>
> all). Aboriginal Studies Press don't have a single language book on<BR>
> their catalogue so I assume that's a no-go.<BR>
> Does anyone have suggestions for other publishers to try?<BR>
> Thanks!<BR>
> Claire<BR>
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> --<BR>
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> -----<BR>
> Claire Bowern<BR>
> Associate Professor<BR>
> Department of Linguistics<BR>
> Yale University<BR>
> 370 Temple St<BR>
> New Haven, CT 06511<BR>
> North American Dialects survey:<BR>
> <A HREF="http://pantheon.yale.edu/~clb3/NorthAmericanDialects/">http://pantheon.yale.edu/~clb3/NorthAmericanDialects/</A><BR>
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Prof Peter K. Austin<BR>
Marit Rausing Chair in Field Linguistics<BR>
Department of Linguistics, SOAS<BR>
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square<BR>
London WC1H 0XG<BR>
United Kingdom<BR>
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web: <A HREF="http://www.hrelp.org/aboutus/staff/index.php?cd=pa">http://www.hrelp.org/aboutus/staff/index.php?cd=pa</A><BR>
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