quick poll re offprints of book reviews

[Donald Barton Johnson]

Dear Sibelan, (oh, that name)
        After 35 years of review writing, my experience suggests that
review off-prints are pointless in the age of xerox -- perhaps with the
exception of substantial review-articles. In fact I don't see much use for
off-prints of articles. It's simply an additional expense and bother for
the journals and apart from a couple of copies for files and promotion
cases they serve little purpose.                Best, Don Johnson

D. Barton Johnson
Department of Germanic, Slavic and Semitic Studies
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