Publisher note

[William Nickell]

Hi all,

I have had a better experience with Live From Moscow, but must chime in here 
that the video in the revised edition was not to be outdone by the audio--it 
was actually lower quality than the VHS that preceded it, and  I continued 
to use the old tape.

Bill Nickell


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Denner" <mdenner at STETSON.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Publisher note


> Lisa,
> I'm sure to sound strident here...
>
> Was it the authors' fault that, when KH saw fit (finally after five or six 
> years) to produce a "second edition" of _Live from Moscow_, it consisted 
> exclusively in replacing the cassette tape with a CD which was 
> significantly INFERIOR in quality to the original cassette tape? (Y'all 
> apparently just pointed a cheap cassette player at a microphone -- one can 
> hear the sounds of buttons clicking). Moreover, the CD lacked track points 
> (just one long file), thus making it nearly useless? (My poor students had 
> to fast-forward through the CD, looking for the next exercise.)
>
> Since you left the textbook itself unchanged-with a not inconsiderable 
> number of serious errors and embarrassingly dated-the "second edition" of 
> the textbook was actually worse than the first.
>
> But it cost more. And drove out the first edition.
>
> Was that attributable to the authors' failings? Or will you perhaps admit 
> that KH was at fault?
>
> Am I the only language instructor who feels ill used by the industry?
>
> ~mad
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list 
> [mailto:SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Lisa O'Mara
> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 12:38 PM
> To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
> Subject: [SEELANGS] Publisher note
>
> FYI, if there is problems with a textbook and the release date. Please
> do not jump the conclusion that it is always the publisher. Sometimes
> the author(s) do not hit their target dates, therefore we can not print
> something that isn't finished, as in the case with Live from Russia.
>
>
>
> Lisa O'Mara
>
> Assistant Project Editor
>
>
>
> Kendall Hunt Professional Publishing
>
> 4050 Westmark Dr.
>
> Dubuque, Iowa 52002
>
> 563-589-1009
>
> 1-800-258-2363
>
> lomara at kendallhunt.com
>
>
>
>
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