Question About the Quality of a Book

[Wilkinson, C.]

There's also an interesting article about VDM, of which Betascript is an
imprint, at
http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2009/09/victoria-strauss-vdm-verlag-dr-mueller.html

C Wilkinson

On 7 May 2010 00:35, Wilkinson, C. <cxwilkinson at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Given the fact that there appears to be a sticker-style flash on the front
> cover proclaiming "High quality content by Wikipedia articles", I'd give it
> a miss.
>
> C Wilkinson
>
> On 7 May 2010 00:17, Leigh Kimmel <leighkimmel at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Greetings to everybody:
>>
>> I've got a bit of a problem, and any input would be helpful.
>>
>> While I was looking up another book to create a link in an essay, Amazon
>> gave me a page for a new book on Nikolai Yezhov: _Nikolai Yezhov: NKVD,
>> Great Purge, Maxim Gorky, Pseudonym, Bolshevik Revolution, Tsarist_ by
>> Lambert M. Surhone (Editor), Mariam T. Tennoe (Editor), Susan F. Henssonow
>> (Editor), published by Betascript Publishing.
>>
>> Does anybody know anything about this book, these authors, or this
>> publisher? The fact that it is already out of stock a month after it came
>> out makes me think it may be a Print on Demand book. This isn't necessarily
>> a danger sign (there are some very good small presses and micropresses that
>> use POD technology), but in combination with the product description that
>> seems to be the first part of a much longer summary arbitrarily cut off at
>> Amazon's word limit and the subtitle that looks more like a collection of
>> keywords to draw search engines, I have to admit I'm seeing an awful lot of
>> red flags.
>>
>> If this should somehow turn out to be a work that draws upon primary
>> sources that haven't been used in previous English-language works, and its
>> chief flaw is poor quality translation into English (or being written by
>> non-native speakers without a thorough editing by a native speaker for
>> idiomatic usage), then I'll consider trying to add it to my personal
>> library, since it makes some interesting claims. However, if it's something
>> tossed together from existing materials without any proper editing, I'd just
>> as soon save my scarce funds for better quality works and stick with the
>> biographies by Jansen and Getty.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>> --
>> Leigh Kimmel -- writer, artist, historian and bookseller
>> leighkimmel at yahoo.com     http://www.leighkimmel.com/
>> http://www.billionlightyearbookshelf.com/
>> http://www.amazon.com/shops/starshipcat/
>>
>>
>>
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