David Publishing

Fri Aug 26 16:02:36 UTC 2011

I know someone who used them.
She was not asked to pay for publication, but they pretty much 
published everything she handed them as is.
There was NO editorial process. They published every mistake and every 
typo she had in the MS, plus it seems they make some of their own.
I've seen their website. They have books there where they misspelled 
the title (in one case a chemical element).

Their primary niche seems to be books on esoteric chemistry and 
engineering processes (OK, esoteric to me ...).

This is NOT a peer-reviewed process, so if that matters to you, be 
aware.
-FR

On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:22:46 -0700
  Psy Ling <psyling at ymail.com> wrote:
> I got a email from another publisher (LAP). I can not figure out is 
>the same scheme as David Publishing?
> I have omitted real names and titles.
> ========================
> Уважаем... <real name>
> Я представляю Международный Издательский Дом, LAP Lambert Academic 
>Publishing. В ходе исследования в <real place>, я столкнулась с 
>упоминанием о Вашем исследовании на тему <real theme>.
> Мы являемся международным издательством, чья цель заключается в том, 
>чтобы сделать академические исследования доступными более широкой 
>аудитории. Статьи мы не издаём, так как материал публикуется в виде 
>самостоятельной книги. Мы можем издать сборник Вашей статей на одну 
>тематику, а также любой другой научный материал на Ваше усмотрение.
> Мы очень заинтересованы в издании Вашего научного труда в форме 
>монографии.
> Буду очень признательна, если Вы ответите, указав при этом Ваш 
>email-адрес, на который я смогу отправить письмо с подробной 
>информацией.
> Жду Вашего ответа!
> Елена Барба
> Acquisition Editor
> LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG
> Dudweiler Landstraße 99 66123 Saarbrücken  Germany
>  Fon +49 681 3720-310
>  Fax +49 681 3720-3109
> <real email>
>  / www.lap-publishing.com
> 
>  Handelsregister Amtsgericht Saarbrücken HRA 10752
>  General unlimited partner: VDM Management GmbH
>  Geschäftsführung: Dr. Wolfgang Müller, Christoph Schulligen, Esther 
>von Krosigk
> 
>  =====================================
> If someone knows something about this I will appreciate feedback.
> Psy Ling
> 
> 
>>________________________________
>>From: "Valentino, Russell" <russell-valentino at UIOWA.EDU>
>>To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
>>Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 8:10:37 PM
>>Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] David Publishing
>>
>>A law professor has something available online about another David 
>>Publishing journal, in which he notes that he went through the 
>>editorial process for his piece after it was accepted, then was asked 
>>to pay for the effort of editing/review that the journal had just 
>>gone through. Also, the email I received suggested I might want to 
>>take part in the editorial/review functions of the journal at some 
>>point. My impression of the business model: have the authors pay a 
>>subsidy, get academics to do the reviewing/editing, and sell to 
>>libraries. They have a lot of Chinese titles listed on their website. 
>>That and some other info on the site makes it look as if it is a 
>>Chinese-owned company, and that the Illinois address listed is a 
>>branch of some sort.
>>
>>Russell Valentino
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list 
>>[mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Park, Lynda
>>Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 11:54 AM
>>To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
>>Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] David Publishing
>>
>>I should be clearer.  It is a pay to publish solicitation.  Scam may 
>>be a strong word since I don't know much about David Publishing. None 
>>of the other learned society executive directors knew anything about 
>>David Publishing either, which made the unsolicited submission 
>>requests even more suspicious.
>>
>>Lynda
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Lewis B. Sckolnick [mailto:info at rectorpress.com]
>>Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 12:46 PM
>>To: East European Languages and Literatures list; Park, Lynda
>>Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] David Publishing
>>
>>Pay to publish can work if your ms has the quality.
>>
>>U Press friend publications are prostitution.
>>
>>
>>
>>> I also heard from other learned societies that this scam by "David 
>>>Publishing" is going around.  It is a pay to publish scam.
>>>
>>>
>>> Lynda Park, Executive Director
>>> Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies 
>>>(formerly 
>>> AAASS) 203C Bellefield Hall University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 
>>> 15260-6424 USA
>>> (412) 648-9788 (direct), 648-9911 (main)
>>> (412) 648-9815 (fax)
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: SEELANGS: Slavic&  East European Languages and Literatures 
>>>list 
>>> [mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Konecny
>>> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 12:01 PM
>>> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
>>> Subject: [SEELANGS] David Publishing
>>>
>>> Dear Seelangers,
>>> I just got an unsolicited submission request from the History 
>>>Research journal for a paper I gave at AATSEEL. The email looked a 
>>>bit strange with some language problems. I googled David Publishing 
>>>and several people are reporting it is a pay to publish scam. I did 
>>>not reply to the email and have no first hand knowledge of whether it 
>>>is a scam or not, but I thought I might at least raise the issue 
>>>among my colleagues.
>>>
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