Posting book announcements on the Siouan list (fwd)

[Koontz John E]

I received this enquiry.  I told Mr. Schiavo only announcements of
publications on Siouan languages would be really appropriate and that I
was personally of the opinion that it would be better to keep book
announcements out entirely.  I recommended SSILA as a better alternative.

However, I thought I should ask the list subscribers what they thought.
I don't think it's so much an issue of volume or length of submission.
We probably err in all directions already - too much, too little, too
long, too short, depending on who and when ...  For me it's more a
question of whether you want direct commercial attention, however apt,
modest and scholarly, through this channel.

Perversely, if someone reposted an announcement or a review that wouldn't
bother me.  It's the difference between somebody coming up and asking me
if I'd like to buy a book and an acquaintance recommending one.

If you have views on this that you'd like to express, feel free to respond
either to the list or to me personally.

-------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 09:03:24 EDT
From: EvolPub at aol.com
To: John.Koontz at colorado.edu
Subject: Posting book announcements on the Siouan list

...

I understand that you are the moderator for the Siouan language list and was
wondering if you permitted postings of new book announcements that are
relevant to the subject matter of the list. We publish a series of Native
American language vocabularies extracted from historical documents which the
readers of your list would likely find interesting. While not all of our
books deal specifically with Siouan languages, we have two Tutelo and Saponi
vocabularies that are due within the next year. Our posts would be
informational, relevant, tasteful, and infrequent (perhaps 1 per month at
most).

... [an included sample announcing an Oneida vocabulary]

Tony Schiavo
Evolution Publishing
10 Canal Street, Suite 231
Bristol PA 19007
USA
www.evolpub.com