Posting book announcements on the Siouan list (fwd)

[Jimm G GoodTracks]

John!
I agree with Kathy or as Mark suggests on a review of something and offer
comment, then that's fine.  Or like when you referred me to the book on
LaFlesche Family.  Otherwise, no commerials needed.
Jimm

On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 17:30:03 -0500 "Kathleen Shea" <kdshea at ku.edu>
writes:
> I agree with you, John.  I would rather not receive commercial
> announcements
> on the Siouan list, unless it's a recommendation from someone on the
> list.
> Besides, I already receive Evolution Publishing's catalogue in paper
> (as a
> result of their buying SSILA or LSA's mailing list?), and for me
> receiving
> it on the Siouan list would be double handling.
>
> Kathy Shea
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Koontz John E" <John.Koontz at colorado.edu>
> To: <siouan at lists.colorado.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 9:46 AM
> Subject: Posting book announcements on the Siouan list (fwd)
>
>
> > 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
>