Technical Reviewer
Manning have asked me to be a technical reviewer for one of their (non perl) books. I have heard that other people on this list have done technical reviewing too. Is it standard practice that technical reviewers don't get paid? I am happy to do the review anyway because I run DiverseBooks.com but I'd like to know that I am not being taken advantage of. Alex McLintock Openweb Analysts Ltd, London. Software For Complex Websites http://www.OWAL.co.uk/ Open Source Software Companies please register here http://www.OWAL.co.uk/oss_support/
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On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 09:34:06AM +, Alex McLintock wrote: Manning have asked me to be a technical reviewer for one of their (non perl) books. Yay. Which one? Is it standard practice that technical reviewers don't get paid? I am happy to do the review anyway because I run DiverseBooks.com but I'd like to know that I am not being taken advantage of. I was paid by O'Reilly for one of the books I did for them (but not for the other). It wasn't a lot, but it did also involve free books, ego strokes, etc. As I understand it, though, it rather depends on the author, and the stage at which people get involved in the process. I have a friend who has done tech reviewing for Manning, so I'll ask him, but IIRC he wasn't paid. Ben
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Hi All On this subject, how do you get involved in reviewing books, as I'd love to do this, be there financial gain or not? Thanks Neil Fryer -Original Message- From: Ben [mailto:ben;bpfh.net] Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 11:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Technical Reviewer On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 09:34:06AM +, Alex McLintock wrote: Manning have asked me to be a technical reviewer for one of their (non perl) books. Yay. Which one? Is it standard practice that technical reviewers don't get paid? I am happy to do the review anyway because I run DiverseBooks.com but I'd like to know that I am not being taken advantage of. I was paid by O'Reilly for one of the books I did for them (but not for the other). It wasn't a lot, but it did also involve free books, ego strokes, etc. As I understand it, though, it rather depends on the author, and the stage at which people get involved in the process. I have a friend who has done tech reviewing for Manning, so I'll ask him, but IIRC he wasn't paid. Ben
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On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 09:34:06AM +, Alex McLintock ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Manning have asked me to be a technical reviewer for one of their (non perl) books. I have heard that other people on this list have done technical reviewing too. Is it standard practice that technical reviewers don't get paid? I am happy to do the review anyway because I run DiverseBooks.com but I'd like to know that I am not being taken advantage of. Both O'Reilly and Wrox pay their tech reviewers. Manning don't. These are the only publishers I've had dealings with. hth, Dave... -- Brian: Oh screw Maximilian! Sally: I do. Brian: So do I.
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: -Original Message- : From: Alex McLintock [mailto:alex;OWAL.co.uk] : : Is it standard practice that technical reviewers don't get paid? I am happy : to do the review anyway because I run DiverseBooks.com but I'd like to know : that I am not being taken advantage of. I've done technical editing for New Riders and they do pay for it. Wiley don't pay for it iirc. It seems to vary by publisher. --cal henderson ** For great Emap magazine subscription gift offers visit http://www.emapmagazines.co.uk ** The information in this email is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient of this message any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. Emap plc and or its subsidiaries do not warrant that any attachments are free from viruses or other defects and accept no liability for any losses resulting from infected email transmissions. Please note that any views expressed in this email may be those of the originator and do not necessarily reflect those of this organisation.
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On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 11:28:07AM -, Cal Henderson wrote: : -Original Message- : From: Alex McLintock [mailto:alex;OWAL.co.uk] : : Is it standard practice that technical reviewers don't get paid? I am happy : to do the review anyway because I run DiverseBooks.com but I'd like to know : that I am not being taken advantage of. I've done technical editing for New Riders and they do pay for it. Wiley don't pay for it iirc. It seems to vary by publisher. Do the publishers that pay their technical reviews tend to get better quality technical reviews than those who don't? Nicholas Clark
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Nicholas Clark sent the following bits through the ether: Do the publishers that pay their technical reviews tend to get better quality technical reviews than those who don't? Good question. Personally the one thing I don't understand is why they use so few tech reviewers. Surely you'd improve the book / catch many more typos if you used, say 20 tech reviewers, instead of the 5-10 that most publishers seem to use. Leon -- Leon Brocard.http://www.astray.com/ scribot.http://www.scribot.com/ ... Squeeze
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At 11:01 14/11/02, Neil Fryer wrote: Hi All On this subject, how do you get involved in reviewing books, as I'd love to do this, be there financial gain or not? You ask me for review books and I bring them to a technical meet, or find some other way of giving them to you. Or You ask David Cantrell who I believe is the Bookmeister of London.pm However I get fiction as well as computing books :-) Alex McLintock editor http://news.DiverseBooks.com/ Openweb Analysts Ltd, London. Software For Complex Websites http://www.OWAL.co.uk/ Open Source Software Companies please register here http://www.OWAL.co.uk/oss_support/
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On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Alex McLintock wrote: Is it standard practice that technical reviewers don't get paid? I am happy to do the review anyway because I run DiverseBooks.com but I'd like to know that I am not being taken advantage of. they asked me to do a tech review of one of their palm books a few years ago... i wasn't offered any cash, but was told i could have a free copy of the book. I heard nothing for ages, and eventually was sent some pdf chapters to look at. I filled in some random webform and wrote an email and never got anything back... i didn;t hassle them much, as i wasn;t too interested in the subject matter (i think it was something to do with oracle and plams) i still have no idea why they mailed me to ask for my involvement...oh well billy -- The sky was the colour of television, tuned to a dead whelk Billy Abbott [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 09:34:06AM +, Alex McLintock wrote: Manning have asked me to be a technical reviewer for one of their (non perl) books. I have heard that other people on this list have done technical reviewing too. Is it standard practice that technical reviewers don't get paid? I am happy to do the review anyway because I run DiverseBooks.com but I'd like to know that I am not being taken advantage of. It varies between publishers. I have done technical reviews for several. Some pay cash, some will send you a free copy of the book and some do both. IIRC Manning don't pay cash, but do send a copy of the book. Graham.
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On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 09:34:06AM +, Alex McLintock wrote: Manning have asked me to be a technical reviewer for one of their (non perl) books. I have heard that other people on this list have done technical reviewing too. Is it standard practice that technical reviewers don't get paid? I am happy to do the review anyway because I run DiverseBooks.com but I'd like to know that I am not being taken advantage of. My experience is that it varies from one publisher to another. Some pay money, some don't. Those that do pay money don't pay much, the others will give you a free copy of the book once it's published (what Manning do) or let you pick a couple of books for free that they have already published. I don't think I'm being taken advantage of. -- David Cantrell|Degenerate|http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david Usenet is a co-operative venture, backed by nasty people. Follow the standards. -- Chris Rovers, in the Monastery
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On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 11:01:01AM -, Neil Fryer wrote: On this subject, how do you get involved in reviewing books, as I'd love to do this, be there financial gain or not? Tech reviewing for publishers? Good question. I don't remember how I got started for all of the publishers. I remember that for Addison Wesley, they saw me posting on a relevant mailing list. If you want to review books for London.pm, contact me. Let me know what recent, halfway relevant* book you want to review, published by any of Prentice Hall, Addison Wesley, New Riders, Que, Sams, Cisco Press, Manning, or O'Reilly, and I'll try to get a copy for you. Your payment is the free book, and you may only have one book for review at a time. * - IT-related, vaguely techie. So books on digital photography don't count, but books on Windows admin, programming in Python, or wrangling routers do. -- David Cantrell|Reprobate|http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david Vegetables are what food eats
