Re: [tips] Text reviews

2016-10-18 Thread Joan Warmbold
TBH, I think it might be subtle bribe in that they hope that by having us review their text we might be more motivated to use the text. Keep in mind the social psychology principle that if you can alter people's behaviors, sometimes such will result in altering their attitudes. At times I have tol

Re:[tips] Text reviews

2016-10-18 Thread Annette Taylor
Most DEFINITELY to be honest! I have always been honest. For better and for the WORST! and I wish there were more books I could review ;-) But I do send feedback routinely on errors or other problems in books. I'm currently teaching IO and the text selected for me by the department has some sectio

[tips] Text reviews

2016-10-18 Thread Pollak, Edward
Carol Devolder asked, 'If a publisher pays me an honorarium to review a potential text, are they paying me to be honest or are they paying me to say only good things about the book?" I can't speak to the publishers' motivations. They may well think/hope they're paying you for a good review, o

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2016-10-18 Thread Stuart McKelvie
Dear Carol, I have reviewed a number of texts for payment, and never felt any obligation to be anything but honest in objective criticism. Of course, $200, although welcome was not a lot for at least 25 hours of work. Stuart Sent from my iPad > On Oct 18, 2016, at 12:34 AM, Carol wrote: > >

RE: [tips] Text reviews

2016-10-18 Thread José Ferreira Alves
://orcid.org/-0003-1967-0074 -Mensagem original- De: Carol [mailto:devoldercar...@gmail.com] Enviada: 18 de outubro de 2016 04:54 Para: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Assunto: [tips] Text reviews If a publisher pays me an honorarium to review a potential text, are they

RE: [tips] Text reviews

2016-10-18 Thread Wuensch, Karl Louis
The latter, but I encourage you to do the former. Cheers, Karl L. Wuensch -Original Message- From: Carol [mailto:devoldercar...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 17, 2016 11:54 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Text reviews If a publisher

[tips] Text reviews

2016-10-17 Thread Carol
If a publisher pays me an honorarium to review a potential text, are they paying me to be honest or are they paying me to say only good things about the book? Carol --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?i