On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Steven Specht wrote:
>
> I suspect that some of the "slipping through" is market driven. That is,
> the pittance that publishers pay reviewers of textbooks can't really be
> considered to be "positive reinforcement". When I agree to do textbook
> reviews, I always reduce my cognitive dissonance by considering it as a
> service to academia with hopes to prevent just the thing to which we are
> referring (i.e., blatant mistakes).
But in the last 3 years I have reviewed 5 texts. _NONE_ of my suggested
corrections appeared in any of them!!!!!!!
I'm not sure why I bother except if I am going to take my louse $300
I feel like I ought to do the job correctly and completely. But it
hardly seems worth it.
annette
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>
> Steven M. Specht, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor of Psychology
> Psychology Department
> Utica College of Syracuse University
> 1600 Burrstone Rd.
> Utica, NY 13502
> (315) 792-3171
>
> *** be fruitfly and multiple
>
>
>
Annette Taylor, Ph. D.
Department of Psychology E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
University of San Diego Voice: (619) 260-4006
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110
"Education is one of the few things a person
is willing to pay for and not get."
-- W. L. Bryan
