Re: Question on Book Prospectus

**"* L* <t*@earthlink.net>**

GWL: Peer reviews are quite common for University Presses--although the 
press usually picks the peers. Remember, such presses are pledged to works 
meant to succeed for quality reasons and are supposed to eschew an entirely 
commercial outlook. Am doing a book right now on gardens of South Carolina, 
and the proposal went to a committee of three for their comments--and in so 
doing found three great gardens I had never heard of. Peter
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Clost" <dan.clost@sympatico.ca>
To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum" 
<gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>; <genebush@munchkinnursery.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: [GWL] Question on Book Prospectus


> Certainly not experienced with a university press in this particular arena
> but...is it possible they're locked into a "peer review" mentality similar
> to papers, essays etc meant for journal publication?
> I did have a go round with one set of editors who insisted on 
> documentation
> of statements found in my newspaper column, e.g. a particular viburnum 
> grows
> very well in my area of the country and I knew that because it has been in
> my front yard for decades. Apparently, that wasn't sufficient authority to
> make such a definitive statement. They wanted corroboration from another
> source:  is Gene experiencing a similar mind set?
>
> My inclination would be to continue to dance with these folks but not give
> up any rights whatsoever until money crosses the table.
> And please let us know how it all turns out.
>
> Dan
> A non-authoritative non-academic guy who sort of grows plants.
>
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