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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor Stanford publishing course From Pernille Askerud, Bangkok Reference James D Jameson’s article in LOGOS 7/4, I was on the same course. The literature had led me to expect that the course was designed for experienced, high-level decision makers in the industry. This obviously was not the case, as some participants had only limited professional publish- ing experience. Like Mr Jameson, I regretted the absence of professional debate and exchange of experience between course participants and lecturers. This was due not only to the very limited time available for such activities, but also the different level of expe- rience among the participants. Of course, such diversity can be very healthy and indeed refreshing, but it also often drags down the tempo and level of discussions. Another of my expectations was to get a firmer hold on the professional identity and inter- national organization of people involved in pub- lishing. In many contexts publishers have to fight an overwhelmingly simplified notion of what we do. New technology that makes it possible for vir- tually anyone to make camera ready copy of any text whatever its quality has not promoted much respect for the professional training and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Logos Brill

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 1998 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0957-9656
eISSN
1878-4712
DOI
10.2959/logo.1998.9.1.49
Publisher site
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Abstract

Letters to the Editor Stanford publishing course From Pernille Askerud, Bangkok Reference James D Jameson’s article in LOGOS 7/4, I was on the same course. The literature had led me to expect that the course was designed for experienced, high-level decision makers in the industry. This obviously was not the case, as some participants had only limited professional publish- ing experience. Like Mr Jameson, I regretted the absence of professional debate and exchange of experience between course participants and lecturers. This was due not only to the very limited time available for such activities, but also the different level of expe- rience among the participants. Of course, such diversity can be very healthy and indeed refreshing, but it also often drags down the tempo and level of discussions. Another of my expectations was to get a firmer hold on the professional identity and inter- national organization of people involved in pub- lishing. In many contexts publishers have to fight an overwhelmingly simplified notion of what we do. New technology that makes it possible for vir- tually anyone to make camera ready copy of any text whatever its quality has not promoted much respect for the professional training and

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LogosBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1998

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