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I was supposed to write a book for them. Even though they refer to people as experts, table of contents and page count is given up front and is hardly negotiabl
by fridek 13y ago
I was supposed to write a book for them. Even though they refer to people as experts, table of contents and page count is given up front and is hardly negotiable, so I decided to not proceed. Instead I reviewed the book written by someone else and I'm confident they are not a publisher worth working with. Even though I tried my best as a reviewer the outcome was at best mediocre. Language review is done after the book is done, so it's hard to focus on the content. Half of my comments were ignored because they would cause major rewrites (as a reviewer I was contacted after initial drafts of multiple chapters were completed). And the only payment is a copy of reviewed book.
I don't think these books are worth even $5.
- SanderMak 13y agoI had the same experience with them. Withdrew myself as reviewer because I felt the material would never get to a standard where I'd be comfortable to have my name mentioned with it.
- bliker 13y agoI had very similar experience with the reviewing.
- dbond 13y agoI got a proposal to review one yesterday, was already a little concerned that a vagrant config on github made me ideal for reviewing a cloudera handbook. If the review isn't taken seriously I'll pass, thanks for the heads up :)
- tkellogg 13y agoYes, I had a similar experience. I was asked to review a book that was terribly written. The language problems were so bad that I had a hard time reviewing the content. That said, even the content didn't deserve to be put in writing. Definitely not worth even $1.