Blackwell (NP)

[Paul Mackin]

On Jun 14, 2006, at 3:20 PM, jd wrote:

> Does anyone have reccomendations for books that specifically Blackwell
> Publishing publishes?  This is kind of random, I apologize, but I
> thought I'd throw it out there in case someone happened to have some
> knowledge about the company and its books.  I have a couple freebies
> coming my way.

You might want to donate the freebies to the college library in case  
they have unmet needs. Scientific books and journals are enormously  
expensive compared to other types of stuff published. This is always  
coming under criticism because much and probably most of he research  
reported on is publicly funded. In the U.S. by the National Science  
Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. Why should a  
private company be allowed to profit so handsomely on the backs of  
the taxpayer. But I'm being naive. Heck, this is  America. The saving  
grace of the arrangement is that scientific or other learned  
societies sponsoring the journal usually has made a  lucrative profit  
sharing deal with the publisher,  allowing support of the many useful  
activities of said society. And I  guess we don't want Bush and  
company editing our brain flow.