From: Nawin <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 11:58:33 -0500

Nine years working at university presses.

I have looked at AAUP operating statistics reports, though not in the
past 4-5 years.

Faculty influence - in terms of publishing and business decisions.

Nawin Gupta

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From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 10:42:57 -0500

What makes OUP and CUP different from U.S. presses--besides their being
several hundred years older--is that they make a great deal of their money
from types of publishing that U.S. presses do not undertake, such as bibles
and ESL.

It would be interesting to know what experience Mr. Gupta has had that
allows him to pass judgment on the "business practices" of U.S.
presses. Has he ever worked at one? Has he ever had access to the AAUP
operating statistics reports that are produced annually?

And one wonders what he means by "faculty influence." OUP and CUP also are
governed by faculty editorial boards. Isn't that "influence"?

Sandy Thatcher



At 2:50 AM -0400 7/4/12, LIBLICENSE wrote:
>
> From: Nawin <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 11:52:42 -0500
>
> Sally's comments are right on the mark.  It is interesting to note
> that some of the university presses - Oxford University Press and
> Cambridge University Press, to name two - are prevailing and compete
> successfully in the marketplace, leveraging their pedigree and values
> combined with sound business practices.  In my experience, many of the
> university presses in the US are encumbered by faculty influence, poor
> management, and lack of sound business practices.
>
> Nawin Gupta
> Informed Publishing Solutions, Inc.