From: "Elizabeth E. Kirk" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:57:00 +0000 Michael is absolutely on target. I expect that you would hear the same from Coutts (our principal American vendor) as well as YBP. Librarians in the three libraries in which I've worked have not hesitated to select revised dissertations. Elizabeth E. Kirk Associate Librarian for Information Resources Dartmouth College Library Hanover, NH, USA [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Michael Zeoli <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 02:31:33 +0000 We had this discussion, i.e. Revised Dissertations vs. Unrevised Dissertations, a couple of years ago. The distinction is a critical one in terms of Approval Plans and library purchasing generally. Revised Dissertations are not penalized by most academic libraries in terms of approval plan filtering. In fact they sell only very slightly below the average university press monograph. I provided data supporting this in regard to academic library sales in that series of posts. This is urban legend. The designation of 'Revised Dissertation' conveys a sense that the treatment of the subject will likely be in depth. This is supported - or not - by other profiling information such as readership level and 'select category'. ******************************** Michael Zeoli Vice President, Strategic eContent Development & Partner Relations YBP Library Services em: [log in to unmask]