Hi everyone,
I know that having a regularly updated list of the publishers we work with and
their many imprints is something that volunteers have been asking for. I am in
the process of creating this list, but, unsurprisingly, it's taking some time.
To tide you over, I've come up with a list of publishers we DO NOT currently
work with, and won't be working with in the near future: Pearson and its many
imprints.
As always, it is possible that we could suddenly start to work with Pearson. I
have been told that this is highly, highly unlikely--as unlikely as me winning
the lottery (a wonderful dream, but something that realistically won't happen)!
The last thing I want is for volunteers to feel that their hard work is not appreciated or
respected, so I think having a current list of "publishers to avoid" will hopefully solve
problems of volunteer submissions being replaced (as opposed to a list of "safe"
publishers that we don't currently work with but might start working with at some point). Of
course, as people have mentioned before, even if your submission is replaced by a publisher's at
some point, you still made available something that members would not otherwise be able to access,
which is a wonderful thing.
Please find Pearson and imprints attached as an excel spreadsheet. As of right
now, you can definitely proof and scan books by publishers on the Pearson and
Imprints list (of course, make sure to check that we don't already have the
book in the Bookshare collection first!). We won't be working with them
anytime soon. I tried to make it as comprehensive as I could. If you find any
problems or other publishers that I've forgotten to include, please email me
rather than post on the Freelists, as I'm more likely to see the email. I do
follow the Freelists, but with the volume of discussion, it's possible that I
might miss things and I don't want to!
Let me know if you need a different format of the list and I'll get one to you.
I hope this helps as a safe way and easy guide to publishers you can definitely
use at the moment, and I'll be getting the master (and alphabetized!) list of
all publishers and imprints out to you as soon as I finish it.
Happy proofing and scanning!
Best,
Madeleine Linares
Volunteer Coordinator
Bookshare, a Benetech Initiative
650-644-3459
madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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