Apparently there's a new book on sales shelves entitled, Cyberchiefs: Autonomy and authority in online tribes.
There's a whole section that goes into detail on the "Durova dustup", which we covered here.
If a book like Cyberchiefs can be written and sold ($27.01 on Amazon), why not Mimbo Jimbo?
Oh, wait... Sales rank of #937,010 in Books.
Full Version: The "Durova dustup" in print
QUOTE(thekohser @ Thu 18th June 2009, 4:00am) 
That means it's just flying off the shelves!!
http://www.plutobooks.com/
This is one of those "independent, progressive" publishers.
It appears to be a racket for grad students to turn their dissertations into books that no one wants to read.
It is, at least, a marginal step up from those self-publishing entities that will print any old garbage in book form and sell it on Amazon, if you pay them.
The real question is: will it be considered a Reliable Source?
This is one of those "independent, progressive" publishers.
It appears to be a racket for grad students to turn their dissertations into books that no one wants to read.
It is, at least, a marginal step up from those self-publishing entities that will print any old garbage in book form and sell it on Amazon, if you pay them.
The real question is: will it be considered a Reliable Source?
QUOTE(Obesity @ Mon 22nd June 2009, 12:51pm)
http://www.plutobooks.com/
This is one of those "independent, progressive" publishers.
It appears to be a racket for grad students to turn their dissertations into books that no one wants to read.
It is, at least, a marginal step up from those self-publishing entities that will print any old garbage in book form and sell it on Amazon, if you pay them.
The real question is: will it be considered a Reliable Source?
I think that's a reliable source. Perhaps this is an indication that Wikipedia's "secret cabal campaigns" of 2005-2008 are starting to get mentioned in published literature about the project. If so, I suspect that Durova won't be the only editor from that time period who starts getting some press.
QUOTE(Cla68 @ Mon 22nd June 2009, 1:06pm)
I think that's a reliable source. Perhaps this is an indication that Wikipedia's "secret cabal campaigns" of 2005-2008 are starting to get mentioned in published literature about the project. If so, I suspect that Durova won't be the only editor from that time period who starts getting some press.
The UK edition is held by only two libraries according to WorldCat.
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