I pointed out after the first request that, had they opened the file, they would have found a Powerpoint presentation. For those PhD students who are approached by VDM Verlag about turning their thesis into a book, you may want to consdier this in terms of the amount of attention they pay to the contents of their products. Others have discussed this online.
Dear Flew, Terry,
I am writing on behalf of the international academic publisher, VDM Publishing House Ltd.
In the course of a research at the Library of QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, we came across a reference to your thesis on "Communication for the 21st Century, or, How to have your blog and read it too!".
As we would like to make your work available to a larger audience, I am wondering if you may be interested in publishing your thesis in the form of a printed book.
Your reply including an e-mail address to which I can send an e-mail with further information in an attachment will be greatly appreciated.
I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely yours,
Kumar Dhora
Acquisition Editor
VDM Publishing House Ltd.
17, Meldrum Str. | Beau-Bassin | Mauritius
Tel / Fax: +230 467-5601
k.dhora@vdm-publishing.com | www.vdm-publishing.com
Business Registration No.: C07072290
Board of Directors: Benoit Novel , Saleem Chotoye
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Perhaps it's a really, really good set of PowerPoint slides? :P
Could you get a trip to Mauritius out of it? If they were just going to publish the slides, and you didn't have to write anything, that could be a good deal. Twelve nights with family in the middle of winter, fair trade.
I have some inspired workplace health and safety and Site Induction slides. Perhaps they could publish those, too?
I'll give them a call to offer my entire library of humourless workplace related slides for their next blockbuster.
I received the following a month or two ago:
I am writing on behalf of the German publishing house, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller AG & Co. KG.
In the course of a research at Laurentian University, I came across a reference to your thesis on "Verification of intensity modulated beams with an electronic portal imaging device".
As we would like to make your work available to a larger audience, I am wondering if you may be interested in publishing
your thesis in the form of a printed book.
Your reply including an e-mail address to which I can send an e-mail with further information in an attachment
will be greatly appreciated.
I am looking forward to hearing from you.
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Kind regards,
Priya Jany
Acquisition Editor
VDM Publishing House Ltd.
17, Meldrum Str. | Beau-Bassin | Mauritius
Tel / Fax: +230 467-5601
p.jany@vdm-publishing-house.com | www.vdm-publishing.com
Business Registration No.: C07072290
Board of Directors: Benoit Novel & Saleem Chotoye
(Not bad for a cab driver who barely made it out of high schoo, eh?)
I got a similar e-mail from the same company. Can someone comment on what happens next? Is it a fake company? Do they pay you? How does a thesis gets converted to a book?
Thanks !
honestly I did not know we can turn a Powerpoint presentation into a book, I'm really interested in this because I would like to turn my presentation on Sildenafil Citrate into a book, thanks!
this a excellent idea, maybe I can use this to create the guide to how to use Generic Viagra, and others, just think in different books in this format.
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