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1. Rudyard
   

   I ran into an acquaintance. This past year he published a book. It is on a good press, but not a top one for his field. His book has gotten some play in the media and he has done interviews, I've noticed in various media. So I asked him how this happened, because he is quiet and not much of a self-promoter. He said the press did it.

   Well a few years ago my book came out on a "better" press and they did ZILCH. Now I am a little more established and understand the media better and could maybe do more myself. I don't begrudge this guy at all, but it makes me think that now that I have tenure I want to go with the press that does the most for me, and not the one that is #1 or #2 on some chart.

   5 years ago # QUOTE 6 YEA 5 NAY!

2. Mill
   

   f**k the media, bro.

   5 years ago # QUOTE 2 YEA 3 NAY!

3. Earle
   

   Better press does less, reasons are obvious, no need to promote themselves, little benefit for the author in media interview bulls**t as opposed to having the better press name on CV. It's like asking why Harvard doesn't shout in loud flashing letters about it, or why Trump has dancing girls and everything BIG as opposed to just speaking well, like Obama.

   Are you dumb?

   5 years ago # QUOTE 2 YEA 6 NAY!

4. Dallas
   

   You know for people who have tenure, the press ranking doesn't matter quite so much. The main thing is did you write a second (or third) book, which not everyone does after tenure. By then people know you and will look at the book if they are interested. And when you write something it would be nice to actually have people read it. Media helps for that. You're not just reaching non-academics. Lots of academics esp. outside your subsubfield would learn about books if they made it in to the NY Times, New York Review of Books, Slate or NPR.

   I think that the good presses DO promote now,except for Cambridge. They seem to have a model of publishing a lot of stuff, but just making it on volume, rather than promoting what they produce.

   Better press does less, reasons are obvious, no need to promote themselves, little benefit for the author in media interview bulls**t as opposed to having the better press name on CV. It's like asking why Harvard doesn't shout in loud flashing letters about it, or why Trump has dancing girls and everything BIG as opposed to just speaking well, like Obama.
   Are you dumb?

   5 years ago # QUOTE 0 YEA 0 NAY!

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