Actually, these books are not written by the authors of the Wikipedia
pages but by people trying to fool book buyers into buying automated
printouts of stuff off Wikipedia, often not even matching the assigned
title.  It scams the people who buy the books, thinking that they are
buying something of value when in fact it's worse than a student
report plagarized off WIkipedia (since the student probably has at
least tried to find the most relevant articles to plagarize).  In
addition to wasting money, it wastes time when you do an internet
search.  Search for an obscure genus that's listed (with no data) on
Wiipedia, and you not only get a bunch of sites with the same lack of
information, you get sites claiming that a book about it is available.

On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Martin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I don't want to build a thread larger than it should, but please consider:
>
> 1. Wiki pages are built by those who think or those who know.  I have
> fixed a couple of pages myself.
>     With this in mind, consider the authors making the wiki pages from
> the results they generated in the book -  Making more 'fame'.
>
> 2. Consider a book that is 50 pages longer than it should be or could be
> printed for a price that would sale.....
>     The cutting board and shredder is often by a person that didn't
> write the book.  An Editor who destroyed the intent of the book.
>
> 3. Some are just out for a fast (monetary element).  e.g. buck. (as in a
> dollar bill)
>
> I've written for several magazines.  One, who only got one article mind
> you, hacked my short paper in just the wrong places.
>
> The other moved a paragraph and requested a graphic.  That one was
> published in their trade magazine in the English speaking,
> German speaking (I can almost read that one) and in Japanese and Chinese
> speaking countries.   It was nice since I was paid
> for each language as if it were a new article.
>
> Martin
>
>
> On 10/5/2012 8:08 AM, Paul Callomon wrote:
>>
>> There is currently a plethora of such "works" on the internet, and sadly
>> it's buyer beware. See Dick Petit's two "Bad Books" papers, Conchologia
>> Ingrata 10 and 11, available free at www.conchologia.com
>>
>>
>> Paul Callomon
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Conchologists List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>> Constantine Mifsud
>> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 2:35 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: [CONCH-L] re- misnomer book
>>
>> I would like to draw the attention to a book which does not contain
>> anything to do with the title cover:
>> Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow (Ed.), 2011.
>> GALEOMMATIDAE; Betascript publishing.
>> It contains short articles on various molluscan families copied from
>> Wikipedia BUT nothing on the Galeommatidae!!!!
>>
>> Constantine Mifsud
>> MALTA.
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