{"id":5293,"date":"2013-03-05T15:44:34","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T22:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=5293"},"modified":"2013-03-05T20:11:15","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T03:11:15","slug":"publisher-drops-suits-against-blogging-librarian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=5293","title":{"rendered":"Publisher Drops Suits Against Blogging Librarian"},"content":{"rendered":"

A\u00a0 university librarian who described Edwin Mellen Press<\/a> on his blog as “dubious” and as offering “second-class scholarship” was sued in turn by the press, but the lawsuit has now been dropped.<\/a><\/p>\n

The lawsuits inspired scholars from around North America to rally behind Askey. Created by Martha Reineke, a professor of religion at the University of Northern Iowa, a petition demanding EMP to drop its lawsuits had garnered more than 3,100 names as of Monday morning.<\/p>\n

EMP told CBC Hamilton on Monday that it “has discontinued the court case against McMaster University and Dale Askey.”<\/p>\n

In a statement, the company added: \u201cfinancial pressure of the social media campaign and press on authors is severe. EMP is a small company. Therefore [it] must choose to focus its resources on its business and serving its authors.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The key words appear to have been “social media campaign<\/a>.” In the relatively small world of academic publishing, it got results.<\/p>\n

I notice that Mellen’s website describes them as a “non-subsidy academic publisher.” That was not always my impression, but OK. Another page<\/a>, however, states “The Edwin Mellen Press refuses to write, rewrite, or revise any author\u2019s text.” Not hiring copy editors saves money!<\/p>\n

UPDATE: See comments.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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