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Sarah Buonacore <[log in to unmask]>
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A quick google search pulled up this post:
http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/11/05/lambert-academic-publishing-a-must-to-avoid/

You should probably stay away from them.


On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 8:10 AM, Adriana Greci Green
<[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> I got a similar letter after Ethnohistory conference, ignored it but
> mostly because you really should be targeting academic publications anyway,
> stay away from these whether legit or not (though this wave of
> solicitations sounds not).
>
>
> On Tuesday, January 21, 2014, Dayna Caldwell <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Listers,
>> I am wondering if anyone has been approached by Lap Lambert Publishing? I
>> was recently contacted about publishing my thesis "free of charge."
>> However, upon receiving a link to register, I was asked for birthday,SSN,
>> and asked to select how I would like to receive royalty payments "via
>> Paypal, or bank transfer." This sounds extremely fishy. Just wanted to see
>> if anyone else has dealt with this company. I am copying the first email I
>> received from this company.
>>
>> "While searching for dissertations and theses from e-libraries, I became
>> aware of the paper you submitted to the Savannah College of Art and Design
>>  as part of your postgraduate degree, entitled "Navajo Textiles: Autonomy
>> and the Marketplace ”. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing is an international
>> publisher specializing since 2002 in the publication of high-quality
>> dissertations and postdoctoral theses from renowned institutions worldwide.
>>
>> We were therefore wondering whether you would be keen on publishing the
>> above mentioned work with us. That is to say, upon a successful evaluation
>> of your work, we would make it available in printed form and market it
>> worldwide through our global distributors at no cost to you.
>>
>> It would be highly appreciated if you could confirm your interest with a
>> reply email and we will send you a detailed brochure.
>>
>> I am looking forward to hearing from you.
>>
>> Sincerely yours,
>>
>> Emma Collins
>> Acquisition Editor
>>
>> LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing is a trademark of:
>> OmniScriptum GmbH & Co. KG
>>
>> Heinrich-Böcking-Str. 6-8,
>> 66121, Saarbrücken, Germany
>>
>> e.collins(at)lap-publishing.com / www.lap-publishing.com
>>
>> Handelsregister Amtsgericht Saarbrücken HRA 10356
>> Identification Number (Verkehrsnummer): 11868
>> Partner with unlimited liability: VDM Management GmbH
>> Handelsregister Amtsgericht Saarbrücken HRB 18918
>> Managing directors: Thorsten Ohm (CEO)
>>
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> Adriana Greci Green, PhD
> *Curator, Missouri History Museum*  [log in to unmask]
> *Research Collaborator, National Museum of Natural History*
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