I was contacted by this "company" several years ago and reached out to my thesis adviser (who also told me another student of hers was approached) about it.  She suggested I ask them about a copy of a contract to look over and this was the response I received:


"You are the most welcome and my pleasure to interact with you once again.
Due to the Academic Semester, I understand you have not been able to concentrate on the submission of your manuscript.  You may do so when you are much eligible to do it and we agree by your terms.
The contract between you and the publisher is solely based on your approval to publish your work with us.  Since also our communication is email, thus we do not have any paper contract, but the mutual consent between you and the publisher is the contract itself.  However we will produce you documents that proves you have published your research work with us.
Once you become a LAP author, you will understand more about it.
Thank you for your kind cooperation.
Kind Regards,
Natraj Seetaram
Natraj Seetaram
Acquisition Editor
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH&   Co. KG
Heinrich-Böcking-Str. 6-8
66121, Saarbrücken, Germany

Fon +49 681 3720-310
Fax +49 681 3720-3109

[log in to unmask]  /www.lap-publishing.com

Handelsregister Amtsgericht Saarbrücken HRA 10752
General unlimited partner: VDM Management GmbH
Managing directors: Thorsten Ohm (CEO), Dr. Wolfgang Philipp Müller, Esther von Krosigk"



With this response I concluded this was a shady deal.  Surely, if this was legitimate, there would be no issue with producing a contract.  My adviser agreed and I declined the offer.   Hope this helps!

Best,

Anna
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Anna Cannizzo
Curator of Collections
Denison Museum
P.O. Box 810
Granville, OH  43023
740-587-6554
http://denisonmuseum.org

On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 4:53 PM, Dayna <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Thanks to all for your help in this matter !
Best regards,
Dayna L. Caldwell
Director & Curator
Left Bank Art Gallery
Mildred Huie Museum
St. Simons Island, Georgia 

On Jan 21, 2014, at 9:36 AM, Anne Lane <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

I googled this highly suspicious-sounding outfit and found the following blog post. Sounds as though your suspicions are correct.
Anne 
ANNE T LANE 
Administrative Support
Mountain Heritage Center
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee NC 28723





On Jan 21, 2014, at 12:13 AM, Dayna Caldwell 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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