Comments on: The Future of Reputation http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/20/the-future-of-reputation/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:44:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: greensmile http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/20/the-future-of-reputation/comment-page-1/#comment-229316 greensmile Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:30:07 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/20/the-future-of-reputation/#comment-229316 wait, don't we already know how the future of reputation turns out from Mr. Warhol? [and haven't these intertubes brought us all that 15 minutes already] wait, don’t we already know how the future of reputation turns out from Mr. Warhol?

[and haven’t these intertubes brought us all that 15 minutes already]

]]> By: Ingrid Robeyns http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/20/the-future-of-reputation/comment-page-1/#comment-229146 Ingrid Robeyns Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:48:52 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/20/the-future-of-reputation/#comment-229146 Could your colleague tell us what kind of arguments he has used to convince Yale UP? I am all in favour of having free on-line books in addition to the printed ones -- especially on topics that are of relevance to students and scholars in poorly resourced universities/areas. If I ever finish the book I've been working on (for way too long now), I would in fact be willing to pay the publisher to make it available for free on the web (but not too much of course, it's not as if I have heaps of money here on my desk). It's a difficult choice for an academic - we could of course "publish" it for free on our own homepages, but then we lose the reputation/quality signaling effect of a publisher, and it doesn't "count" for research evaluation purposes. To have it with a great publisher and at the same time available on-line for free seems like a dream to me. Could your colleague tell us what kind of arguments he has used to convince Yale UP? I am all in favour of having free on-line books in addition to the printed ones—especially on topics that are of relevance to students and scholars in poorly resourced universities/areas.

If I ever finish the book I’ve been working on (for way too long now), I would in fact be willing to pay the publisher to make it available for free on the web (but not too much of course, it’s not as if I have heaps of money here on my desk). It’s a difficult choice for an academic – we could of course “publish” it for free on our own homepages, but then we lose the reputation/quality signaling effect of a publisher, and it doesn’t “count” for research evaluation purposes. To have it with a great publisher and at the same time available on-line for free seems like a dream to me.

]]> By: eszter http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/20/the-future-of-reputation/comment-page-1/#comment-229145 eszter Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:38:33 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/20/the-future-of-reputation/#comment-229145 Oh, excellent. I was just reading some of this yesterday. It looks like Yale UP is a good way to go for CC books (that press published Benkler's Wealth of Networks also available under CC). For some context on Solove's book, I recommend Siva Vaidhyanathan's <a href="http://chronicle.com/free/v54/i23/23b00701.htm" rel="nofollow">recent piece</a> in the Chronicle of Higher Education since it covers that and some other related books. Good stuff, as you said. Seriously, great just for reading for yourself, but I think also helpful for teaching purposes. Oh, excellent. I was just reading some of this yesterday. It looks like Yale UP is a good way to go for CC books (that press published Benkler’s Wealth of Networks also available under CC).

For some context on Solove’s book, I recommend Siva Vaidhyanathan’s recent piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education since it covers that and some other related books. Good stuff, as you said. Seriously, great just for reading for yourself, but I think also helpful for teaching purposes.

]]> By: The Future of Reputation « http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/20/the-future-of-reputation/comment-page-1/#comment-229115 The Future of Reputation « Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:11:04 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/20/the-future-of-reputation/#comment-229115 [...] tip: Crooked Timber) [...] [...] tip: Crooked Timber) [...]

]]> By: c.l. ball http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/20/the-future-of-reputation/comment-page-1/#comment-229109 c.l. ball Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:33:31 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/20/the-future-of-reputation/#comment-229109 I'm of two minds over whether we should focus on "free" as in beer or as in speech, but I am surprised that no academic written or administered wiki or open-source text has emerged on an introductory level in the social sciences yet. It may be that everyon hopes that the lucrative royalties of a successful commercial text will still flow their way. For an six-figure annual income I can't say I blame them. I’m of two minds over whether we should focus on “free” as in beer or as in speech, but I am surprised that no academic written or administered wiki or open-source text has emerged on an introductory level in the social sciences yet. It may be that everyon hopes that the lucrative royalties of a successful commercial text will still flow their way.

For an six-figure annual income I can’t say I blame them.

]]> By: rd http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/20/the-future-of-reputation/comment-page-1/#comment-229092 rd Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:57:02 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/20/the-future-of-reputation/#comment-229092 What's the fantasy blockbuster? What’s the fantasy blockbuster?

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