[Ed. Note: Subscribers - how about sending in any experiences you
have had in the past with these publishers. The ACQNET archive
search engine is "down" but is being repaired - there are probably
some references to the Gilles there, and I will alert everyone when we
can get back to the archives...]
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Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 11:59:57 -0500
From: Deborah Sulzbach <Deborah.Sulzbach_at_DRAKE.EDU>
Subject: Who were the "Gilles?"
May I ask who the infamous "Gilles" who used to be so active in the
1970's and 1980's are, or what the story behind this is?
Thank you --
Deborah Sulzbach
Acquisitions/Reference Librarian
Drake University Law Library
2507 University Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50311-4505
Phone: 515-271-3784
Fax: 515-271-2530
Email: Deborah.Sulzbach_at_drake.edu
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Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 12:39:21 -0400
From: Don Chvatal <dchvatal_at_teleport.com>
Subject: Regarding Somerset Publishers
For twelve years, from 1975-1987, I was Vice President and General
Manager of the Academic Book Center in Portland, Oregon. I can
advise with complete candor that the individual(s) behind this front,
and numerous other shadow companies and addresses, systematically
"looted" libraries with phoney advertisements and false representation
about the nature and content of hundreds of book titles. Our company
fell victim this operation as well. Typically we would be required to
prepay for materials that often were not available, or were not as
represented. When we requested refunds, they never came. I cannot
document these statements with physical proof, as I am no longer
affiliated with Academic Book Center. Nonetheless, there are a dozen
libraray book suppliers nationwide who would have paper files backing
these assertions.
Don Chvatal
Donald N. Chvatal
Consulting Services
SW Terwilliger Blvd.
Portland, OR 97201
Wk: 503-977-1313
FAX: 503-977-1314
dchvatal_at_teleport.com
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Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 13:09:02 -0400
From: Ladd Brown (VA Tech) <blbrown_at_vt.edu>
Subject: Re: ACQNET: Suspicious publishers
This list should also include a variation on the name "Native American
Books":
Native Peoples Press, Inc.
1532 State Street
Santa Barbara CA 93101
Ladd Brown, Head of Acquisitions
Newman Library [Mail Code 0434]
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
PO Box 90001 Blacksburg, Virginia USA 24062-9001
Voice: (540) 231-6736 Fax: (540) 231-3694
E-mail: blbrown_at_vt.edu
Received on Sun Nov 18 2001 - 15:27:23 EST