NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/alt/hypertex/1047

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From: [e-mail] (Mark Bernstein)
Subject: Re: Hypertext and the Peer-Review Process
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Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:36:09 GMT
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The substantial obstacles that face academic writers of hypertext are a
great nuisance-- Greg Crane predicted this at the first hypertext
conference back in 1987, and it has not yet been overcome.

One alternative, of course, is to find a publisher specializing in
hypertext. Eastgate Systems, Inc., my employer, publishes hypertext
fiction and non-fiction; we'd be interested in your project.

Several university presses have expressed at least a tenative willingness
to publish hypertexts. Yale University Press publishes the Perseus
Project-- a very important hypertext on ancient Greek literature and art.
Oxford publishes some electronic editions of classic works. Rutgers has
something in the works. Other university presses are taking a serious look at
the matter.

Other trade publishers are sometimes willing to publish software adjuncts
to conventional books, and might even consider a pure hypertext. Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates distributes Jay Bolter's WRITING SPACE hypertext at
cost to people who read the paper version of Writing Space. Random House,
Apple, and Voyager have a 3-way deal to create electronic editions of
The Modern Library, and many other publishers are looking closely at the
project.
--
Mark Bernstein
Eastgate Systems, Inc.   134 Main Street   Watertown MA 02172 USA
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