The reprint of the dissertation

[frualeydis]

Today 200 new books arrived, so now I can't access the book case at work ;)
On monday I will start shipping them. A large chunk will go to Handelsgillet,a swedish company that sells books, patterns, fabrics and other supplies for re-enactors, who are selling it for me. To save me trouble we have decided that I won't sell books to the general public, just to libraries, book shops and the like.

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[aeddie.livejournal.com]

So, when can we order it in English? :D

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

When I find a publisher who will pay to get it translated and publish it. I must admit that I haven't started looking yet, I have had too many other things to do.

/Eva

[systemgoddess.livejournal.com]

Count me in on the English version!

[noxcat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'll snap up a couple of copies in English!! (And of course spread the word to other costume geeks I know)

[florentinescot.livejournal.com]

Is this normally how academics works in Sweden? I'm completely ignorant of how it works in Europe. I don't know that anybody would pay for a copy of my dissertation! LOL. After I graduate, I'm expected to publish a paper based on my dissertation in a scholarly journal.

I suppose it could be different in your field than botany!

[amonik.livejournal.com]

Based on my experience from undergraduate studies, most dissertations are sold by making them compulsory reading. (And I'm Totally Not Bitter, just because I paid through the nose for a book about the charities of Gothenburg in the 1830's, discussed from a gender perspective...) It's unusual to sell as much as Eva does.

[florentinescot.livejournal.com]

Wow! At my university (and I dont know if it's the same eveywhere in the states), my library provides things through InterLibrary Loan for free.

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, ILL is usually free, at least within the Nordic countries. But a lot of people want to own it.

/Eva

[florentinescot.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah. I've bought more than one or two myself!

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Dissertations in the humanities and social sciences are usually monographs, i.e. books, while dissertations in otehr fields mroe commonlya re colletions of articles. There is another difference in that the PhD students in the humanites write their books alone, no collaborations,a s is so common in the natural sciences; with multipe authors of articles. You also work more by yourself, very often becoming the (only) expert of the particular subject.
But if dissertations turn into real books is very different also between subjects; archaeology usually make drab looking reports, while history, etnography etc make books and art history makes beautiful books.
As for selling, it differs a lot. Most copies are sent out to libraries (there is one of mine in the library of congress), quite a few given to colleagues and departments of history at othar swedish universities and then finally you sell some. I sold maybe 100, which is a lot.

[(Anonymous)]

So many differences, yet so many similarities!

Working by yourself is common here on a dissertation. A Master's is supposed to be more of a collaborative work than a dissertation is -- it's supposed to be an original problem. Most of the natural sciences work also alone -- but the resulting papers may contribute to collaborative efforts. Generally, when you publish your work, your advisor is listed as co-author, not really because he is a collaborator in that sense, but as an acknowldegement of his guidance and assistance. My advisor works on sunflowers, for instance, I work on Trillium (it's European cousin is "Einbeere" -- I'm not sure what the Sweedisn name is.

[florentinescot.livejournal.com]

sorry that was me. I hadn't realized I wasn't logged in until my kid asked my why I was posting anonymously ....

[florentinescot.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah -- and I'd love an english copy too!

[ginger-dragon.livejournal.com]

Good. I'll tell thos I know are interested to check out Handelsgillet then. :-)

[sneprinsesse.livejournal.com]

I hope they ship to Norway as well :)

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

They do.

/Eva