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Last month I got email from Katharina Neises, (www.vdm-verlag.de), where Katharina wanted to know, if I was interested in publishing my master thesis at VDM Verlag.

In the course of my research on computer science and information systems I came across a link to your dissertation: "Groupware support for operational management ". VDM Verlag would be especially interested in publishing your research on this subject. We are a German-based publisher whose aim is to make academic research available to a wider audience.

Now days we should be careful in Internet, when strangers contact us for any reason. However, I did not see anything alarming here, and sending my master thesis to them, was not that great effort, so I did it. Then few days afterwards, I got new email from Alyssa Lambrecht.

Thank you for submitting your manuscript. VDM Verlag believes there is a market for your work, so I am happy to inform you that we will publish it in the form of a monograph.

In addition to this email, you will be receiving an automatically generated email from VDM Online with a link for registration. To register, please click on the link. After entering your personal data, you can accept our general terms and conditions (see attached).

I read the general terms and I had few questions and some technical help was needed and Alyssa helped me. I had to register at VDM. The connection was protected and improper information was not collected. The interface was easy to use.

Then it was time to upload my work and write, titles, subtitels, bio etc. I uploaded my work and wrote presentations, then I chose a picture and colors for the book cover. After the work was done, I saw a preview about the book cover. Then I accepted the work and I received a notice, that my free copies will arrive in 6-8 weeks, so now I'm waiting.

If there is someone else, who has received mail from VDM, and are not sure, if you can trust them, I can say at this point, that I have nothing to complain. And if something exist in the future, I promise to add the information here.

Pasi Hakkarainen, pasi(at)kirnu.com

Latest Updated 11.8.2008. (my three free copies arrived)

I got email 10.6.2008 from Anke Bauer:

Dear Mr. Hakkarainen,

Please find attached three files (information about recommendations, an
order form and some general information). I am pleased  to inform you
that your book has been sent for printing. And you will obtain your free
copies within 4 or 6 weeks.

I also Googled it and book seems to be for sale: Groupware Support for Operational Management.

Updated 24.6.2008

According to Google, my book is for sale:

Target ($)
Books on Demand (€)
Kalahari (R)
Sorbok (Norway Kr)
Gnist (Norway Kr)

2.7.2008, few stores more:

IBS.it (€)
Buy Some Books ($)
Amazon.co.uk(£)
Penelope Bokhandel (Norway Kr)
Akademika (Norway Kr)
BoD (CHF)

4.7.2008
TSO online (£)
Booktopia ($)

8.8.2008

Free copies arrived. It took long, but it was summer, so that's OK.

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