My initial dismay at the situation of multiple pages of corrections to the newly released edition has turned to fascination with how the booksellers are responding to the issue. So I'm actively gathering information and hope to provide useful information that students and faculty as well as librarians can use.
Your comments are welcome, especially those that add new information, all comments will be moderated. I would prefer not to post hearsay, please include snips from emails with vendors, etc. to validate information whenever possible. Here is what I have so far:
Amazon has no indication of which printing is being purchased on their web pages. But Amazon has quit selling the Manual (they seem to have only offered the paperback). It is hard to tell because their affiliates are still selling it and the page doesn't hit you over the head with the fact that you are not buying from Amazon. Here's a direct quote from their email:
I have checked this book "Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 6th / sixth edition (Paperback) 2009" on our website and see that we have removed this book from our website and it is not available from Amazon.com directly.Barnes and Noble also has no indication of which printing is offered on their web site. There are warning customer reviews, but nothing from Barnes and Noble itself. Here is a quote from their email about the issue:
While we investigate the problems you experienced, the book will be unavailable for purchase from Amazon.com. However, it will be available from other marketplace sellers on the Amazon.com website. If you see this item offered by Amazon.com again in the future, you'll know we've fixed the problem.
If the information on our site is not enough please contact the publisher.Borders is very similar. They say:
Unfortunately, there is no way to guarantee what printing you will receive when ordering. If it is not the one you want you can return it for a refund. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
I'll gather what I can from library vendors and post as soon as I have concrete information. Thanks in advance to any who help.
I have been asked by a faculty member if the problems extend to the new edition of the Concise Rules of APA style? Does anyone know if this is case?
ReplyDeleteCynthia Crosser
The Oakland University Writing Center ordered its copies of the manual in early August. We received two copies of the sprial bound 2nd printing in October. The bookcenter, however, continues to sell the first printing. For APA to suggest that the 1st printing is not substantially compromised is disingenuous. We have faculty, particularly in nursing, who severely penalize students for any error. How do we mediate the text the faculty consult and the text the students find? This is quite shameful on the part of this organization.
ReplyDeleteI did find errors in the Concise Rules book
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