What is academic value of self published e-books on Amazon self Publishing or any other self publishing channel? E-books as reliable citation source?
I have been working with both practitioners and academicians since last 7 years. I worked in corporate sector in strategy, customer experience, customer value management and analytics section.
As a corporate trainer, I am conducting training's on customer advocacy and customer value management. So far I have worked with more than more 100 companies as an independent consultant.
With academicians I have co-authored more than 20 papers and working on many more.
Throughout these seven years, I recorded almost everyday in my journal. I learned many things.
I would like to share all this in such a way that it should be interesting for all three segments. In this context I think the e-Book is something which everyone can easily read. However, I am also concerned about value of E-book in eyes of academicians? In terms of citations and profile of researcher/writer?
I have worked with three publishers. NOVA Publishers are very good. I do not self-publish my work. I am sorry but my knowledge in the field of self-publishing is non-existent!
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Sorry dear respected Muhammad Farooq ,, I dont publish any e-book, but I know that Springer and Elsevier are very good publishers.
I apologize again. Please accept my highly appreciation.
Dr. Yehya A. Salih
Muhammad Farooq
Yes reliable and most of them are replica copies of original books
Yehya A. Salih Thank you Sir, for your time and reply. Actually, in my experience of corporate sector, I have observed some self published books are given more value compared to the books written in scientific way and published by scholars.
For example the best selling book of Eric Rice " The Lean Startup" and all books of Simon Sinek "Start with why" and "They Leaders eat last" became popular though self published channels.
Eric Rice or Simon Sinek are not scholars but their books are appreciated all over the world. I worked with Telenor Group, China Mobile and many startup founders, I found C-Level Executives taking about their books and methodology.
In fact the Robert Kiyosaki non scientific book "Rich Dad Poor Dad" is most of the time refereed as the source for new definition of Assets.
Based on above situation, the self published books by experienced people should have some academic value??
Thank you so much Dr. Muhammad. I agree with you and I hope you achieve more scientific progress. So I hope contribute you in publishing e-books in future at any famous publishing house.
With my best regards.
Thanks for the question. Actually i am not aware of the success rate or authenticity of this kind of publications. I cannot guide you much on this topic. I have personally always relied on good peer reviewed published matter. Best wishes. Do keep us updated on your experience.
Regards.
Thank you, Muhammad, for your important question. Publishing with well-established publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, CRC, McGraw Hill, etc., is usually approved after having your proposal submission and sample chapters by 10-12 peer-reviewers specialised in the area you are addressing. If finally your proposal has been approved you will start working with the publisher on the manuscript after signing a contract. I do not have experience with self-publishing, But, regarding your question, this component of peer-review and scholarly work will be missing. I hope this brief comment helps you.
Best regards, Prof S. Azer
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