Lambert Academic Publishing is a scam. LAP is a company based in Mauritius and Eastern Europe that spams scholars who have published theses offering to republish them as books.
The naive and gullible agree, and after zero editing or reviewing (changes are even charged for!) LAP create a front cover using stock art and place the "book" online (on their own site and sister sites, and on Amazon) for sale at high prices with no indication that this work is an unedited thesis. The only sales will be to unwary libraries or hobbyists, but the author never sees a penny of those sales.
Then begins the next stage of the scam - the hard sell. Scholars are drawn in by the promise of royalties but these are a mirage. In reality, LAP presses authors to buy expensive copies of their own book! Not only do these authors risk being out-of-pocket, but they also risk damaging their reputation by publishing with LAP.
Matt Hodgkinson, Head of Research Integrity at Hindawi Publishing Corporation (2016-present)
Yes, Lambert Academic Publishing is a nonsense. This is known in our Mykolas Romeris university, Vilnius, Lithuania (and was told by administration).
You may also look into the following discussions for general information about fake journals:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_to_identify_fake_journals
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Fake_journals_and_fake_conferences
A BOOK COMPANY OR JOURNAL COMPANY SEARCHING FOR AUTHORS BY SENDING E-MAILS TO PROFESSIONALS IS A WAY OF CREATING AWARENESS. THIS CANNOT MAKE THE COMPANY TO LOST ACREDITATION. A COMPANY ADVISING PEOPLE TO PUBLISH THEIR THESIS IS A WAY OF ENCOURAGING KNOWLEDGE SHARING. HAS THE RELEVANT REGULATORY BODY WITHDRAWN ACREDITATION FROM LAMBERT ACADEMIC PUBLISHING? PLEASE LET ME KNOW. CHARGING FOR CHANGES IS A COMPANY POLICY. IS THERE ANY REGULATION ON THAT? MANY PEOPLE DUMB IMPORTANT RESEARCH THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN USEFUL FOR TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT A BOOK CANNOT BE WRITTEN FROM A THESIS. HAS EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF THESIS TO THE STANDARD OF BOOKS MADE THE RELEVANT REGULATORY AUTHORITY TO WITHDRAW ACREDITATION FROM LAMBERT? DO YOU HAVE EVIDENCE TO PROOF THAT BOOKS PUBLISHED BY LAMBERT ARE NOT PEER REVIEWED, EDITED AND TECHNICALLY VERIFIED? DO YOU HAVE EVIDENCE TO PROVE THAT LAMBERT ACADEMIC PUBLISHING IS NOT ACCREDITED BY THE AUTHORISED REGULATORY BODY? IF IT IS NOT ACCREDITED LET ME KNOW. IF IT IS ACCREDITED THEN PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PATRONISE THEM UNTILL THEY LOST THE ACCREDITATION. IF A QUESTION IS ASKED ON RESEARCH GATE ABOUT A PUBLISHING COMPANY, WHAT THE QUESTIONER WANTS TO KNOW IS THE STATUS OF ACCREDITATION NOT WHETHER SOMEBODY IS HAPPY OR NOT. DO YOU HAVE PROOFS THAT LAMBERT IS NOT AN ACCREDITED BOOK PULISHER? SELLING EXPENSIVE BOOKS ,NOT PAYING ROYALTIES ARE A MATTER OF COMPANY POLICY. AN AUTHOR CANNOT LOST HIS REPUTATION FOR PUBLISHING IN A COMPANY THAT HAS BEEN ACCREDITED BY THE RELEVANT REGULATORY BODY. I@ ENCOURAGE ALL THAT WERE DISCOURAGED AS A RESULT OF PEOPLES FEELINGS TO SEND THEIR BOOKS TO LAMBERT FOR PUBLICATION UNLESS LAMBERT IS NOT ACCREDITED BY THE RELEVANT REGULATORY BODY.
I think 'Lambert Academic Publishing (LAP)' is one of the vanity publishers. Do not fall into the trap. I mean do not publish your thesis or book via this publisher, it may bring trouble in your future scientific career.
Thanks for the information. Has any of you ever published with Lampert? It would be nice to hear them or hear you. Because if you claim it is a scam, we would need proof to make sure this publisher is or is not reliable.
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