[LAD] warning: seedy journal possibly targetting LAC authors

hi everybody! i just received a personalized spam mail from a very seedy publishing company which apparently has harvested the linux audio conference backlogs. so here's a friendly warning since this might happen to others who have contributed to LACs in the past. this company doesn't check out at all as a relevant publisher, and a number of people have reported that their business model is to bait and hook scholars desperate for publications and then milking them for publication fees. they will also ask for a transfer of copyright. needless to say, david publishing's journals are practically unheard of in the world of serious research, and being in one is very likely to hinder a career rather than foster it. meanwhile, a happy holiday season and may santa bring good publishing opportunities to all scholars who have been well-behaved during the year! jörn -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Call for Papers or Books from Journal of Literature and Art Studies (ISSN 2159-5836) Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:58:59 +0800 From: literature.art &lt;literature.art(a)davidpublishing.org&gt; To: nettings &lt;nettings(a)stackingdwarves.net&gt; From Knowledge to Wisdom *Journal of Literature and Art Studies, USA* International Standard Serial Number: ISSN2159-5836 (Print),ISSN 2159-5844 (Online)** *Call for Papers and Books* ** Dear Jörn NETTINGSMEIER, This is a journal entitled */Journal of Literature and Art Studies /(ISSN 2159-5836)*published across the United States by David Publishing Company, EL MONTE, CA, USA.We are glad to know you have submitted a paper named:*_General­purpose Ambisonic playback systems for electroacoustic concerts - a practical approach _*at Linux Audio Conference 2010.Weare very interested in your research. If the paper mentioned has not been published in other journals and you have the idea of making our journal as a vehicle for your research interests,please send us the English electronic version of your paper in MS word format. And all your original and unpublished papers are welcome. Hope to keep in touch with you by email. If you have other original and unpublished papers or books at hand which have not been published yet, please feel free to send them to us too. As an American academic publishing group, we wish to become your friends if necessary. At present, we also want to invite some people to be our reviewers or become our editorial board members. If you are interested in our journal, Please send your CV to us too. Expect to get your reply soon. *Description* ** */Journal of Literature and Art Studies /*is an international academic journal (print and online), published monthly by David Publishing Company, USA, which was founded in 2001, and is striving to provide the best platform for artists and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings and results. Our journal is an English version and your contribution to our journal would be very much welcome! *Current columns involve:* ** Literature studies, art theory, culture and history of arts, appreciation of arts, etc.. *Some renowned databases our journal can be retrieved:* **** */Journal of Literature and Art Studies/*is to be indexed in following databases: ★ Database of EBSCO, Massachusetts, USA (Humanities Abstracts (H.W. Wilson)) ★ LLBA Database of CSA ★ Universe Digital Library S/B, Proquest ★ Proquest, USA ★ Chinese Database of CEPS, American Federal Computer Library center (OCLC), USA ★ Chinese Scientific Journals Database, VIP Corporation, Chongqing, P.R. China ★ Ulrich’s Periodicals Direcory ★ Summon Serials Solutions *Information for author(s)* ** 1. The manuscript should be original, and has not been published previously. Please do not submit material that is currently being considered by another journal. 2. Manuscripts may be 3000-8000 words or longer if approved by the editor, including an abstract, texts, tables, footnotes, appendixes, and references. The title should not exceed 15 words, and abstract should not exceed 400 words. 3-8 keywords or key phrases are required. 3. The manuscript should be in MS Word format, submitted as an email attachment to our email address. 4. Author(s) of the articles being accepted are required to sign up the Transfer of Copyright Agreement form. 5. The author(s) will receive 2 copies of the issue of our journal containing his/her (their) article(s). 6. It is not our policy to pay authors. *Submission**of manuscript* ** All manuscripts submitted will be considered for publication. Please visit our website at _www.davidpublishing.com_ for our automatic paper submission systems or send an email attachment to: art.literature@yahoo.com<mailto:art.literature%20@yahoo.com>, _literature.art_@davidpublishing.org<mailto:philostudy@gmail.com>. Best Regards! Wayne Editorial Office Journal of Literature and Art Studies (ISSN 2159-5836) David Publishing Company 9460 TELSTAR AVE SUITE 5,EL MONTE,CA 91713,USA Website: http://www.davidpublishing.com E-mail: literature.art(a)davidpublishing.org <mailto:literature.art@davidpublishing.org> Tel: 1-323-9847526, 1-323-4101082; Fax: 1-323-9847374; 1-323-9080457