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Compensation for reviewing for Cambridge Elements?

In our January “how can we help you?” thread, a reader writes:

A very specific but small question: I’ve been asked to review for the Cambridge Elements Series. This is therefore reviewing a book. The email does not mention any payment, something that I have got for reviewing other books. Is this normal? Do they not pay (or pay in books) for Elements reviews, even though that is otherwise the norm when being asked to review books?

I haven’t heard of this–maybe it’s because Cambridge Elements books are really short (between 20-30K words)? Do any readers have any insights?

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4 responses to “Compensation for reviewing for Cambridge Elements?”

  1. Anonymous

    I refereed a Cambridge Element. The, then, standard compensation was 200 British Pound in CUP e-books. ONLY e-books.
    But whenever there is compensation clear it up in advance.
    When I review book manuscripts for presses it is usually about 200-300 Euro or double that in books from the Press (but that is a 90,000 word manuscript, not a 30,000 word manuscript as the Elements are)

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  2. Anonymous

    You can get compensation for reviewing books?

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    1. Daniel

      Just to clear up potential confusion, people are talking about compensation for reading and commenting on a book manuscript for a publisher, prior to the book’s publication. Those are often compensated, albeit in the form of store credit in the publisher’s store, rather than actual money. Nobody gets paid for writing book reviews for journals, which are written for the general academic audience (not the publisher) after the book is published.

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  3. Anonymous

    Anonymous 2, above
    The compensation is for reviewing book manuscripts for publishers BEFORE they decide to publish the book, NOT for writing a book review. Perhaps we should have said refereeing book manuscripts

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