Comment on Lambert Academic Publishing: A Must to Avoid by E. Holt

I understand that, but I have one question: your books are very highly priced, at an average of 50 dollars and much more in some cases. From the way in which you describe your operation, it is mainly a Print-on-demand service such as Lulu, Blurb etc, with the difference that the books published by the latter companies sell at a fraction of the price. One common criticism of LAP and other VDM subsidiaries is that they do not offer a service of academic publishing (ie: editorial selection [I, and many others, were invited to submit without knowing the quality of even mark of my work], proofreading, editorial reports, marketing, printing and distribution, etc) but you present your books (and charge for them) as if they were monographs edited, published printed and marketed in the way that the “Academic Publishing” part of your name implies. In that case, why charge so much for print-on-demand book that have not gone through a process of academic edition? How is it different from any other self-publishing service? What do you say to those people who have bought a 60 dollar book in the belief that it was an academic monograph only to receive a the printout of a class dissertation? If you don’t think that the way in which your books are presented is misleading, why do some universities advise specifically against publishing with VDM subsidiaries to those wishing to embark on an academic career?