Publishers and creative publishing

Just received some issues today in the mail and they had very entertaining notes with them.


One of them says, in part..."Enclosed you will find five issues of Journal...." and "It is our goal to get the journal on schedule....anticipating [this] in 2011." This journal, in contrast to some others I could name, is only 2 years behind schedule. That is not bad, comparatively speaking.


However, the other package and its contents was a bit of a shock..."...Journal of .... Studies is beginning anew with the publication of vol. 1, nos. 1 and 2 (2010)...new series...Our last issue was dated 2005...."! Now this one did not change numbering or issues per volume or anything else...the publisher decided to just start a new series instead of changing the cover chronology. Gee. This is going to make checking this one in a lot of fun!


And then there is the wonderful journal that changed its name and numbering altogether, again, for the 3rd time in 2 years! Thanks guys for thinking of us! This journal will be such a breeze for the patrons to find...they just have to go through 3 different records to find the most current one....!