Peter Andersson is one of the most common names in Sweden, so if you want to track the correct Peter Andersson it can be hard.
Today I got the following email:
Dear Peter, I am writing on behalf of the German publishing house, VDM Dr. Müller. In the course of an Internet research I came across a link to your thesis on "Charge Transport Modulation and Optical Absorption Switching in Organic Electronic Devices". As we are planning publications in this subject area, I would like to get in touch with you and I am wondering if you may be interested in publishing your work. Your reply including an e-mail address to which I can send an e-mail with further information in an attachment will be greatly appreciated. I am looking forward to hearing from you. Kind regards, Margit Schmöltz Acquisition Editor VDM Publishing House Ltd. 17, Meldrum Str. | Beau-Bassin | Mauritius Tel / Fax: +230 454-9984 m.schmoeltz@vdm-publishing-house.com | www.vdmpublishing-house.com Business Registration No.: C07072290 Board of Directors: Katalin Bontenakels, Benoit Novel In cooperation with VDM Verlag Dr. Müller AG & Co. KG (www.vdm-verlag.de) LAP Lambert Academic Publishing AG & Co. KG (www.lap-publishing.com) Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften AG & Co. KG (www.svh-verlag.de)
After some googling I found this thesis:
http://www.ep.liu.se/smash/record.jsf?searchId=1&pid=diva2:17013
It has been written by Peter Andersson and is far more advanced then may knowledge in semiconductors.
I answered the mail and told Margit that I was the wrong Peter Andersson and wished her good luck in the search for the correct one.
If you are bored, read my thesis, Web based management. Interesting that I’m still in working with systems- and network management.
February 2nd, 2009 at 7:21 am
Dear Peter,
as you already mentioned it’s hard to find the right person if you have a common name. Sorry for the mistake – and if
y o u are interested to publish your thesis with VDM just let us know!
Regards,
Esther von Krosigk, VDM
February 3rd, 2009 at 9:52 am
No thanks, I think that public available at Internet is good enough.
Good luck finding the correct Peter Andersson
/Peter
February 11th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Eh… I just received the same email. They want to publish my Masters thesis, which I find shocking. Because 1) it was a piece of trash, and 2) my PhD is a million miles more interesting and relevant.
Oh, and really… A BOOK?
They sound dodgy in any case. A German-based company that’s…. based in Mauritius? I also found this: http://hjhop.blogspot.com/2008/12/shady-academic-publishing.html
February 11th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
Intresting…
I love the title of Bing McGhandi thesis: “The Representational Hermeneutics of Ferrets and Ferret Care in the Lesser Known Poetic Works of Midget Lesbian Eskimos.”
/Peter
February 12th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
I just received almost the same e-mail.
I think this will be marked as spam =)