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If you click the second link i.e. from Parlor, you won't see any free links. But pdf versions from Colostate WAC Clearing House are free as I just downloaded here in PA. Best, Madhav On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Christiane K. Donahue < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Ah no, there is definitely open access status. I'm cc-ing Mike Palmquist, > WAC Clearinghouse Editor, who indicated the following in his initial > announcement: > "...now available at the Clearinghouse (for free download in PDF format) > and at Parlor Press (for purchase in print format)." > I'm sure he can offer some insight. > Thanks! > Christiane > > On Jan 14, 2014, at 8:46 PM, Mary Ellen Kerans <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > Christiane, these volumes do not seem to be open access. I've checked > all the links you posted and there are charges for all three formats > (hardcover, soft cover, PDF). > > Confused, > Mary Ellen Kerans > > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 8:37 PM, Christiane K. Donahue < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Dear colleagues, >> I'm very pleased to announce the release of the following two open-access >> books by Charles Bazerman--rich resources. >> Christiane Donahue >> >> *A Rhetoric of Literate Action: Literate Action Volume 1*, by Charles >> Bazerman >> >> A Rhetoric of Literate Action is written for "the experienced writer with >> a substantial repertoire of skills, [who] now would find it useful to think >> in more fundamental strategic terms about what they want their texts to >> accomplish, what form the texts might take, how to develop specific >> contents, and how to arrange the work of writing." The reader is offered a >> framework for identifying and understanding the situations writing comes >> out of and is directed toward; a consideration of how a text works to >> transform a situation and achieve the writer's motives; and advice on how >> to bring the text to completion and "how to manage the work and one's own >> emotions and energies so as to accomplish the work most effectively." >> >> Available on the WAC Clearinghouse at >> http://wac.colostate.edu/books/literateaction/v1/. >> Available at Parlor Press at http://parlorpress.com/bazerman_rhetoric. >> >> *A Theory of Literate Action: Literate Action Volume 2*, by Charles >> Bazerman >> >> A Theory of Literate Action draws on work from the social sciences—and in >> particular sociocultural psychology, phenomenological sociology, and the >> pragmatic tradition of social science—to "reconceive rhetoric fundamentally >> around the problems of written communication rather than around rhetoric's >> founding concerns of high stakes, agonistic, oral public persuasion" (p. >> 3). An expression of more than a quarter-century of reflection and >> scholarly inquiry, this volume represents a significant contribution to >> contemporary rhetorical theory. >> >> Available on the WAC Clearinghouse at >> http://wac.colostate.edu/books/literateaction/v2/. >> Available at Parlor Press at http://parlorpress.com/bazerman_theory. >> >> About Charles Bazerman >> >> Charles Bazerman, Professor of Education at the University of California, >> Santa Barbara, is the author of numerous research articles and books on the >> social role of writing, academic genres, and textual analysis, as well as >> textbooks on the teaching of writing. >> >> About the Publishers >> >> The WAC Clearinghouse has supported teachers of writing across the >> disciplines since 1997. Since 2000, it has made scholarly books and >> journals available in open-access format. Currently, more than 50 books and >> seven journals are available on the site. The Clearinghouse receives >> support from Colorado State University and from its editorial staff, >> editorial review board, and members who, through their collaborative >> efforts, make the site possible. >> >> Parlor Press is an independent publisher and distributor of scholarly and >> trade books in high quality print and digital formats. It was founded in >> 2002 to address the need for an alternative scholarly, academic press >> attentive to emergent ideas and forms while maintaining the highest >> possible standards of quality, credibility, and integrity. The Press's >> primary goal is to publish outstanding writing in a variety of subjects. >> > > > > -- > Mary Ellen Kerans > Barcelona, SPAIN > > >