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Hi everybody, I've downloaded both books without any difficulty -just clicked on the first link provided in each case. Thanks Christiane. Susana Tuero Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata Argentina > 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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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 > >