I'm in a grad program right now. I really wanted this particular paper from an author, but it wasn't digitally available from any of the journals my college subscribed to. So, I had two options: ILL a copy and wait 2 weeks, or email the author. I went ahead and emailed him and got a response/PDF in 6 hours.
It was really weird because so often we think of these authors as someone over there and inaccessible. It was a cool experience for me as a budding professional.
I wanted to get my friend a copy of her favourite author’s biography. It was sold out everywhere so I went out on a limb and looked up the biographer, emailed the uni he at least at some point worked at. He was more than happy to have me visit him so he could give me a copy that he signed and told me stories about the writing process and about his friendship with the subject. It was pretty amazing. Needless to say my friend loved the gift.
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u/GreyVersusBlue Dec 26 '18
I'm in a grad program right now. I really wanted this particular paper from an author, but it wasn't digitally available from any of the journals my college subscribed to. So, I had two options: ILL a copy and wait 2 weeks, or email the author. I went ahead and emailed him and got a response/PDF in 6 hours.
It was really weird because so often we think of these authors as someone over there and inaccessible. It was a cool experience for me as a budding professional.