# Ever been acknowledged? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 3, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-acknowledged/541723 "2010-06-03T02:38:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-acknowledged/541723/1 "2010-06-03T02:38:37Z")
As in, named in the Acknowledgments of a published work? Because I just have and it’s awesome!😃 It’s a scholarly work of little interest outside of a very specific area, but that matters not at all to me. I had no warning whatsoever, it was a complete surprise, and a delightful one at that! ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-acknowledged/541723/2 "2010-06-03T02:45:07Z")
Not myself, but I have a family member who helped with some research for a Tom Clancy novel and was in the acknowledgements, by first name. I got copies of a couple Clancy books signed to me by name. ---
**Author:** ![VernWinterbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@VernWinterbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VernWinterbottom)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-acknowledged/541723/3 "2010-06-03T02:45:26Z")
I was thanked by Rick Boyer in one of his Doc Adams books. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-acknowledged/541723/4 "2010-06-03T02:47:33Z")
Several times, some special interest and some not. Most recently in a series of birdwatching books. I’m a helpful guy. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-acknowledged/541723/5 "2010-06-03T02:54:00Z")
My name is in the liner notes of a few CDs. Not huge releases, but still cool. ---
**Author:** ![Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pasta)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-acknowledged/541723/6 "2010-06-03T02:57:12Z")
a couple of instructional poker books (available at your local bookstore) and various academic theses (which I guess are only quasi-published)… ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-acknowledged/541723/7 "2010-06-03T03:05:07Z")
Yes, a handful of times, once rather fulsomely. It is all very obscure academic stuff, though, with the partial exception of an undergraduate textbook (not the fulsome one). I doubt that it sold hugely, but it did go into a second edition, so there must be a few copies around. I tend to get more chuffed about my work getting cited, rather than me being acknowledged, even though many of the citers often seem to have completely missed the point of what I was saying, sometimes to the extent that it seems inconceivable that they can have read past the title. ---
**Author:** ![andiepandie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@andiepandie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andiepandie)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-acknowledged/541723/8 "2010-06-03T03:08:15Z")
Yep, I did some research for one of my profs for a book he was writing and I got a mention in the acknowledgments. It wasn’t unexpected but it took him a few years to write the book, so when I got an email from him to let me know about it a few months ago it was still a nice little surprise. And it’s probably the closest I’ll ever get to having my work published 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-acknowledged/541723/9 "2010-06-03T03:09:11Z")
The wife and I were once singled out for special acknowledgment at the front of one of the Lonely Planet Thailand guides. And I don’t mean the section in the back where they automatically list the name of everyone who wrote in comments and suggestions, although we are often found there too. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-acknowledged/541723/10 "2010-06-03T03:23:19Z")
I got an ackowledgement in my brother’s first published novel. I also have songwriting credits on a couple of CD’s. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-acknowledged/541723/11 "2010-06-03T03:44:41Z")
An article of mine was cited as a source in a doctoral dissertation. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-acknowledged/541723/12 "2010-06-03T03:47:32Z")
I’m on the dedication page of an obscure scholarly historical work about the Hapsburg monarchy. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-acknowledged/541723/13 "2010-06-03T03:52:01Z")
I have a friend who was thanked by Neil Gaiman at the front of one of his books. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-acknowledged/541723/14 "2010-06-03T03:59:59Z")
I’m mentioned in the acknowledgements for the reprint of Ray Bradbury’s _Dark Carnival_. I did the first proofread – comparing the original with a re-typed manuscript. I found lots of goofs, as would be expected. My mom died while I was working on it, and I only managed one run-through. I’m afraid to re-read the book, because I don’t know if anyone else looked at it after I did, and I saw at least one typo in the acknowledgements. I hate typos, and I really love that book – it deserved to be perfect but I’m afraid it isn’t. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-acknowledged/541723/15 "2010-06-03T04:07:47Z")
I’ve been credited on a couple of websites under my other internet identity. Under my real name, by the end of this year, I expect to be listed as Appellant’s Counsel in a published decision. Hopefully, a decision in my client’s favor. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-acknowledged/541723/16 "2010-06-03T04:35:51Z")
> [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](#): > > I have a friend who was thanked by Neil Gaiman at the front of one of his books. Oh wow…I also have a friend who was acknowledged in one of Gaiman’s books! ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-acknowledged/541723/17 "2010-06-03T04:40:50Z")
I was acknowledged in an English-language guidebook to a popular theme park in Tokyo. And I was also mentioned in the liner notes of a CD which featured music related to the same theme park. ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-acknowledged/541723/18 "2010-06-03T05:18:31Z")
Yes I have. I’ve been named in the text portion of books, in the forward, and in the bibliographies. Of course, the books are pretty obscure and unknown to everyone outside the field I’ve done my work in. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-acknowledged/541723/19 "2010-06-03T05:20:20Z")
I’m acknowledged in two popular fantasy novels written by a friend of mine. The first because we wrote a story together when we were younger, and the second because I helped proofread it. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-acknowledged/541723/20 "2010-06-03T05:35:49Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > Oh wow…I also have a friend who was acknowledged in one of Gaiman’s books! Hmmm…given your hometown, it’s quite possible that it’s the same friend! Was it in _Anansi Boys?_ And does your friend live in L.A. now? Ooops, just checked and it’s in the Afterward, not the beginning, of the book. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-acknowledged/541723.md?page=2)