My god...

[conuly]

This kind of crap gets published? IT USES WOLFSPEAK, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! Orbs! ORBS!

I'm very scared. I want my bearybear back.

Comments

[kutsuwamushi.livejournal.com]

Vanity publisher.

[conuly]

Well, clearly, but still. You'd think that somewhere, somebody would've said "look, your writing sucks, I don't care if you're my parent/kid/friend/sibling, you can't write and you know I'm honest because I love you" wouldn't they?

[azarias.livejournal.com]

PublishAmerica. It's a self-publisher. You give them $300, they give you a stack of books and tell you you're sweet.

[conuly]

They're EVIL. Have they no shame?

[mortaine.livejournal.com]

I think that question is answered pretty automatically by the link you provided....

But seriously.... self publishing is the way to go when you have an esoteric non-fiction subject that you're an expert on and know there isn't a wide enough market to sell more than 1,000 copies, but you also know the size of the market and the fact that you *will sell* a copy to all 900 people in the field.

Uh, examples? Ok, something like a guide to opening your own bookstore.... I bought a self-published copy of this book (it's actually a binder of materials, but could easily have been self-published into a book). Probably a hundred or so people buy this book every year, but the authors are very confident that people looking to get into the industry will buy either their book or the one put out by their competitor, and probably both (after all, they're book lovers!)

[mhari.livejournal.com]

Sweet baby Jesus. I heard about that when it was first vomited forth published, but I hadn't seen the excerpt. Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwrgh.

[codeman38.livejournal.com]

I can't help it. This is my favorite half paragraph in the book. Those 6 foot tall furry glowing eyeballs do it to me every time. But I digress...

::snerk::

Wow, someone ought to submit that as a honorary candidate for the Bulwer-Lytton Awards (http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/).

[codeman38.livejournal.com]

Egads. I just stumbled across the author's press release (http://www.prweb.com/releases/2003/8/prweb76600.htm), which is just as horribly written.

[ladytalon.livejournal.com]

Boof!

Hahaha. Word of the day. Nay, the week.

Boof.

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

Best. Icon. Evar.

[ladytalon.livejournal.com]

It's one of my favorites! You can steal it if you want, cause I made it for the icon community I'm in. Credit is pleasant but not wholly necessary. =D

[kutsuwamushi.livejournal.com]

Vanity publisher.

[conuly]

Well, clearly, but still. You'd think that somewhere, somebody would've said "look, your writing sucks, I don't care if you're my parent/kid/friend/sibling, you can't write and you know I'm honest because I love you" wouldn't they?

[azarias.livejournal.com]

PublishAmerica. It's a self-publisher. You give them $300, they give you a stack of books and tell you you're sweet.

[conuly]

They're EVIL. Have they no shame?

[mortaine.livejournal.com]

I think that question is answered pretty automatically by the link you provided....

But seriously.... self publishing is the way to go when you have an esoteric non-fiction subject that you're an expert on and know there isn't a wide enough market to sell more than 1,000 copies, but you also know the size of the market and the fact that you *will sell* a copy to all 900 people in the field.

Uh, examples? Ok, something like a guide to opening your own bookstore.... I bought a self-published copy of this book (it's actually a binder of materials, but could easily have been self-published into a book). Probably a hundred or so people buy this book every year, but the authors are very confident that people looking to get into the industry will buy either their book or the one put out by their competitor, and probably both (after all, they're book lovers!)

[mhari.livejournal.com]

Sweet baby Jesus. I heard about that when it was first vomited forth published, but I hadn't seen the excerpt. Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwrgh.

[codeman38.livejournal.com]

I can't help it. This is my favorite half paragraph in the book. Those 6 foot tall furry glowing eyeballs do it to me every time. But I digress...

::snerk::

Wow, someone ought to submit that as a honorary candidate for the Bulwer-Lytton Awards (http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/).

[codeman38.livejournal.com]

Egads. I just stumbled across the author's press release (http://www.prweb.com/releases/2003/8/prweb76600.htm), which is just as horribly written.

[ladytalon.livejournal.com]

Boof!

Hahaha. Word of the day. Nay, the week.

Boof.

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

Best. Icon. Evar.

[ladytalon.livejournal.com]

It's one of my favorites! You can steal it if you want, cause I made it for the icon community I'm in. Credit is pleasant but not wholly necessary. =D