Well, that's weird...

[conuly]

I can't see my most recent entries, and I can't see comments made in the past day on the recent comments page. It's not a cache issue. For one thing, this is a school computer, and also, I can see the days on which I've made posts in my calendar. It's just... weird. Hope it clears up soon. If it's not fine when I get home, I'll make a support request.

Okay, and *now* my december 6th entries have been deleted. I think. Fuck. Can anybody else see them?

Edit again: Question. If you go here, can you see comments you've made within the past day? Can you see if you've commented on my journal on the sixth or earlier this morning? Maybe you commented on one of my entries. If so, is the entry showing up when you click on it? Or is it showing as "deleted"? Or is it not showing up when clicked on, but also not showing up as deleted?

Comments

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

I can't see any, and I remember you having some. Their content might be cached on my friends' page...

[conuly]

If you commented on them, do me a favor and check your recent comments page, see what it says? I mean, if you haven't commented on too many other entries since then.

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

This entry was on my recents comments page and is still accessible.
http://www.livejournal.com/users/conuly/461334.html

[conuly]

And cached content is good, if you've got it. I can repost the entries with a note that they aren't the original. This way support people don't get confused, and I get my entries back.

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

http://www.livejournal.com/users/conuly/461334.html

03:00 am December 6th, 2004


conuly




My god...


This kind of crap gets published? (http://www.livejournal.com/users/crevette/113659.html) IT USES WOLFSPEAK, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! Orbs! ORBS!

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

I'm feeling: scared


read what 11 of my followers have said or bow before my awesome wrath!

Comments


Thread started by Snapdragon





From: ladybirdsleeps Date: December 6th, 2004 - 08:44 am (Clicky!)
Vanity publisher.
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From: conuly Date: December 6th, 2004 - 08:45 am (Clicky!)
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?
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From: azarias Date: December 6th, 2004 - 08:58 am (Clicky!)
PublishAmerica. It's a self-publisher. You give them $300, they give you a stack of books and tell you you're sweet.
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From: conuly Date: December 6th, 2004 - 09:07 am (Clicky!)
They're EVIL. Have they no shame?
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From: mortaine Date: December 6th, 2004 - 10:52 am (Clicky!)
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!)
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From: mhari Date: December 6th, 2004 - 04:06 pm (Clicky!)
Sweet baby Jesus. I heard about that when it was first vomited forth published, but I hadn't seen the excerpt. Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwrgh.
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Thread started by Cody





From: codeman38 Date: December 6th, 2004 - 04:24 pm (Clicky!)
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.
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From: codeman38 Date: December 6th, 2004 - 05:03 pm (Clicky!)
Egads. I just stumbled across the author's press release, which is just as horribly written.
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From: ladytalon Date: December 7th, 2004 - 01:35 am (Clicky!)
Boof!

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

Boof.
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From: bridgetester Date: December 7th, 2004 - 07:00 am (Clicky!)
Best. Icon. Evar.
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From: ladytalon Date: December 7th, 2004 - 07:08 am (Clicky!)
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
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read what 11 of my followers have said or bow before my awesome wrath!

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/ and http://www.prweb.com/releases/2003/8/prweb76600.htm from codeman38's comments

I don't have any more entries cached on this lab computer, but I'll check mine.

[conuly]

Oh, that's good. I'll post a link to the entry, that should be fine. Clearly, it's not gone for good.

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

*nods* The disappearance of links is still rather distressing though.

[conuly]

They're back now. Yay! Go to the supportlounge, I thanked you.

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

I did have them all cached, in any case. (spr0t friends filter)