Comments on: Book Surge Knows How To Market Their Services http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/book-surge-knows-how-to-market-their-services-15/ Sports News - Tech Reviews - Entertainment - Life Tips for EveryJoe Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:44:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anne Wayman http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/book-surge-knows-how-to-market-their-services-15/comment-page-1/#comment-343994 Anne Wayman Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:43:52 +0000 http://www.thegoldenpencil.com/2007/10/23/book-surge-knows-how-to-market-their-services/#comment-343994 Well, CZ, maybe... the problem is Amazon seems to be trying to corner the self-publishing market... I don't know about you, but I like it when markets don't end up being monopolies or near monopolies. Well, CZ, maybe… the problem is Amazon seems to be trying to corner the self-publishing market… I don’t know about you, but I like it when markets don’t end up being monopolies or near monopolies.

]]> By: Conrad Zero http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/book-surge-knows-how-to-market-their-services-15/comment-page-1/#comment-343995 Conrad Zero Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:25:08 +0000 http://www.thegoldenpencil.com/2007/10/23/book-surge-knows-how-to-market-their-services/#comment-343995 Sigh? Why 'sigh'? I filled in the BookSurge online form last night, and had a similar experience. A salesman called today to 'sell' me on self-publishing. Natch. He moved the conversation away from CreateSpace. Quickly. I just got an e-mail follow up with handy links to plenty of 'upsell'. Of course you know the value of such things, because you're in the industry. But think of how this allows first-time authors to get their start! They can actually get their crappy, spellchecked but unedited Harry Potter Knockoff in print four there family and friends! So what if Amazon cashes in on the weak, the lazy, the grammar-challenged? So what if Amazon turns into a proving ground (or universal slushpile) for the publishers to pick and choose from? I'm not seeing the bad here. Help me out. Yours truly, -Zero Sigh? Why ’sigh’?

I filled in the BookSurge online form last night, and had a similar experience. A salesman called today to ’sell’ me on self-publishing. Natch.

He moved the conversation away from CreateSpace. Quickly. I just got an e-mail follow up with handy links to plenty of ‘upsell’.

Of course you know the value of such things, because you’re in the industry. But think of how this allows first-time authors to get their start! They can actually get their crappy, spellchecked but unedited Harry Potter Knockoff in print four there family and friends!

So what if Amazon cashes in on the weak, the lazy, the grammar-challenged? So what if Amazon turns into a proving ground (or universal slushpile) for the publishers to pick and choose from?

I’m not seeing the bad here. Help me out.

Yours truly,
-Zero

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