gavin_3110 Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Are there any pictures in it? Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavin_3110 Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 I think WaffenThinMint is Alan Partridge, it would go some way to explaining his bitterness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweaty Morph Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 It doesn't take "determination" to get published this way. So long as it's not breaking any laws, Amazon will "publish" any old shite this way - the cut they get from any sales more than justifies the site space used & whatever print-on-demand copies are sold. It's the old Citron Press scam on an industrial scale:- http://www.theguardian.com/business/2000/aug/16/books.booksnews Any one of you out there could get the free software and do this yourself with any old rubbish. Go on, try it. Amazon doesn't care so long as you follow their guidelines, the cut they take from the meagre sales made (& their size of operations) more than justifies any expense from the limited downloads or pay to print. At least this one frees the authors from falling for the vanity press trap of paying for their own printing (in that respect for once good luck to Amazon). If it stopped Deadasdillinger from potentially being conned out of thousands of pounds, three cheers, but please don't be naive enough to think it's any big deal to get published in this manner. But pity the poor authors when they start wondering when they're going to make any money from the fruits of their labours, & discover the hard way Amazon aren't doing it because they want to "revolutionise the printing industry". It's because if there's a sucker to rip off, they're happy to help them on their way. For example: http://www.takepermission.com/hidden-fee-self-publishing-amazon/ But jealous of a vanity press ebook which - from what little the author has deemed fit to actually show - reads little better than if he'd cut and paste the routine nostalgia circle jerk threads which can be read on P&B daily & everywhere else on the net for free? Please, spare us all the display of faux outrage: if the same post had been made first by any of the usual suspects you brown nose on here 24/7, you would have merrily joined in: Jesus, who shat in your cornflakes? Are you off out after this to tell some bairns that Santa isn't real? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 ITS FUCKING KERBY. Running through back gardens is garden hopping. Knocking a door and running is happy chappy HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 A mere "tbf, publishing through Amazon doesn't necessarily mean that it would meet the regular standards which most publishers require" would have sufficed. I see WTM's point but you can't just assume it's shite because of the route he's gone down. Even if it does happen to be shite, it still takes a lot of commitment to write the whole thing. I know fine well I'd have got to chapter 2 and just got fed up of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collins Out! Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Are we getting a chapter to read? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 ITS FUCKING KERBY. Running through back gardens is garden hopping. Knocking a door and running is happy chappy HTH Shite. You'll be calling the carnival the shows next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Shite. You'll be calling the carnival the shows next. If your voting in Perthshire then you can damn well call it the shows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappiecat Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Running through back gardens is garden hopping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Skidmarks Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Shite. You'll be calling the carnival the shows next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Pete Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 It doesn't take "determination" to get published this way. So long as it's not breaking any laws, Amazon will "publish" any old shite this way - the cut they get from any sales more than justifies the site space used & whatever print-on-demand copies are sold. It's the old Citron Press scam on an industrial scale:- http://www.theguardian.com/business/2000/aug/16/books.booksnews Any one of you out there could get the free software and do this yourself with any old rubbish. Go on, try it. Amazon doesn't care so long as you follow their guidelines, the cut they take from the meagre sales made (& their size of operations) more than justifies any expense from the limited downloads or pay to print. At least this one frees the authors from falling for the vanity press trap of paying for their own printing (in that respect for once good luck to Amazon). If it stopped Deadasdillinger from potentially being conned out of thousands of pounds, three cheers, but please don't be naive enough to think it's any big deal to get published in this manner. But pity the poor authors when they start wondering when they're going to make any money from the fruits of their labours, & discover the hard way Amazon aren't doing it because they want to "revolutionise the printing industry". It's because if there's a sucker to rip off, they're happy to help them on their way. For example: http://www.takepermission.com/hidden-fee-self-publishing-amazon/ But jealous of a vanity press ebook which - from what little the author has deemed fit to actually show - reads little better than if he'd cut and paste the routine nostalgia circle jerk threads which can be read on P&B daily & everywhere else on the net for free? Please, spare us all the display of faux outrage: if the same post had been made first by any of the usual suspects you brown nose on here 24/7, you would have merrily joined in: See Spike and Chester? See Chester? That's you three - devoid of either original thoughts or a spine. Hi mate, Can you provide a link to the albums you've published, songs you've written, football teams you've played for & managed, books you've written, restaurants you've cooked for, cars you've built... and just about anything else you've ever held an opinion on but have never done yourself? See where your Tu quoque fallacy takes you in turn? Feeble even by your snot nosed standards Smurph - but that's what happens when you try playing to the crowd. Let it be a little lesson. ^^^^^ Bible John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Good luck but it's called cribby.Which utter bellend calls it "cribby"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Which utter bellend calls it "cribby"? This chap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eindhovendee Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Which utter bellend calls it "cribby"? I've got to agree with the Mr.£500. It has always been cribby in Dundee, and WTM what is wrong with you? The boy has written a book. Good or bad we can decide when we have read it but you are coming across as a book printing snob. For what reason? Give the guy a break, if it is brilliant then great and if not at least he has tried. Don't get how you can get jealous of something like that. Edited to correct the spelling of "can". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Cribby sounds like the sort of thing that happens in public schools, and we all know what goes on there. A bit of a shit name by all accounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudge Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 "Hmmm, what shall we call this game?" "Well, people's nicknames are often their name, or part of their name with the suffix 'y'" "Yeah, why don't we use that basis for naming this game?" "Well, the game is about throwing the ball with the intention of it rebounding off the corner of a kerb, why don't we call it kerby?" "Nah, lets just go for 'cribby'" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 WTM is usually a good read when he isn't being a complete and utter psycho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 WTM is usually a good read when he isn't being a complete and utter psycho. That's a pretty narrow window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 My published book was, Kerby;The Rules. It was put forward to support The Kerby Association in their bid to have the sport included in the recent Commonwealth Games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mkregan Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 "Hmmm, what shall we call this game?" "Well, people's nicknames are often their name, or part of their name with the suffix 'y'" "Yeah, why don't we use that basis for naming this game?" "Well, the game is about throwing the ball with the intention of it rebounding off the corner of a kerb, why don't we call it kerby?" "Nah, lets just go for 'cribby'" A kerb is a crib. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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