Proud of being a POD Person - print-on-demand, that is - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T16:02:47Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/proud-of-being-a-pod-person?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A208322&feed=yes&xn_auth=noMy wife teaches at a private…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-08-31:537324:Comment:2122152009-08-31T16:35:28.193ZEric Christophersonhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/datahog
My wife teaches at a private liberal arts college and it amuses me that the faculty are more liberal than the student body--sort of the reverse of the 1960s.
My wife teaches at a private liberal arts college and it amuses me that the faculty are more liberal than the student body--sort of the reverse of the 1960s. The current catastrophe in hi…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-08-31:537324:Comment:2122032009-08-31T15:06:02.780ZJon Loomishttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JonLoomis
The current catastrophe in higher ed is more about national politics and conservative political rhetoric than it is about the federal government per se, although Bush did eliminate the Clinton-era block grants to the states that helped undo some of the Reagan-era damage. If you combine anti-intellectual rhetoric and the notion that higher ed is an individual good (as opposed to a public good) with the conservative faux-populist "I hate taxes" mantra, this is what you get: right-wing state…
The current catastrophe in higher ed is more about national politics and conservative political rhetoric than it is about the federal government per se, although Bush did eliminate the Clinton-era block grants to the states that helped undo some of the Reagan-era damage. If you combine anti-intellectual rhetoric and the notion that higher ed is an individual good (as opposed to a public good) with the conservative faux-populist "I hate taxes" mantra, this is what you get: right-wing state legislatures that starve their own public universities (even though said universities are money engines that generate huge returns on every tax dollar spent) mostly out of anti-intellectual spite. College students tend to come out much more liberal than they went in, after all. Why are state colleges and un…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-08-31:537324:Comment:2121962009-08-31T13:57:35.153ZJack Getzehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JGetze
Why are state colleges and universities a federal short-coming?
Why are state colleges and universities a federal short-coming? Yeah Jack, I agree that a big…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-08-31:537324:Comment:2121932009-08-31T13:45:41.528ZTom Cookehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/TomCooke
Yeah Jack, I agree that a big shift is a long time off unless some new gizmo gets invented that makes it economically feasible, but for second and third runs POD is beginning to look pretty viable.<br />
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Yeah Jack, I agree that a big shift is a long time off unless some new gizmo gets invented that makes it economically feasible, but for second and third runs POD is beginning to look pretty viable.<br />
T. Ditto Toni, POD is a printing…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-08-31:537324:Comment:2121912009-08-31T13:36:15.499ZTom Cookehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/TomCooke
Ditto Toni, POD is a printing technique used by all publishers to some extent. It is a tool that prints books, not a marketing philosophy and certainly no longer limited to the vanity publishers.<br />
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Ditto Toni, POD is a printing technique used by all publishers to some extent. It is a tool that prints books, not a marketing philosophy and certainly no longer limited to the vanity publishers.<br />
T. Cool!tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-08-30:537324:Comment:2119492009-08-30T04:46:37.994ZDebbi Mackhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DebbiMack
Cool!
Cool! How could I say "no" to that?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-08-30:537324:Comment:2119462009-08-30T04:16:12.400ZBenjamin Sobieckhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/BenjaminSobieck
How could I say "no" to that?
How could I say "no" to that? Hey, Benjamin. I'll send you…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-08-30:537324:Comment:2119342009-08-30T02:25:46.266ZDebbi Mackhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DebbiMack
Hey, Benjamin. I'll send you a copy of mine, if you want to take a chance on me. I think you might be pleasantly surprised. All I ask in return is that you post a review online somewhere (e.g., Amazon, GoodReads, Facebook, a blog, or an email list), if you like it.<br />
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Deal?
Hey, Benjamin. I'll send you a copy of mine, if you want to take a chance on me. I think you might be pleasantly surprised. All I ask in return is that you post a review online somewhere (e.g., Amazon, GoodReads, Facebook, a blog, or an email list), if you like it.<br />
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Deal? That's a good point about the…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-08-30:537324:Comment:2119092009-08-30T01:31:28.414ZBenjamin Sobieckhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/BenjaminSobieck
That's a good point about the readers not caring. Most probably think POD is that storage unit you can rent and put on your lawn, or a late 90s nu-metal band. Unless the audience is full of authors, I don't think it makes a huge difference. Even then, I think the response would be warm so long the work is high quality.<br />
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The last POD I read was fantastically terrible. I couldn't have enjoyed it drunk. I've yet to read a good one. But that's just it. I haven't read a good one <i>yet</i>.
That's a good point about the readers not caring. Most probably think POD is that storage unit you can rent and put on your lawn, or a late 90s nu-metal band. Unless the audience is full of authors, I don't think it makes a huge difference. Even then, I think the response would be warm so long the work is high quality.<br />
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The last POD I read was fantastically terrible. I couldn't have enjoyed it drunk. I've yet to read a good one. But that's just it. I haven't read a good one <i>yet</i>. I think the general reading p…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-08-29:537324:Comment:2118742009-08-29T19:44:53.072ZDebbi Mackhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DebbiMack
I think the general reading public could care less about how the book was published than what's between the covers (and it helps if they're good-looking covers :)).<br />
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I have heard some readers say, if you can't impress an agent or editor enough to get published the traditional way, why should I read your book? Thing is, not all POD published authors are created equal. Plus an author can come SO close to acceptance, but not get it. Plus some of us did have publishers once, so any stigma of…
I think the general reading public could care less about how the book was published than what's between the covers (and it helps if they're good-looking covers :)).<br />
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I have heard some readers say, if you can't impress an agent or editor enough to get published the traditional way, why should I read your book? Thing is, not all POD published authors are created equal. Plus an author can come SO close to acceptance, but not get it. Plus some of us did have publishers once, so any stigma of rejection makes our jobs even harder. But if you can just get people to read your work and they like it, the rest should (in theory) follow (in time . . . years, perhaps?).