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How book biz dug its own Amazon grave

Started by jimmy olsen, June 01, 2014, 09:51:29 PM

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Barrister

#30
June 02, 2014, 03:32:06 PM
Quote from: Valmy on June 02, 2014, 03:29:26 PM
Canadian ISBN, so worthless they cannot even give it away? 

Sorry I find it funny that a dude who works in publishing in Canada knows basically nothing about it.

HVC works in publishing? :unsure:
Posts here are my own private opinions.  I do not speak for my employer.

The Brain

#31
June 02, 2014, 03:38:11 PM
I know it's publish or perish, but publishing in Canada? I'd rather be a pedlar.
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Valmy

#32
June 02, 2014, 03:40:38 PM
Quote from: HVC on June 01, 2014, 10:23:45 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 01, 2014, 10:22:11 PM
Quote from: HVC on June 01, 2014, 10:20:32 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 01, 2014, 10:12:50 PM
People will love the upcoming novel tim gets a mace in the ass by Monc E. Butt
ill get my company to print it for you. You'll at least make a profit on languish :P

eggplant publishing inc.
its actually owned by one of the richest guys in Canada :lol:

Um so he said his company would print his book, Ed made up a joke name for this publishing company, and HVC said it was owned by a rich Canuck.  So he works for a publishing company that is not in publishing BB?  I mean if a Porto-Canuck is pushing typical Porto-Canuck lies I can understand.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

HVC

#33
June 02, 2014, 03:43:16 PM Last Edit: June 02, 2014, 03:47:56 PM by HVC
Quote from: Valmy on June 02, 2014, 03:29:26 PM
Canadian ISBN, so worthless they cannot even give it away? 

Sorry I find it funny that a dude who works in publishing in Canada knows basically nothing about it.
im an accountant in a printing company, so I'm vaguely aware of publishing matters :P . Most of the publishers who print with us are american, or American owned so what little I know of isbn's is based on the American one (bowker managed, who is also a publisher but I don't know if it's the same company. Probably though)
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

Valmy

#34
June 02, 2014, 03:46:57 PM
Bah you work in publishing.  Just like the secretary for the GM of the Green Bay Packers works in Professional Sports.

Anyway damn our cabal of accountants is impressive.  If they ever allied with the Lawyer cabal they could seize power from the Engineers who run this forum.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

HVC

#35
June 02, 2014, 03:47:22 PM
Publishers usually don't print. Or at least not a large part of their catalogue. There are exceptions like the Mormons. Ya, didn't know they had their own publisher/printing company either.
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

Admiral Yi

#36
June 02, 2014, 03:48:39 PM
Do they ever pull you off the books in crunch time to help with proofreading Hillary?  :P

HVC

#37
June 02, 2014, 03:55:52 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 02, 2014, 03:48:39 PM
Do they ever pull you off the books in crunch time to help with proofreading Hillary?  :P
files supplied as is :lol:

Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

Eddie Teach

#38
June 02, 2014, 04:44:18 PM
Quote from: Valmy on June 02, 2014, 03:46:57 PM
Bah you work in publishing.  Just like the secretary for the GM of the Green Bay Packers works in Professional Sports.

Or Derspiess.  ;)
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Razgovory

#39
June 02, 2014, 04:55:34 PM
That is indeed some absurd whining.  I had to look up the author; it seems that bitching is something he's know for.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Ideologue

#40
June 02, 2014, 05:02:18 PM
I'm not 100% sure what he's whining about.
Kinemalogue
Current reviews: The 'Burbs (9/10); Gremlins 2: The New Batch (9/10); John Wick: Chapter 2 (9/10); A Cure For Wellness (4/10)

Valmy

#41
June 02, 2014, 05:09:41 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on June 02, 2014, 05:02:18 PM
I'm not 100% sure what he's whining about.

The stupidity of book publishers?
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Admiral Yi

#42
June 02, 2014, 05:20:15 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on June 02, 2014, 05:02:18 PM
I'm not 100% sure what he's whining about.

Amazon not giving much money to book publishers.

Sheilbh

#43
June 02, 2014, 06:45:07 PM
Christ Michael Wolff's unbearable :bleeding:
Let's bomb Russia!

Razgovory

#44
June 02, 2014, 07:00:38 PM
I didn't know who he was till now, but I agree.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017
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