Michael N. Marcus discusses writing, editing, publishing and sometimes other things. He often draws attention to inept publishers and writers. It's his duty and his compulsion. It's important and often funny. If you present work to the public, you must be able to withstand criticism. If your feelings get hurt easily, keep your work private. When you seek praise, you risk derision. In publishing, either produce pro-quality work by yourself or get help from qualified professionals.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Funny glitch at Amazon.com
Apparently a dysfunctional Amazonian robot thinks that the title of this book is "Print On Demand."
Apparently a similarly demented automaton at Barnes & Noble used to think that my publishing company was the author of two books that I wrote.
Is this like HAL 9000, WOPR and SETH? Are the 'puters really rebelling against the people?
Probably not.
In reality, the trouble was probably caused by a human being who mistyped. A fundamental principle of computing is "GIGO:" Garbage In, Garbage Out.
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