So much for achieving anything, anytime, anywhere…
Ericb
10 years ago
I’m skeptical of an author who claims that he can teach you to achieve anything when he is apparently unable to get his book published by a regular publishing company (or to be able to get a professional looking cover). Given the choice wouldn’t you rather have you book published by Random House, etc. than putting it out yourself?
Jen
10 years ago
This looks like a poster you’d see in rehab
or a center for at-risk youth. It could also be
an ad to join the army.
James F. Brown
10 years ago
Achingly Atrocious And Agonizingly Awful Alliteration.
Sue
10 years ago
The prequel to 127 Hours, moments before he got trapped.
Jen
10 years ago
The prequel to127 hrs? That’s some funny shit
right there. Thank you for that.
Sonja
10 years ago
Wow. Such negativity. Have ANY of you published a book, written a book, or tried to get a book published? As one of the 16 Global Thought Leaders I am proud to have been part of this project!!!
The cover is what it is. Read the book and then maybe you won’t judge it by its cover!!!
I can’t speak for everyone commenting, but my answers to your oddly overlapping questions are: yes, yes, and yes. And that proves what? You’re not falling back on the “If you haven’t done it, you can’t criticize it” fallacy, are you? Because if you are, you’re sacrificing your liberty to criticize a restaurant meal if you’ve never been a chef, or armchair-quarterback a football game if you’ve never played in the NFL, or have an opinion on any movie if you’ve never made one. Do you really want to go there?
And your last comment betrays the fundamental misunderstanding which brings this cover to this site. Despite people repeating that hoary cliche about judging books by their covers, the reader/customer is SUPPOSED to do so. When you wander through the bookstore, how does a book first attract you? It’s back cover copy? The witty writing on page 152? No: The cover advertises to the potential customer what the book is about and gives that all-important first impression. The publishing industry expects the reader to judge the book by its cover, at least to the point that they will pick it up and read the back cover (or click through to the Amazon description) to see if the initial impression fostered by the cover will hold.
And by the way: I’m calling bullshit on the whole “Global Thought Leaders” thing. I googled your name and found nothing but your social media accounts. A global thought leader is someone like Matt Mullenweg, or Cory Doctorow, or Oprah. You’re just someone published in a book with a bad cover.
How about achieving a decent cover, for a start?
So much for achieving anything, anytime, anywhere…
I’m skeptical of an author who claims that he can teach you to achieve anything when he is apparently unable to get his book published by a regular publishing company (or to be able to get a professional looking cover). Given the choice wouldn’t you rather have you book published by Random House, etc. than putting it out yourself?
This looks like a poster you’d see in rehab
or a center for at-risk youth. It could also be
an ad to join the army.
Achingly Atrocious And Agonizingly Awful Alliteration.
The prequel to 127 Hours, moments before he got trapped.
The prequel to127 hrs? That’s some funny shit
right there. Thank you for that.
Wow. Such negativity. Have ANY of you published a book, written a book, or tried to get a book published? As one of the 16 Global Thought Leaders I am proud to have been part of this project!!!
The cover is what it is. Read the book and then maybe you won’t judge it by its cover!!!
I can’t speak for everyone commenting, but my answers to your oddly overlapping questions are: yes, yes, and yes. And that proves what? You’re not falling back on the “If you haven’t done it, you can’t criticize it” fallacy, are you? Because if you are, you’re sacrificing your liberty to criticize a restaurant meal if you’ve never been a chef, or armchair-quarterback a football game if you’ve never played in the NFL, or have an opinion on any movie if you’ve never made one. Do you really want to go there?
And your last comment betrays the fundamental misunderstanding which brings this cover to this site. Despite people repeating that hoary cliche about judging books by their covers, the reader/customer is SUPPOSED to do so. When you wander through the bookstore, how does a book first attract you? It’s back cover copy? The witty writing on page 152? No: The cover advertises to the potential customer what the book is about and gives that all-important first impression. The publishing industry expects the reader to judge the book by its cover, at least to the point that they will pick it up and read the back cover (or click through to the Amazon description) to see if the initial impression fostered by the cover will hold.
And by the way: I’m calling bullshit on the whole “Global Thought Leaders” thing. I googled your name and found nothing but your social media accounts. A global thought leader is someone like Matt Mullenweg, or Cory Doctorow, or Oprah. You’re just someone published in a book with a bad cover.