Category - Admin Stuff

More of the same, sorta.

January 14, 2013
Nathan
Admin Stuff
2 Comments

I’m extremely gratified at the exposure that Lousy Book Covers has gotten; in the past two-ish weeks, the number of Tumblr followers has exploded to roughly 30+ times what it was, the site has been filled with comments, and dozens of people have submitted the bad book covers that they have encountered in their own browsing.

I’ve noticed that many of the comments take the form of witty captions, punchlines, etc. to the covers shown, so I thought that those commenters would like PulpoftheDay.com, another site I’ve been running for a dozen years or more. Every day I post the cover of an old pulp magazine or paperback (as the cover would imply), and witty captions are encouraged. In fact, I award a monthly prize — usually an ebook — for the caption which made me chuckle the most. That’s right, YOU CAN WIN FREE STUFF FOR BEING SNARKY.

Thanks, God bless.

It’s happened again…

January 8, 2013
Nathan
Admin Stuff, Covers

The second writer who accused me of copyright violation for showing the cover of her book (given the similarities between their accusations, including “negative business model,” I’m assuming she found out from the first such writer) has reported me to Tumblr for being a nasty nasty copyright thief.  So I’ll do the same thing this time that I did that time:

The image you see has not been “stolen” — it is being served from Amazon.com, and links back as an affiliate link.  If someone wants to look really ridiculous by accusing me of “unauthorized linking,” well, someone better go home and feed her unicorns.

(Note: I reiterate, I do NOT encourage posting of bad reviews or any other sort of harassment. Let’s be above that, people.)

Decorum.

January 8, 2013
Nathan
Admin Stuff

Note: It has come to my attention that there have been one-star reviews posted for the book of a certain author who completely overreacted to her cover being featured here, said reviews bragging that they haven’t read the book (or have only read the free sample) and are merely reacting to her own reaction.

I do not encourage, condone, or approve of such behaviors. If you’re posting a book review on Amazon, review the danged book: not a snippet of the book, not the cover, and certainly not the author as a person.