…The friends and family of an aggrieved self-publisher have showed up in the comments to this post and are ever-so-patiently telling me that I am a rude bully, with an overtone of “check your privilege” to everything. You might be amused.

One of LousyBookCovers.com’s alumni, Kris Tualla, has written a related blog post for her publisher:

Judge a Book By Its Cover

They grow up so fast…

Edit: And another one, by Karl Bunker at The Indie Author:

A cover for your self-published book

(Of note is the complete absence of the word “bollocks” in the second one, in stark contrast to the first.)

…a big thanks to DED for his service as Substitute Moderator & Fascist-in-Chief while I was on vacation (plus the couple of extra days it took me to wade through my email).

May I introduce to you — DED! A frequent commenter around here, he will be acting as moderator and head mallard while I’m on vacation, approving comments from new poster and checking the spam filter. Be gentle with him, okay?