I’m not saying that I will, but some commenters have encouraged me to start a side-blog for bad blurbs and book descriptions. (I actually had a Tumblog dedicated to that very thing, lo these many years ago, but I abandoned and deleted it.)
So, hypothetically, if I were to start such a blog… do you think “Blurbgatory” would be a good name?
…and they used several of our “best” covers to illustrate the article.
9 Ways a Crappy Book Cover Can Sabotage a Marketing Campaign
Okay, NOW try it.
Hullo folks,
I’ve installed a new commenting system here — something that splits the difference between Disqus (upon which some commenters were divided) and the garden-variety WordPress comments. Let me know how it works after you’ve had time to kick the tires.
A self-serving interruption, because I’m all about the abuse of power:
My movie posters for non-existent movies are now $10 each — about half the cost they used to be, because instead of using a print-on-demand service for fulfillment, I’m sending them out myself. I’ve got the images rotating in the sidebar to the right, and click on them will take you direct to ordering!
You can also get sneak-peeks of upcoming products on the Facebook page.
As you were!
One commenter sent me a message that his attempts to comment were met with an error message:
Not Acceptable!
An appropriate representation of the requested resource could not be found on this server. This error was generated by Mod_Security.
Obvs, if you’re afflicted with this too, you can’t comment here to tell me so, so email me at nshumate at gmail.
If you’re a friend or follower on Facebook (of me personally, not this site), you’ve seen my daily sketches of the day for the last few months. Now you can get your hands on Pencil Pushing: An Artist’s Sketchbook, which collects all of those sketches (in better scans) plus a few extra sketches, plus some commentary, PLUS a custom, made-to-order sketch on the back page, all for eight bucks post-paid in the U.S. Order here!
…but it’s just too funny. It’s like everyone has the “special snowflake you guys are meanies” playbook down pat.
