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The e-Book Cover Design Awards at TheBookDesigner.com

These monthly book cover design awards are always worth a look, especially because all submissions are shown, usually with comments.  Some of the covers are splendid; some could use some help; and some are train wrecks. (I chose to make particular mention of the March awards because one of the covers submitted here has already been featured on Lousy Book Covers, and several others ought to be.  There are some bad covers in the world that are the product of desperation or poverty, but others are perpetrated by those who honestly –and erroneously — think they have the skill to do a professional job themselves.)

The latest in the panty-twist chronicles…

What happens when you mix the First Amendment and Jesus?  This:

So, you have freedom of speech and damn any author who gains to protect their work from your disgraceful site. You, who feel you are bound by copyright law to violate book jackets and work (work I quote) from published authors. You boast also that you can bring any author down who dares to oppose you … but you have made one fundimental error in your arrogant and appauling ‘Copyright Statement’; a flaw that may cost you dearly. You are completely disgraceful in what you do and though you may feel you have the support of those who follow you – God help you in how you treat others. This post will not be responded to becasue I (you may well ironically know) have freedom of speech – and it’s as legal as yours. Make of it what you will .. but your site is utterly detrimental to those who have dreams. You are DISGRACEFUL.

What Robert, Oracle of the Most High, fails to realize is that HIS freedom of speech means absolutely bupkis on MY website, just like I can make snarky comments in the comfort of my own living room but I’m under no obligation to let him in my front door to call me to repentance.

Of course, by both approving his comment and then reposting it in a post of its own, I’m showing that I’m at least a little confident that YHWH will not strike me down in His wrath over this — or at the very least, He has several billion people who’ve violated the bigger sins (you know, lying, adultering, murdering, engraving images) that it’ll be a while until He gets to me.

And by the way, Robert ol’ chap, I got the message the first time. You didn’t have to repost the same come-to-Jesus comment another ELEVEN TIMES. Welcome through the pearly gates of Ban-Land!

(Note: You may think, from the above, that I’m not a Christian. Actually, I’m a very committed believer. However, I have very little patience for people who call me to repentance out of the blue as if they were close enough to Jesus his get me His autograph.)