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http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/1/prweb202277.htm
The people on Fandom Wank alreayd saw this, but it bears repeating.
In summary:
-- Vanity publisher tries to convince people they are a reputable publisher, and screen works for talent.
-- They insult SF/Fantasy writers, saying that the bar is lower for their work to be published and that they have no clue how to write plots and characterize.
-- The Science Fiction Writers fo America decide to extract sweet revenge.
-- They collaborate on a Really Bad Book and send it to the company under a pseudonym.
-- The company accepts it.
-- The SFWA reveal the hoax.
-- I laugh a lot because I am childish.
The book: http://critters.critique.org/sting/
The people on Fandom Wank alreayd saw this, but it bears repeating.
In summary:
-- Vanity publisher tries to convince people they are a reputable publisher, and screen works for talent.
-- They insult SF/Fantasy writers, saying that the bar is lower for their work to be published and that they have no clue how to write plots and characterize.
-- The Science Fiction Writers fo America decide to extract sweet revenge.
-- They collaborate on a Really Bad Book and send it to the company under a pseudonym.
-- The company accepts it.
-- The SFWA reveal the hoax.
-- I laugh a lot because I am childish.
The book: http://critters.critique.org/sting/