tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post116367700235008040..comments2024-03-04T12:44:00.261+00:00Comments on Debi Alper: This is what we're up against!Debihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-51019446886756259102006-11-17T15:12:00.000+00:002006-11-17T15:12:00.000+00:00Am I going mad or did a similar story come out a w...Am I going mad or did a similar story come out a while back? Possibly it was for something different but I'm sure it involved paying money to get prominent position in bookshops. Or maybe I am experiencing some kind of rupture in the space time continuum.<br /><br />The cards are definitely stacked against the smaller publishers. And certainly even in the case of the bigger publishers they will not fork out for every author. <br /><br />I'm very disillusioned, though, to realise that the staff recommendations are bought. Does the same apply to reviews in the Waterstones magazine? They're all done by staffers, aren't they?Roger Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08071467030127707462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-2188052136265744962006-11-17T11:07:00.000+00:002006-11-17T11:07:00.000+00:00Yes - forewarned is forearmed ... knowledge is pow...Yes - forewarned is forearmed ... knowledge is power ... and various other cliches that may or may not help us feel better ...Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-86882164893042475392006-11-17T11:05:00.000+00:002006-11-17T11:05:00.000+00:00The world is a darker place since I read this - bu...The world is a darker place since I read this - but we need to know the odds!Elizabeth Baineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193751871434773972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-1163699965539360032006-11-16T17:59:00.000+00:002006-11-16T17:59:00.000+00:00Supermarket selling. It's just like those end of ...Supermarket selling. It's just like those end of aisle offers you've been passing for years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-1163685115929877042006-11-16T13:51:00.000+00:002006-11-16T13:51:00.000+00:00You put the 'don't' in uppercase so I HAD to click...You put the 'don't' in uppercase so I HAD to click!!!!!!!<BR/>Fragile - but realistic thanks to you.<BR/>CxCarolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470638074202676460noreply@blogger.com