[Web4lib] Librarians Create Bestseller

[Mark Sandford]

My objection is to the "experiment" claims.  If this is a real
experiment, do the following:

Charge a nominal price using the cheapest Print on Demand publisher
you can find.  Even this is a stretch, but I don't know what
Amazon.com requires in order to list a book.  I'm assuming you can't
sell a single blank page for $.01  But if you can, sell the blank
page.

Donate all proceeds to a charity.

Self-promotion is fine, in my opinion, as long as it's clearly that,
though the topic of the book has nothing to do with this listserv.
Asking people to buy something that you will profit from in the guise
of an experiment is questionable at best.

Mark Sandford

On 4/30/07, wroldfie <wroldfie at library.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> Bill and Mike...
>
> This is quite clearly an attempt to get a book, written by a librarian over
> many years, known to as many people as possible. No apologies for that but
> please do not call it a religious book.