on 11/04/05 07:52 'Johan Vromans' wrote:
"G. Roderick Singleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Legitimate authors do NOT need to spam mailing lists to generate sales.
I think you are slightly overreacting. As far as I can see, Mary
pointed us at a book that may be interesting for OOo people. She
just happened to be the author.
I have read Mr. Singleton's posts in these forums for a long time and
have interacted with him upon occasion. I do not think he was
overreacting. Had the original poster any history at all of helping out
in these forums, I think he might have reacted differently, though I
leave it to him to verify that or not - I would not presume to speak for
him.
I also happen to agree with his entire post in this thread.
In conclusion, I see that you and maybe some others think that by
abusing the OOo mailings lists for a personal profit is okay, I do
not.
I may be too optimistic, but I believe in people's good intentions first.
If she had spammed 500 mailing lists with this, or had she posted this
message for days in a row, I would tend to agree with you.
There's a new book on OOo, and Mary pointed us at it. I see no problem
with that. Why not ask Mary for a copy, and post a review?
And do not forget that when you buy a book, there's _mutual_ benefit.
The author gets (a tiny amount of) money. You get a book with valuable
information.
I do not think the list - nor particularly Mr. Singleton - needs to
provide the author with validation. The author, however, ought to
provide the list with some sort of validation before accosting the list
with a blatant marketing attempt.
Spam certainly does not require days of repetition to qualify. A single
instance is sufficient.
SJK
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