Below is what I sent Mr Schordje. I am sending this to the list because he has chosen to attack me in the list. If he continues to libel and slander me, I will respond appropriately. I have every right to defend my perfectly reasonable overture as a publsiher with a very respectable background in orchids. No one here would tolerate it if I chose to find some non-orchid related "factoid" about your private life and publish it in this list with a suggestion you are soliciting for eBay. FWI: "factoid" is to "fact" as "humanoid" is to "human" I do not have an ebay store and I clearly am publishing an orchid-related magazine.
I do not own an eBay store and my ezine does not sell orchids or eBay although it does carry ads for orchid sellers who run legal greenhouses and I do have ads from publishers of books alongside the book reviews. That is normal in any magazine. Mr Schordje claims he does not know who I am even though he read my name as author in several articles and he did enough research to see that I use a host with a name he chooses to associate with ebay. None of that is associated with my contact here, anymore than anyone else here would care to have someone post any non-orchid gossip about their alleged private life. I also owe no apology for sending a very simple direct response to an author requesting permission to use his material or to publish new matrerial from him. That is NORMAL non-spam behavior in the publishing world, and any half-educated author knows that. I apologize only for my own incredible gullibility in having mistaken Mr Schordje for an "author" . Here is the text of what I sent him: """I really liked your piece in the Orchid Digest about the problem of buyer "apathy" and "interest" and various business-support decisions of the AOS. I have been reading the Orchid Digest lately because I am publishing an orchid ezine called "The View From My Windowsill" , http://theviewfrommywindowsill.com that is aimed at the mass-market but with the goal of bringing the casual orchid-buyer from the level of impulse-purchase to serious horticulture. I'm putting my effort into the nuts & bolts of publishing and developing readership, with the formula being : one topical article, one book review, & some good video in the home page and so I am looking for writers. If you would like to put your thoughts into a form that might address a more general audience, I would love to publish that as a short topical article. I wish I could conclude this proposal with an offer of pay, but alas I cannot. All I can offer is the full credit attributed as you wish with whatever link you wish and the promise that you will get some satisfaction out of having your thoughts about the orchid business reach a wider audience. Eventually the ezine should be earning its keep well enough to pay writers while it accomplishes its mission of supporting a deeply satisfying hobby for many people."""" _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
