{"id":85,"date":"2006-01-15T09:18:57","date_gmt":"2006-01-15T15:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/2006\/01\/15\/snark-america\/"},"modified":"2010-09-07T19:42:32","modified_gmt":"2010-09-08T01:42:32","slug":"snark-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/20060115\/snark-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Snark America"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miss Snark has an interesting comment<\/a> on Publish America that I have’t heard elsewhere:<\/p>\n

Third, and most interesting to me is there isn’t a single NAME of a staff person, or company officer anywhere on the website.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While the entreprenurial side of me is a little less alarmed by POD and that ilk than most well educated authors are about self-publishing, I like her assessment for both what is says about PA and her relationship with authors.<\/p>\n

I don’t question that it’s all a business.  I think that I embrace that more than many of my aspiring cohorts.  What the lady of sarcaustic advice is saying is that the real publishing business has people in it.  People that care both about your work and payoff, not just the payoff.  Or at least she is saying that once you crack through her crusty snarky exterior you’ll find a delicious chewy center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Miss Snark has an interesting comment on Publish America that I have’t heard elsewhere: Third, and most interesting to me is there isn’t a single NAME of a staff person, or company officer anywhere on the website. While the entreprenurial side of me is a little less alarmed by POD and that ilk than most … <\/p>\n

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