Comments on: A Scam Hiding In Plain Sight http://www.robertswartwood.com/rants/a-scam-hiding-in-plain-sight/ Occasional News, Insights, Rants, and Other Miscellaneous Stuff Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert Swartwood http://www.robertswartwood.com/rants/a-scam-hiding-in-plain-sight/#comment-1489 Robert Swartwood Mon, 24 May 2010 17:52:05 +0000 http://www.robertswartwood.com/?p=1470#comment-1489 I hear you on the postage angle, Aaron. One giveaway I did recently I sent overseas and the postage alone was almost as much as the journal I was sending over there! I hear you on the postage angle, Aaron. One giveaway I did recently I sent overseas and the postage alone was almost as much as the journal I was sending over there!

]]> By: Aaron Polson http://www.robertswartwood.com/rants/a-scam-hiding-in-plain-sight/#comment-1485 Aaron Polson Mon, 24 May 2010 16:07:44 +0000 http://www.robertswartwood.com/?p=1470#comment-1485 The big killer, as far as contributor copies goes, is postage--it's risen consistently over the past 3-4 years. And international postage is outrageous. To some parts of the world, it costs 2-3 times as much to ship a book as print it. That being said, I say pay something. If it's cash, the contributors can decide what to do with it. Just my opinion. As far as the rich getting richer? I doubt any publisher of these scamthologies is making any money. The big killer, as far as contributor copies goes, is postage–it’s risen consistently over the past 3-4 years. And international postage is outrageous. To some parts of the world, it costs 2-3 times as much to ship a book as print it. That being said, I say pay something. If it’s cash, the contributors can decide what to do with it. Just my opinion.

As far as the rich getting richer? I doubt any publisher of these scamthologies is making any money.

]]> By: Charles Gramlich http://www.robertswartwood.com/rants/a-scam-hiding-in-plain-sight/#comment-1484 Charles Gramlich Mon, 24 May 2010 14:11:26 +0000 http://www.robertswartwood.com/?p=1470#comment-1484 This could easily become an example of how the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. This could easily become an example of how the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

]]> By: Jason Jordan http://www.robertswartwood.com/rants/a-scam-hiding-in-plain-sight/#comment-1481 Jason Jordan Mon, 24 May 2010 06:42:50 +0000 http://www.robertswartwood.com/?p=1470#comment-1481 Yeah, that sucks. I understand if a pub can't give away any contrib copies, but gives away a free PDF to all contribs--a la Toronto Quarterly. It seems like it should be all or nothing, though. Yeah, that sucks. I understand if a pub can’t give away any contrib copies, but gives away a free PDF to all contribs–a la Toronto Quarterly. It seems like it should be all or nothing, though.

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