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When Ted began mentioning the "as soon after Christmas" thing (some time in the 3rd week of December) I went back through all my YWO emails and the contract. The Christmas date was mentioned in all the emails, the "Soon after" clause is only mentioned in the contract. This suggests that even before the closing date of 31st October, Ted had started to get a grasp of how much work was going to be involved.
From my side, I don't know Ted, but I don't think he is a con-man. He is, at best, inept. He took on a project that was impossibly large, then made it harder for himself by changing the rules - he originally said any "Non-Standard" PDF or cover designs would be rejected.
He didn't reject them. He worked hard to correct them. Some authors now wouldn't see their books in print if hadn't have put that effort in. So, score 1 for trying, minus several hundred for allowing that problem to delay everyone else. What he should have done was allowed the correct PDF and cover designs through, then come back to the rest.
I would imagine, over Christmas, he is working hard now on the rest of the books. He comes across as that sort of bloke. Sadly, devotion, honesty and even hard work are nothing without a sense of communication, which Ted sadly lacks. None of his targets were hit, none of his promises kept, and when deadlines came and went, we got very little feedback and communication on what was going on.
Ted, through devoting himself to correcting PDF and cover designs instead of making endless posts on the forum, probably thought this was the way to go, perhaps he is right. From my point of view I think he should have fudged it somewhere between the middle.
But that's the past. On to the future. I notice now that Ted is offering a book publishing service that starts at £399 and wanders all the way up to 1500 quid!
From my side, I don't know Ted, but I don't think he is a con-man. He is, at best, inept. He took on a project that was impossibly large, then made it harder for himself by changing the rules - he originally said any "Non-Standard" PDF or cover designs would be rejected.
He didn't reject them. He worked hard to correct them. Some authors now wouldn't see their books in print if hadn't have put that effort in. So, score 1 for trying, minus several hundred for allowing that problem to delay everyone else. What he should have done was allowed the correct PDF and cover designs through, then come back to the rest.
I would imagine, over Christmas, he is working hard now on the rest of the books. He comes across as that sort of bloke. Sadly, devotion, honesty and even hard work are nothing without a sense of communication, which Ted sadly lacks. None of his targets were hit, none of his promises kept, and when deadlines came and went, we got very little feedback and communication on what was going on.
Ted, through devoting himself to correcting PDF and cover designs instead of making endless posts on the forum, probably thought this was the way to go, perhaps he is right. From my point of view I think he should have fudged it somewhere between the middle.
But that's the past. On to the future. I notice now that Ted is offering a book publishing service that starts at £399 and wanders all the way up to 1500 quid!
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