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Hi Wexfordpress !
Sorry if you misunderstood. The criticism of the award and the people promoting it comes from several areas:
* The Author wrote a book which strongly advocated applying for a 'Publishers Advocate Award'.
The Author did NOT disclose her connection with this award.
* The 'Publishers Advocate Award' is meaningless to the bookbuying public/bookshops etc.
Even the author agreed with this - by pointing out that it has had never been awarded!
Thus the author's suggestion that people apply for this award is clearly poor advice. Misguided optimism if you will. But certainly bad advice.
* The Author has other statements in her articles that are not simply bad advice, they are factually wrong.
(See HapiSofi's post for the full info)
And my own contribution:
*The Author's webpage claims that she is the author of ten bestselling books including 'the forthcoming title Expertizing: Position Yourself as a Name Brand'
How can it be a bestseller, when it is a 'forthcoming title' ???
I suspect that the author simply labels any book she self-publishes as a 'Best Seller'. If not, then could you give a hint at what comparison is used?
(eg: A search for 'Self Publishing' books on Amazon gives 766 hits. Which of those would you consider to be 'bestsellers' in this area ?)
Mac
Sorry if you misunderstood. The criticism of the award and the people promoting it comes from several areas:
* The Author wrote a book which strongly advocated applying for a 'Publishers Advocate Award'.
The Author did NOT disclose her connection with this award.
* The 'Publishers Advocate Award' is meaningless to the bookbuying public/bookshops etc.
Even the author agreed with this - by pointing out that it has had never been awarded!
Thus the author's suggestion that people apply for this award is clearly poor advice. Misguided optimism if you will. But certainly bad advice.
* The Author has other statements in her articles that are not simply bad advice, they are factually wrong.
(See HapiSofi's post for the full info)
And my own contribution:
*The Author's webpage claims that she is the author of ten bestselling books including 'the forthcoming title Expertizing: Position Yourself as a Name Brand'
How can it be a bestseller, when it is a 'forthcoming title' ???
I suspect that the author simply labels any book she self-publishes as a 'Best Seller'. If not, then could you give a hint at what comparison is used?
(eg: A search for 'Self Publishing' books on Amazon gives 766 hits. Which of those would you consider to be 'bestsellers' in this area ?)
Mac