In the meantime, in theory, you can paste the following link into your browser:
http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=524&page=1&pp=20
and change the "1" (where it says "page=1" near the end) to whatever page you want to look at from Uncle Jim's list. Here's the first 50, with new links, for example (I think these are hooked up right):
1: (11/19/03-11/24/03) The thread starts with the disasterous Ohio Booksigning. Quotes from and links to the PA message board.
2: (1/13/04-1/19/04) HB himself shows up. A banning. "PublishAmerica books have the same chance of making it onto a bookstore shelf as do the books of any publisher."
3: (1/19/04-1/22/04) The return of HB. The letter from the B&N vice-president. Proof that PA books don't get bookstore distribution. The number of books available at the Ohio Group Signing.
4: (1/22/04-1/24-04) On the meaning of editing. Poor quality books?
5: (1/25/04-1/27/04) More on editing v. copyediting.
6: (1/27/04-1/29/04) Yet another banning. Two authors who had traditional sales after PA. Independence books?
7: (1/29/04-1/31/04) On judging PA's sales. Which PA authors have topped 1,000 sold?
8: (1/31/04-2/3/04) Links to some interesting PA threads; PA authors out of touch with the facts of legitimate publishing.
9: (2/3/04-/2/4/04) General discussion.
10: (2/3/04-2/9/04) Does B&N have a "no POD" policy? Letter from PA urging authors to buy their own books. PA authors set up signing at a craft store.
11: (2/9/04-2/12/04) More on Independence Books. More on the signing at the craft store. A line-by-line on typical PA Infocenter replies.
12: (2/12/03-1/16/04) Link to an interview with PA. Barcodes. Why PA authors don't leave their own boards.
13: (2/16/04-2/20/04) Another deleted thread on the PA boards. Mindsight, whiners, losers, and a guestbook slammer.
14: (2/20/04-3/1/04) Thread from the PA board on the difficulty of getting books into stores. The upcoming convention.
15: (3/1/04-3/5/04) The PA convention. Firealarms and rent-a-cops. Sales at the big booksigning. HWA. Computer viruses blamed on naysayers.
16: (3/5/04-3/6/04) Molly Brent's problems. Two threads from PA (sale on books; So, We Are Published. Now what?). A commentary on one of HB's posts.
17: (3/6/04-3/9/04) More on the convention. The Midwest Book Review. The $100 signing. CDs of the convention presentations for sale. Problems with
Canine and Feline 101 (unhappy author). Thread deleted from PA board. "Unfair Comments about PA" -- errors in PA books.
18: (3/9/04-3/10/04) "My email correspondance with PA" thread. Unhappy author, deleted thread.
19: (3/10/04-3/11/04) The appearance of Behler Books. Call for PA authors to complain to the Maryland Attorney General. Bookstore distribution and deliberate deception.
20: (3/11/04-3/13/04) The banning fracas. The end of the lending library. An author upset with her cover.
21: (3/13/04-3/16/04) More Behler. Call for letters to the attorney general. More on the convention.
22: (3/16/04-3/31/04) PA editor has a LiveJournal. On Books-a-Million refusing to take PA books. How much PA authors earn.
23: (3/31/04-4/1/04) The editor with the LiveJournal. The letter from PA urging their authors to buy; traditionally published authors come to PA.
24: (4/1/04-4/7/04) Who are those traditionally published authors? A severe crit of several books meets one of those books' authors. Upcoming conference in Key West.
25: (4/7/04-4/18/04) In defense of the editor with the LiveJournal. A curious author asks if it's true what everyone says about PA. Two PA authors arrange a boxing match to settle their differences. Another post on the PA boards from a disappointed author.
26: (4/18/04-4/24/04) PA authors on the prices of their books. How have you thanked PA? PA as Fantasy Role-Playing Game.
27: (4/25/04-5/4/04) The arrival of Nancy Mehl.
28: Books-a-Million won't stock PA books. Fraudulent business practices. Another deleted thread. The arrival of Dee Power.
29: (5/14/04-5/20/04) Can POD physcially produce enough books? Dee hires a lawyer. ST Literary and bad agents. Fraud and bad intent. An article about PA?
30: (5/20/04-5/24/04) Two new PA authors show up to tell their experiences/disillusionment. PA as a vanity press.
31: (5/25/04-5/30/04) Celebrity images on PA book covers -- copyright violation? A "don't take that tone with us" letter from PA's Author Support Team. PA author discovers books are overpriced. Does PA have to wait to get their money? PA doesn't want orders from traditional bookstores.
32: (5/30/04-6/1/04) On PA pricing, from Author Support Team and the PA message board. PA's costs. What is fraud in Maryland? Writers' resource boards.
33: (6/1/04-6/4/04) Another PA letter urging authors to buy their own books. PA's business plan. Another deleted thread. An author defends herself. Getting out of a PA contract.
34: (6/4/04-6/8/04) Does PA have an option clause? PA's reversion clause. Line-by-line on the reversion clause. PA's contract. Thread from PA board: local bookstores won't stock book. A PA author arrives to vent.
35: (6/8/04-6/10/04) The arrival of SimonSays. Most PA authors couldn't get published anyway?
36: (6/10/04-6/11/04) How does one go about helping writers? PA approached Dee to get her book? Small press as an option.
37: (6/11/04-6/17/04) The PA boards, Amazon, and Behler.
38: (6/17/04-6/21/04) PA authors and reviewers. A thread from the PA board. Another banning. Who are the traditionally published authors who are joining PA?
39: (6/21/04-6/22/04) Moral responsibility. Crybabies?
40: (6/22/04-6/23/04) Will research by a first-time writer show what PA is? Link to a PA thread: Barnes & Noble? More on responsibility. Would a prosecutor be interested?
41: (6/23/04-6/24/04) Harm, intent, and responsibility. An article about PA (San Antonio Current). A PA author speaks.
42: (6/24/04-6/25/04) Yet more responsibility. About the PA contract. "Complaint about PA" from PA board -- deleted. Hiring an agent?
43: (6/25/04-6/26/04) Miranda Prather's interview. PA author teaches writing course. The purpose of the Water Cooler. More from Behler.
44: (6/26/04-6/27/04) Responsibility continued. Who is the villain here? Authorsmarket: Does Prather deny all knowledge of that site?
45: (6/27/04-6/28/04) The responsibilty discussion continues, with recriminations. A PA thread: "Anyone have books at Borders,Waldens, b.Dalton?"
46: (6/28/04-6/30/04) Trust but verify. A PA author gets an agent: deleted thread. On protecting yourself. Robert Bly.
47: (6/30/04-7/2/04) Ebooks and PA (a PA thread). Robert Bly?
48: (7/2/04-7/4/04) Robert Bly!? (Oh, and Jamie Farr.)
49: (7/4/04-7/4/04) Robert Bly the poet, or Robert "Bob" Bly the copywriter?
50: (7/4/04-7/5/04) Robert Bly as the "traditionally published" author from PA's earlier letter. PA claims all complaints are old complaints. Books A Million won't stock PA books, raises prices. "Poor man's copyright."