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Re: Looking and Playing in Space now in paperback

#623715
From: General Zod
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2019 14:27
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On Saturday, October 26, 2019 at 5:06:25 PM UTC-4, Michael Pendragon wrote:
> On Saturday, October 26, 2019 at 4:42:18 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > On Saturday, October 26, 2019 at 4:38:34 PM UTC-4, Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > > On Saturday, October 26, 2019 at 5:31:39 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > > 
> > > > > > > > Why so pricey on Amazon...???
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I really don't know what's up. I think I'm going to have to take some time to work on my account there. 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > You, and the rest of the world, get to read it for free, as it's available online. I was advised to not to allow that - Stuart Leichter, for one, warned me that no one would buy the book if they could read it for free - and he may have been right, as sales were abysmal. 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > OTOH, I didn't do it for the money; I did it for the cred, if anything, but really because it was a dream of mine (from the early 70s, when I first read it) to translate it. So I thought it was a good idea to feature the translations on the Penny Blog, where you can still read them:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Looking and Playing in Space
> > > > > > > https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2011/02/
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > One thing that may get the trolls to buy it is that they can't post bad reviews on Amazon until they've bought a copy.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Of course they can.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Anyone with an Amazon account can post on Amazon
> > > > 
> > > > To write reviews, though, "The account must meet the minimum eligibility requirements to write a review. If you would like to learn more about our eligibility requirements, please see our community guidelines." is how Amazon puts it.
> > > >
> > > 
> > > I've posted reviews on amazon.
> > > 
> > > Whatever the "minimum eligibility requirements" are, they didn't affect my ability to post.
> > 
> > Did you post the reviews ass "Michael Pendragon"?
> 
> Who remembers?
> 
> I've probably used several names.
> 
> I just found one by M. Scarlotti for The Best of Georgia Gibbs: The Mercury Years.

You must be meeting the requirements then......

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