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Perhaps I was a bit harsh (and you're right about adding info on my other books; updating entry now...), but my frustration comes from a fairly pervasive attitu

Perhaps I was a bit harsh (and you're right about adding info on my other books; updating entry now...), but my frustration comes from a fairly pervasive attitude that anyone who's making money is inherently a scheming, dishonest person who is just trying to squeeze Poor Joe Web Browser for the extra buck. It's really grating, especially, when I see that attitude here on HN where I think most of us are all going for the same thing: making awesome stuff and hopefully getting paid to do it.

mbyrne 16y ago
No, you weren't being harsh at all. But there is a certain percentage of readers who are like Smokey from the Big Lebowski: DUDE: Walter, you can't do that. These guys're like me, they're pacificists. Smokey was a conscientious objector. WALTER: You know Dude, I myself dabbled with pacifism at one point. Not in Nam, of course-- DUDE: And you know Smokey has emotional problems! WALTER: You mean--beyond pacifism? DUDE: He's fragile, man! He's very fragile! WALTER: Huh. I did not know that. Well, it's water under the bridge. When you comment, remember, Smokey is here reading too, and he's fragile, man, he's very fragile.
tomjen3 16y ago
Go read the word lens post - most of those replies are urging them to increase the price drastically. The only place where I really see an anti commercial attitude is, strangely enough, with ebooks, perhaps because these are usually brought at relatively high prices compared to what books (non-fiction) are usually sold at and are, at those I have brought, promising heaven and earth in their pre-sell "call to action" pages and are almost always of uniform low quality consisting mostly of a what would have been an okay blog-post extended with a bunch of personal anecdotes from the author and some common info that I would already know if I was interested in the topic.

mbyrne 16y ago

No, you weren't being harsh at all. But there is a certain percentage of readers who are like Smokey from the Big Lebowski: DUDE: Walter, you can't do that. These guys're like me, they're pacificists. Smokey was a conscientious objector. WALTER: You know Dude, I myself dabbled with pacifism at one point. Not in Nam, of course-- DUDE: And you know Smokey has emotional problems! WALTER: You mean--beyond pacifism? DUDE: He's fragile, man! He's very fragile! WALTER: Huh. I did not know that. Well, it's water under the bridge. When you comment, remember, Smokey is here reading too, and he's fragile, man, he's very fragile.

tomjen3 16y ago

Go read the word lens post - most of those replies are urging them to increase the price drastically. The only place where I really see an anti commercial attitude is, strangely enough, with ebooks, perhaps because these are usually brought at relatively high prices compared to what books (non-fiction) are usually sold at and are, at those I have brought, promising heaven and earth in their pre-sell "call to action" pages and are almost always of uniform low quality consisting mostly of a what would have been an okay blog-post extended with a bunch of personal anecdotes from the author and some common info that I would already know if I was interested in the topic.