billpollock

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by billpollock 9y ago
We usually see the opposite effect, especially for technical books with a large potential market. Visibility is key.
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by billpollock 9y ago
Some of this is true, but it's still possible to be a successful technical book publisher.
63.
by billpollock 9y ago
No worries. We're not changing the way we do business at no starch. Just working to do better.
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by billpollock 9y ago
Good books take time. We're not in a rush to make lots of them.
65.
by billpollock 9y ago
Agreed.
66.
by billpollock 9y ago
Group buys should save on shipping. We should have stock at Amazon after Defcon, unless we sell out of them.
67.
by billpollock 9y ago
We'll have the book in wider distribution after Defcon. If we don't sell out of them.
68.
by billpollock 9y ago
How would you know that you didn't receive a counterfeit?
69.
by billpollock 9y ago
Piracy/counterfeiting is a real concern
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by billpollock 9y ago
We know the source of only one of the five titles. We're still trying to find details on the other four. That one was CreateSpace.
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by billpollock 9y ago
Your number 2 is definitely not true. Counterfeit books have been sold though that Buy button and may still be.
72.
by billpollock 9y ago
at least 1500 copies in our case.
73.
by billpollock 9y ago
* I have no issue with people selling used books. As with any good, if you own it you should be able to resell it. * Publishers send out review copies to get reviews. I used to mark our review copies but reviewers don't like that. For
74.
by billpollock 9y ago
At least five of our titles were counterfeited on Amazon. The counterfeits replaced our main inventory and owned the Buy button.
75.
by billpollock 9y ago
Some publishers do, some publishers don't.
76.
by billpollock 9y ago
Counterfeiting is the real problem.
77.
by billpollock 9y ago
Not that simple.
78.
by billpollock 9y ago
Yes.
79.
by billpollock 9y ago
We've had at least 5 books counterfeited on Amazon. In each case the counterfeit inventory replaced our inventory and owned the Buy button.
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by billpollock 10y ago
One star reviews damning our book should stay, lowering the overall book review? How is that not blaming the victim? We're not the counterfeiters.
81.
by billpollock 10y ago
That's correct. One issue we've faced is that people will give the counterfeits one-star although most people reviewing the book give it four or five stars. That just ends up hurting us unfortunately. It took Amazon over three mon
82.
by billpollock 10y ago
I can't but only because I can't really smell much any more. Other than bourbon.
83.
by billpollock 10y ago
We're having a problem with GitHub forks hosting a bunch of pirated copies of our books. GitHub wants us to point to them all -- but they're forks!
84.
by billpollock 10y ago
These have no branding other than our front cover.
85.
by billpollock 10y ago
I haven't seen these counterfeits. I've only seen the photos. The first counterfeit looked like it was printed from our PDF but it's hard to tell. There's a bar code on the back but not the POD code you're referring
86.
by billpollock 10y ago
That was absolutely the case with Linux Command Line and it appears to be the case here as well. I say appears because I have yet to receive the product but the manufacturing looks exactly the same as the last counterfeit. The same traits.
87.
by billpollock 10y ago
In both cases a five year old child could tell the difference in an instant.
88.
by billpollock 10y ago
That was the case with Linux Command Line. It appears to be the case here as well
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by billpollock 10y ago
Not ours I hope!
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by billpollock 10y ago
We generally avoid POD. Quality doesn't always meet our standards, and we're picky.

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