Comments on: “A MATCH MADE IN PUBLISHING HEAVEN BORDERS AND LULU.COM LAUNCH PERSONAL PUBLISHING SERVICE” - Press release from Lulu.com http://mchabib.com/2008/02/15/a-match-made-in-publishing-heaven-borders-and-lulucom-launch-personal-publishing-service-press-release-from-lulucom/ On Librarianship and the Information Sciences Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:46:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Borders and Lulu launch personal publishing service « Librarian’s place http://mchabib.com/2008/02/15/a-match-made-in-publishing-heaven-borders-and-lulucom-launch-personal-publishing-service-press-release-from-lulucom/#comment-2141 Borders and Lulu launch personal publishing service « Librarian’s place Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:50:26 +0000 http://mchabib.com/2008/02/15/a-match-made-in-publishing-heaven-borders-and-lulucom-launch-personal-publishing-service-press-release-from-lulucom/#comment-2141 [...] Borders and Lulu launch personal publishing service “A MATCH MADE IN PUBLISHING HEAVEN BORDERS AND LULU.COM LAUNCH PERSONAL PUBLISHING SERVICE” - Press release from Lulu.com at LIS :: Michael Habib by Michael Habib Raleigh, N.C. – February 15, 2008 – Bringing the dreams of the everyday writer to reality - Borders and Lulu.com are blazing trails in publishing with the launch of the Borders Personal Publishing program powered by Lulu. The easy-to-use and cost-effective online publishing tools of Lulu.com combine with the wide-reaching audience and customer service associated with Borders stores for this exclusive and unique service– a match made in publishing heaven! [...] […] Borders and Lulu launch personal publishing service “A MATCH MADE IN PUBLISHING HEAVEN BORDERS AND LULU.COM LAUNCH PERSONAL PUBLISHING SERVICE” - Press release from Lulu.com at LIS :: Michael Habib by Michael Habib Raleigh, N.C. – February 15, 2008 – Bringing the dreams of the everyday writer to reality - Borders and Lulu.com are blazing trails in publishing with the launch of the Borders Personal Publishing program powered by Lulu. The easy-to-use and cost-effective online publishing tools of Lulu.com combine with the wide-reaching audience and customer service associated with Borders stores for this exclusive and unique service– a match made in publishing heaven! […] ]]> By: Dick Margulis http://mchabib.com/2008/02/15/a-match-made-in-publishing-heaven-borders-and-lulucom-launch-personal-publishing-service-press-release-from-lulucom/#comment-2138 Dick Margulis Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:32:52 +0000 http://mchabib.com/2008/02/15/a-match-made-in-publishing-heaven-borders-and-lulucom-launch-personal-publishing-service-press-release-from-lulucom/#comment-2138 April Fool's Day is a month and a half away. So that suggests this isn't a spoof but is an actual release from Lulu.com. And yet it is so wrong in so many ways. Vanity publishing, which used to be a harmless was to sublimate the needs of a few neurotics who couldn't afford psychotherapy, has already, thanks to technical advances in production and the greed and cynicism of rudderless MBAs, become a tumor on the book industry. Now it's going to metastasize into every Borders store, and I'm afraid the patient will die. This whole scheme is just a plot to redistribute wealth from the foolish to the greedy; it has nothing to do with books. It's pure flim-flam. April Fool’s Day is a month and a half away. So that suggests this isn’t a spoof but is an actual release from Lulu.com. And yet it is so wrong in so many ways.

Vanity publishing, which used to be a harmless was to sublimate the needs of a few neurotics who couldn’t afford psychotherapy, has already, thanks to technical advances in production and the greed and cynicism of rudderless MBAs, become a tumor on the book industry. Now it’s going to metastasize into every Borders store, and I’m afraid the patient will die.

This whole scheme is just a plot to redistribute wealth from the foolish to the greedy; it has nothing to do with books. It’s pure flim-flam.

]]> By: David Beckwith http://mchabib.com/2008/02/15/a-match-made-in-publishing-heaven-borders-and-lulucom-launch-personal-publishing-service-press-release-from-lulucom/#comment-2060 David Beckwith Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:54:11 +0000 http://mchabib.com/2008/02/15/a-match-made-in-publishing-heaven-borders-and-lulucom-launch-personal-publishing-service-press-release-from-lulucom/#comment-2060 Thanks for the heads-up, Michael. Sounds like a winning combination! Dave Thanks for the heads-up, Michael. Sounds like a winning combination!

Dave

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