tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369920588474226441.post8878903314665967336..comments2023-06-26T05:29:21.219-04:00Comments on The Harriet Klausner Appreciation Society: Mischugene Old Yenta Dethroned at last: Harriet Klausner no longer No.1Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369920588474226441.post-2224886445043130942011-12-10T21:28:18.231-05:002011-12-10T21:28:18.231-05:00Yup, yup, that's it, form letters. Mass-mailed...Yup, yup, that's it, form letters. Mass-mailed feel. As to books to review, I'd never accept a book for reviewing. I have no time to read everything of even what I myself definitely do want to read: how could I find time (and I would have to?) to read according to someone else's program. And then to have to review it? And my motivation for this self-rape is what? Saving thirty bucks Malleushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10304227040238914084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369920588474226441.post-31987616085948530922011-12-10T15:24:22.626-05:002011-12-10T15:24:22.626-05:00I'm sure there's a "how to" some...I'm sure there's a "how to" somewhere on how to get publicity for your book, and they have a form email to use as a "pattern". I've gotten a fair number of these in the past six months that are basically "fill in the blank" sent to all "top reviewers". Those are pretty much rejected completely. It's those who actually put some thought Thomas "Duffbert" Duffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17363184376915863229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369920588474226441.post-74806171217204521682011-12-10T14:47:43.383-05:002011-12-10T14:47:43.383-05:00I get those all the time, too. I always laugh whe...I get those all the time, too. I always laugh when I get one for a genre I don't normally read and review, and yet the author is sure, based on my reviews, that I would just love their book.<br /><br />Really? Have you looked at what I have reviewed?Mark Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567392254011373198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369920588474226441.post-86490025040762066212011-12-10T13:20:08.921-05:002011-12-10T13:20:08.921-05:00Lol, the letters, yeah -- we get them here all the...Lol, the letters, yeah -- we get them here all the time: these dickheads don't even bother to check what HKAS is about before smashing us with their media kits (sometimes quite sizeable). Which, I must say, is a sign of disrespect, before anything else -- after all, they're trying to lay claim to our -- and even our Goddess's! -- time w/o spending any of theirs at all. (This was a Malleushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10304227040238914084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369920588474226441.post-40367789392828398122011-12-10T10:12:29.658-05:002011-12-10T10:12:29.658-05:00ok... I'm not sure 50 billion would be accepta...ok... I'm not sure 50 billion would be acceptable, but I get your point. :)<br /><br />It's far less a focus point for me than it used to be. Yes, I still read 100+ books a year, and I still enjoy writing. But I've also been co-author on two tech books over the last two year, so I've been on the other side of the review equation also.<br /><br />Now perhaps the form letters from Thomas "Duffbert" Duffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17363184376915863229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369920588474226441.post-50440591621207401622011-12-10T01:12:59.354-05:002011-12-10T01:12:59.354-05:00Ah crap, yeah. You're right. Well, at least, s...Ah crap, yeah. You're right. Well, at least, she's also a "top 1000 reviewer" which means she's nowhere near the top and below 500. And if her descent into Hades continues unabated, she'll soon be not a top reviewer at all. But the "hall of fame" garbage is there, and you're right. It's very low of them. Well, I guess, Jeff the Bozo hasn't been veryMalleushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10304227040238914084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369920588474226441.post-55547021966651103642011-12-09T19:29:48.013-05:002011-12-09T19:29:48.013-05:00Don't celebrate too much. They have no instit...Don't celebrate too much. They have no instituted the "Hall of Fame" badge for those of us whose long term work to the site they no longer value. And they have a special badge for the four people who have hit #1 over the years, Harriet and the three people in the new ranking system.<br /><br />So Harriet shall forever be "#1 Hall of Fame Reviewer" or something like that.Mark Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567392254011373198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369920588474226441.post-13936861643790474492011-12-09T17:55:02.979-05:002011-12-09T17:55:02.979-05:00VERY cool! While I lost my #57 in the old system a...VERY cool! While I lost my #57 in the old system and am now floundering at #139 or so, I'm more than willing to have that in order to see Harriett become a bad memory.Thomas "Duffbert" Duffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17363184376915863229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369920588474226441.post-3679585135747113082011-12-09T17:54:28.873-05:002011-12-09T17:54:28.873-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Thomas "Duffbert" Duffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17363184376915863229noreply@blogger.com