Re: Just a quick note

Hello. I'm new to this community, just as you are. I didn't have heaps of scorn layed upon my weary bones as you did. But then again, I didn't introduce myself, either. In fact, this is my very first post. Now then.  I would beg of you not to let the seemingly poor approach to a perfectly normal introduction ruin your day here. I learned long ago in a group far far away from here, to accept flames quietly,  You may have heard of  the Battlecruiser 3000 forums, led by Derek Smart. Talk about flames and derision....!!!! But I digress... Welcome, Friend, and I  hope you bring more with you! Anyone interested in ebooks should be in our forums, and thus, I repeat my welcome to you. Welcome, Friend!

In God We Trust.

--- On Mon, 3/9/09, Tommy <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Tommy <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [ebook-community] Just a quick note
To: [email protected]
Date: Monday, March 9, 2009, 10:02 PM











 






    
            Excuse me sir ... I in no way poo-pooed anything or anyone my answer 

was polite and civil. I did not come here to sell ebooks or to do 

anything other than join a group that deals with ebooks. I introduced 

myself told people who I was what I did and where they could see my 

work if they were so inclined. NOTHING MORE! I personally do not open 

any exe files when they are sent to me via email. I couldn't care 

less what they were. If I did not request them then I do not open 

them. That however is not the point. I came to this group because for 

a long time I have faced a constant barrage of slurs and slanders 

from pompous twits who are protecting  their own interests by trying 

to kill any advancements in the industry that they deem detrimental 

to their power and purse strings in the publishing industry.



I come into this group. Offer my credentials for what little they may 

be worth and now I am some sort of monstrous leper who may want to 

infect everyone's computer. You Know ????? I wish you all a happy and 

safe life. May your computers live long and prosper virus free.I 

think I will just go back to helping disgruntled and disenfranchised 

poets who want nothing more than to sell a few CD's at poetry readings.



Tommy



PS: I truly thank you for your advise regarding regarding alternative 

formats and will consider them in the future. Thank you for your time 

and the wonderfully warm welcome.



At 07:11 PM 3/9/2009, you wrote:



>1) You're dreaming if you think that virus-checking programs are

>perfect, or that people would want to entrust the safety of their

>computer to one if they did not have to. Virus checkers are in a

>constant race against what virus writers are doing, and are often a

>few weeks behind when it comes to the latest hazard to come down the

>pike. After all, they can't protect against it until it's loose in the

>wild.

>

>2) Hence, there is a rather long-standing prejudice against .exe files

>among the members of this list. To be fair, you would have no way of

>knowing that if you are new to this list, but all the same,

>pooh-poohing other members' concerns does not really help your

>credibility.

>

>3) Anything that keeps your prospective audience from engaging with

>your book is an obstacle you should consider removing. This includes

>burying it in an .exe file when there are perfectly serviceable and

>trustworthy e-book formats (ePub, Mobipocket, eReader, even ordinary

>RTF or HTML) you could release it in.

>

>Just sayin'.

>--

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