Re: Just a quick note

Thank you Richard I appreciate you welcome and will take your words to heart

Tommy
At 04:55 PM 3/12/2009, you wrote:

>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!
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>In God We Trust.
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>--- On Mon, 3/9/09, Tommy 
><<mailto:rainbowrider%40wizzdom.net>[email protected]> wrote:
>From: Tommy <<mailto:rainbowrider%40wizzdom.net>[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: [ebook-community] Just a quick note
>To: <mailto:ebook-community%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected]
>Date: Monday, March 9, 2009, 10:02 PM
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>Excuse me sir ... I in no way poo-pooed anything or anyone my answer
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>was polite and civil. I did not come here to sell ebooks or to do
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>anything other than join a group that deals with ebooks. I introduced
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>myself told people who I was what I did and where they could see my
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>work if they were so inclined. NOTHING MORE! I personally do not open
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>any exe files when they are sent to me via email. I couldn't care
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>less what they were. If I did not request them then I do not open
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>them. That however is not the point. I came to this group because for
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>a long time I have faced a constant barrage of slurs and slanders
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>from pompous twits who are protecting their own interests by trying
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>to kill any advancements in the industry that they deem detrimental
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>to their power and purse strings in the publishing industry.
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>I come into this group. Offer my credentials for what little they may
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>be worth and now I am some sort of monstrous leper who may want to
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>infect everyone's computer. You Know ????? I wish you all a happy and
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>safe life. May your computers live long and prosper virus free.I
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>think I will just go back to helping disgruntled and disenfranchised
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>poets who want nothing more than to sell a few CD's at poetry readings.
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>Tommy
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>PS: I truly thank you for your advise regarding regarding alternative
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>formats and will consider them in the future. Thank you for your time
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>and the wonderfully warm welcome.
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>At 07:11 PM 3/9/2009, you wrote:
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> >1) You're dreaming if you think that virus-checking programs are
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> >perfect, or that people would want to entrust the safety of their
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> >computer to one if they did not have to. Virus checkers are in a
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> >constant race against what virus writers are doing, and are often a
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> >few weeks behind when it comes to the latest hazard to come down the
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> >pike. After all, they can't protect against it until it's loose in the
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> >wild.
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> >2) Hence, there is a rather long-standing prejudice against .exe files
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> >among the members of this list. To be fair, you would have no way of
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> >knowing that if you are new to this list, but all the same,
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> >pooh-poohing other members' concerns does not really help your
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> >credibility.
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> >3) Anything that keeps your prospective audience from engaging with
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> >your book is an obstacle you should consider removing. This includes
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> >burying it in an .exe file when there are perfectly serviceable and
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> >trustworthy e-book formats (ePub, Mobipocket, eReader, even ordinary
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> >RTF or HTML) you could release it in.
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> >Just sayin'.
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> >--
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> >Chris Meadows aka | WWW:
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> >robotech_master_ 2000 |
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