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It looks like there has been some monkey business here. I don't know what "premature archiving" is, but I would like to respond to the statement by Will Beback that Dennis King's book "is undoubtedly a reliable source and a valuable resource to readers interested in this topic." Dennis King's book isn't even a real book in the normal sense. Normally, an author approaches a publisher and says, "Would you like to publish this book? It's well written and informative." In this case, Doubleday was approached by some spooky foundations and told, "Here's some money. Publish the book." As I understand it, almost no copies of the book were actually sold in bookstores. Instead, it was purchased in bulk by the foundation sponsors and distributed for free to libraries and organizations. The whole thing was an exercise in propaganda. --] (]) 22:08, 2 August 2008 (UTC) |
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It looks like there has been some monkey business here. I don't know what "premature archiving" is, but I would like to respond to the statement by Will Beback that Dennis King's book "is undoubtedly a reliable source and a valuable resource to readers interested in this topic." Dennis King's book isn't even a real book in the normal sense. Normally, an author approaches a publisher and says, "Would you like to publish this book? It's well written and informative." In this case, Doubleday was approached by some spooky foundations and told, "Here's some money. Publish the book." As I understand it, almost no copies of the book were actually sold in bookstores. Instead, it was purchased in bulk by the foundation sponsors and distributed for free to libraries and organizations. The whole thing was an exercise in propaganda. --Polly Hedra (talk) 22:08, 2 August 2008 (UTC)