(2004-01-20) Kling Kessler Self Publishing

Arnold Kling on (Andy Kessler's article on) Self Publishing. I finished writing it on Jan. 31, 2003. The Web helped me find everything else I needed. In February, I had it edited by two women in Texas, while a couple in Florida put together the cover, dropping in a Jeff Danziger illustration. ISBN numbers, bar codes, Bowker databases and Library of Congress numbers, no sweat. I found a printer near Boston that could turn out thousands of copies in two weeks. A printer in Michigan took four weeks but, for two bucks each, produced tens of thousands of stitched-binding, store-quality copies. Ready or not, I was now in the publishing business. I opened an Advantage account on Amazon.com and had "Wall Street Meat" for sale on March 17. This is about the book Wall Street Meat ISBN:0972783210.

Also an interesting slam of Kessler's book, and insight into Amazon's review system. Kessler is also the author who got Amazon to delete my negative review of his book. It's a lousy book, nothing but name-dropping and turgid prose. Like him, it has no intellectual content or conscience.