tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27245745.post7001604503909541223..comments2023-04-12T04:12:53.797-04:00Comments on None May Say: If I Had A Million Dollars (I Would Not Invest In A POD Empire)Devon Kappahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00912697182060219119noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27245745.post-62641707983701415792006-12-13T00:15:00.000-05:002006-12-13T00:15:00.000-05:00I agree with you that there's a lot of awful stuff...I agree with you that there's a lot of awful stuff coming out of the POD and web world. I also believe that there is a lot of awful stuff coming out of corporate media publishers, and out of every other size and type of content publisher in between the two extremes. Finally, I agree that reviewers serve a useful purpose in trying to highlight some of the good stuff; after all, that's why I'm doing this. <br /><br />My ongoing problem -- and the problem for any reviewer whose tastes happen not to fall squarely in the mainstream -- is that, no matter how persuasive I try to be, I can't make masses of people like what they fundamentally don't like.<br /><br />I guess all I can do is try to wow people with witty and entertaining reviews, so that they trust me enough to at least try the stuff I recommend. Of course, first I have to get down the "witty and entertaining" part. But, just like all of you POD creators out there, I keep plugging away . . .Devon Kappahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00912697182060219119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27245745.post-87291305792158696782006-12-12T17:13:00.000-05:002006-12-12T17:13:00.000-05:00Part of the problem with POD (in particular) and w...Part of the problem with POD (in particular) and web content (in general) is filtering. <br /><br />There's a lot of stuff in both worlds that's just bad, in a technical sense. (Inaudible or unreadable, as appropriate). So, reviewers are serving a critical filter purpose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com