[Hitch]

Originally Posted by DMcCunney

Simple enough - in computer terms, they are "write only". They don't read.

Another applicable computer term is "half duplex". Communication is one way at a time, and it their case, the one way is outgoing. That it will fail because there is no functioning feedback loop is not something they will comprehend.

(And of course when their efforts fail with a resounding thud, they can blame things on you rather than their own incompetence.)
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Dennis

I just will NEVER understand it. I have an entire wall--not one bookcase, a bloody WALL--of my office, about 12' long, and the bookcase is 7+' high, crammed with manuals, how-to books, specialty books on things like (for example) old Adobe Pagemaker, InDesign, C++ programming, and all the things you guys would expect, and stuff you wouldn't, all designed to LEARN ME STUFF. This sudden allergy of people to RTFI'ing...man. It's just so frustrating.

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@Hitch - but how many folks to whom you gave the Guides didn't make a hash of it.

You are right there, of course, Red.

Some of us hate filling in forms at the best of times. In particular I have a mental block, verging on breakdown, when it comes to dealing with computer form based systems that need a completely separate set of instructions.

Red, I get that, but c'mon, man, you ever looked at that site? The KDP publishing site? I'm not being condescending when I say it's designed for not-brilliant users. It's like Name, address, book title, book description. Book category. Upload book file, upload book cover, set price, click publish. Brother, I get that some people are allergic to forms, but here's my question--if you KNOW that's how you are, why in the name of all that's holy would you undertake it in the first bloody place?

Typically we dodge the bullet, e.g. go o'seas when there's a census, or don't bother with an insurance claim, or we outsource it, to a tax accountant, building surveyor, lawyer etc.

BR

Well...at least you get it done for you, if you can't handle it. Although I refuse to believe that you couldn't manage the KDP, Red. I've been reading your posts, seen you discussing the inner workings of Windows, etc. for years here. Given that the KDP requires very little effort, in terms of uploading the book, and it's hardly some cryptic, needs-Indiana-Jones-to-decipher-it undertaking, I'm reasonably sure that even if you're online-forms-allergic, you could manage it without utterly hashing it.

I have another rant, one that is now daily making me insane, also related to my field of endeavor, but different than this--but I feel as though I should let other folks rant for a while first. (sigh).


Hitch