Contest: Title a book, win $3,000 -- ENDS 10/21/09 - Page 2

GeoffC · 10-15-2009, 12:03 PM

21st, of ?

NatCh · 10-15-2009, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

21st, of ?

October, sorry.

Xerxes · 10-15-2009, 11:42 PM

I haven't read a word about this memoir, but here are a few that I just threw out there.

"I Thought You Said This Was BBBQ Sauce"
"I'm Not All That Lost"
"Where Was I Again... Oh Yeah!"
"I'm The Reason Why They Can't Have Nice Things."

I'd end each one with "The <full name> Story".

wayrad · 10-16-2009, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

an author who can't think of his own title and blurb ??!!! ... and hoping it'll sell well enough to pay for a competition prize ....

If there's already a decent working title, I wonder what the chances are that nobody will win the $3000 prize...

GeoffC · 10-16-2009, 08:05 AM

heY ! i'm the cycnic on here :chortles:

JasonB · 10-16-2009, 12:33 PM

To add to possible cynicism <grin>:

You could propose a title, one that ends up being used, and then they claim they thought of it independently (or they never got a suggestion from you) and you don't see any money. Without some kind of proper contract and legal agreement, I'm not sure that I'd spend my time reading, providing a title, and then just hoping that things went my way after that.

HEC · 10-16-2009, 01:32 PM

Got the book in the email and converting it now in Calibre to my PRS-505. Will give it a bit of "bathroom reading" and will see ...

wayrad · 10-16-2009, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by JasonB

Without some kind of proper contract and legal agreement, I'm not sure that I'd spend my time reading, providing a title, and then just hoping that things went my way after that.

A Gmail address isn't enough?

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10-15-2009, 12:03 PM	#16
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	21st, of ?

10-15-2009, 11:42 PM	#18
Xerxes Addict Posts: 355 Karma: 90 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Houston, TX Device: Astak EZReader, Pocket Pro	I haven't read a word about this memoir, but here are a few that I just threw out there. "I Thought You Said This Was BBBQ Sauce" "I'm Not All That Lost" "Where Was I Again... Oh Yeah!" "I'm The Reason Why They Can't Have Nice Things." I'd end each one with "The <full name> Story".

10-16-2009, 08:05 AM	#20
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	heY ! i'm the cycnic on here :chortles:

10-16-2009, 12:33 PM	#21
JasonB Connoisseur Posts: 92 Karma: 15000 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Device: Sony PRS-505	To add to possible cynicism <grin>: You could propose a title, one that ends up being used, and then they claim they thought of it independently (or they never got a suggestion from you) and you don't see any money. Without some kind of proper contract and legal agreement, I'm not sure that I'd spend my time reading, providing a title, and then just hoping that things went my way after that.

10-16-2009, 01:32 PM	#22
HEC Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: PRS-505	Got the book in the email and converting it now in Calibre to my PRS-505. Will give it a bit of "bathroom reading" and will see ...