Post by ADAM Bomb on Jun 10, 2011 12:16:25 GMT -5
I found this interesting ebay auction
Garbage Pail Kids (Tv Series) NEW Paperback 2010
Seller info: borders.australia AU$69.25=~$73.51
cgi.ebay.com/160596950276?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com%3A80%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm570%26_nkw%3D160596950276%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1
Product Details
SKU: 13473479
ISBN: 9786132572158
Format: Paperback
Category: Books General
Publication Date: 2010-08-15
Publisher: Betascript Publishing
Number Of Pages: 88
Country Of Origin: Mauritius
Editor: Miller, Frederic P. Vandome, Agnes F. McBrewster, John
Illustrations: colour illustrations
Pagination: 88 pages, colour illustrations
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 5
Weight: 142
Sounds cool.. but with further research for this oddly OVERPRICED item, I found:
sunbeamalpine.org/forum/showthread.php?t=15216
"This is something I found out about via the Bellett forum. Someone calling himself Frederic P Miller is downloading text from Wikipedia, sending it to a "print on demand" self-publishing house called Alphaprint and advertising the books through places like Amazon, Booktopia, Abe Books and many others. The books are advertised at substantial prices - $60 upwards but basically consist of Wikipedia printouts of varying accuracy, doubtful relevance and questionable reproduction quality - eg what is colour in Wikipedia will be black and white in the book. Wikipedia articles may of course be viewed and downloaded free of charge, sometimes contain animations and usually have active links.
Miller has titles listed for various Hillman, Humber, Sunbeam subjects, such as;
tinyurl.com/29vojmz
tinyurl.com/2wnw3bm
tinyurl.com/2cbvpmm
It's not just books on cars - "Miller" (if that's his real name) currently has 77,000+ books listed on Amazon at the moment, on all sorts of topics: Wine, films, musicals, Pokemon, etc etc.
One of the Bellet forum members bought an Isuzu Florian book. It has a copy+paste of the Wikipedia Florian article, the general Isuzu article, the Bellel and Isuzu Aska Wikipedia articles, plus articles on the Isuzu P'up and Chevrolet LUV; it also has Wikipedia articles on "Sedan" as an automotive concept; the development of said body style , as well as a similar article dealing with the history and concept of the 'station wagon. (the Bookseller Booktopia is going to refund him after he complained)
The giveaways for the books are The editors name, the Alphaprint self publishing connection, and the Green label on front of book saying "High quality content by Wikipedia articles".
So don't get burned folks. And you might think of spreading the word to any other forums you are on.
Cheers, Vic"
So looks like it is likely a total scam and hopefully nobody wastes their money for wikipedia info!! lol
If someone does get it or already bought it.. I would be interested in knowing what is inside. It's just not work $73+ to find out!
Thanks,
Adam
Garbage Pail Kids (Tv Series) NEW Paperback 2010
Seller info: borders.australia AU$69.25=~$73.51
cgi.ebay.com/160596950276?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com%3A80%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm570%26_nkw%3D160596950276%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1
Product Details
SKU: 13473479
ISBN: 9786132572158
Format: Paperback
Category: Books General
Publication Date: 2010-08-15
Publisher: Betascript Publishing
Number Of Pages: 88
Country Of Origin: Mauritius
Editor: Miller, Frederic P. Vandome, Agnes F. McBrewster, John
Illustrations: colour illustrations
Pagination: 88 pages, colour illustrations
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 5
Weight: 142
Sounds cool.. but with further research for this oddly OVERPRICED item, I found:
sunbeamalpine.org/forum/showthread.php?t=15216
"This is something I found out about via the Bellett forum. Someone calling himself Frederic P Miller is downloading text from Wikipedia, sending it to a "print on demand" self-publishing house called Alphaprint and advertising the books through places like Amazon, Booktopia, Abe Books and many others. The books are advertised at substantial prices - $60 upwards but basically consist of Wikipedia printouts of varying accuracy, doubtful relevance and questionable reproduction quality - eg what is colour in Wikipedia will be black and white in the book. Wikipedia articles may of course be viewed and downloaded free of charge, sometimes contain animations and usually have active links.
Miller has titles listed for various Hillman, Humber, Sunbeam subjects, such as;
tinyurl.com/29vojmz
tinyurl.com/2wnw3bm
tinyurl.com/2cbvpmm
It's not just books on cars - "Miller" (if that's his real name) currently has 77,000+ books listed on Amazon at the moment, on all sorts of topics: Wine, films, musicals, Pokemon, etc etc.
One of the Bellet forum members bought an Isuzu Florian book. It has a copy+paste of the Wikipedia Florian article, the general Isuzu article, the Bellel and Isuzu Aska Wikipedia articles, plus articles on the Isuzu P'up and Chevrolet LUV; it also has Wikipedia articles on "Sedan" as an automotive concept; the development of said body style , as well as a similar article dealing with the history and concept of the 'station wagon. (the Bookseller Booktopia is going to refund him after he complained)
The giveaways for the books are The editors name, the Alphaprint self publishing connection, and the Green label on front of book saying "High quality content by Wikipedia articles".
So don't get burned folks. And you might think of spreading the word to any other forums you are on.
Cheers, Vic"
So looks like it is likely a total scam and hopefully nobody wastes their money for wikipedia info!! lol
If someone does get it or already bought it.. I would be interested in knowing what is inside. It's just not work $73+ to find out!
Thanks,
Adam