On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, aimcompute wrote:
> They wish to publish the photo in a book entitled "Frozen Highlights" which
> is a classic coffee-table quality book, hardbound, with 750 "timeless images
> in full color." The book is only $69.95 if I wish to purchase one at the
> pre-publication price, $59.95 each if I purchase 2, plus $8.00 shipping
> each.
SCAM! Well, I'll qualify that. The prizes will be genuine, but your odds
of winning will be negligible and they might even pick the winners out of
a hat. Have you ever heard of the National Library of Poetry? They run
the same type of deal. They suck you in with (1) the potential of winning
the prize money and (2) having your work published. They fit about 8
poems on a page (they explicitly limit you to 20 lines or less), and it
looks like this is doing the same thing with photographs. They make a
*ton* of money off these books, as there's a lot of people who will pay
the money to have their ego stroked. If you enter, don't expect the
winners to be based on artistic merit. :) These type of scams usually
come out with at least one book every year, and sometimes four or more.
chris
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