You need to review her book and call her out on it.. I guess he is like all those "handmade" items on etsy that ship from China...
On 1/11/12 12:37 AM, "Jessica Rosner" <jessicapros...@gmail.com> wrote: >Pay special attention to the "disclaimer" > >Had a disturbing book cross my desk this afternoon at the library: >http://www.amazon.com/Lillian-Gish-Handbook-Everything-about/dp/1743040520 >/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1326238509&sr=1-1 > >The title is "The Lillian Gish Handbook, Everything you need to know >about Lillian Gish". Wow! I was very excited until I actually looked >at the book. Apparently Ms. Smith has taken Lillian's >Wikipedia/Wikimedia page, plus every page from her films, printed them >out, and published them as a book. I kid you not. > >The disclaimer on the first page reads: > >"The content within this book was generated collaboratively by >volunteers. Please be advised that nothing found here has necessarily >been reviewed by people with the expertise required to provide you >with complete, accurate or reliable information. Some information in >this book maybe misleading or simply wrong. The publisher does not >guarantee the validity of the information found here. If you need >specific advice (for example, medical, legal, financial, or risk >management) please seek a professional who is licensed or >knowledgeable in that area." > >EXCUSE ME?! I am in shock. > >I guess I should be pleased that the author put this disclaimer in at >all. We are all aware of books which could use this exact same >paragraph. > >And no, PVG is not the publisher, Tebbo is. > >She has also "written" books on Mila Kunis, Sylvester Stallone, Woody >Allen, Jennifer Connelly, Jennifer Lawrence, Cody Simpson, Chloe Grace >Moretz, Melissa McCarthy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Adam Sandler, Nina >Dobrev, Steve Carell, Zooey Deschanel, Alexander Skarsgard, Lacey >Chabert, Mayim Bialik, Johnny Galecki, Ryan Gosling, Tom Hiddleston, >Claire Danes, Zachary Levi, Will Ferrell, Robert Downey Jr, Robert >Pattison, Jeremy Renner, Kristen Wiig, Clark Gable, Ginger Rogers, >Elizabeth Taylor, Gerard Butler, Dwayne Johnson, Emma Stone, Ian >Somerhalder, Matthew Macfadyen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jame McAvoy, >Amber Heard, Burt Lancaster, Liam Hemsworth, Milla Jovovich, Joan >Crawford, Judy Garland, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Orlando Bloom, >William Holden, Sophia Loren, Kaley Cuoco, Kristen Stewart, Rachel >McAdams, Kate Beckinsale, Jason Bateman, Barbara Stanwyck, Julie >Christie, Matt Damon, James Dean, Mark Wahlberg, Tom Hardy, Vin >Diesel, Shia LaBeouf, Rita Hayworth, Jennifer Aniston, Naomi Watts, >Robert Mitchum, Diane Keaton, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anna Faris, Gary >Cooper, Carole Lombard, Claudette Colbert, Gene Kelly, (BREATHE), >Jason Statham, Chris Evans, Walter Matthau, Akshay Kumar, Tom Cruise, >Jim Parsons, James Cagney, Bette Davis, Robert Redford, Amitabh >Bachchan, Camilla Belle, Aamir Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Sidney Poitier, >Charlie Chaplin, Christian Bale, Spencer Tracy, Ranbir Kapoor, >Michell Pfeiffer, Ava Gardner, Gregory Peck, John Wayne, Mary >Pickford, Kevin Costner, Shirley MacLaine, Laurence Olivier, Greta >Garbo, Michael Douglas, Frances McDormand, Ingrid Bergman, Eddy >Murphy, Ed Harris, Emma Thompson, Christopher Lee, Kirk Douglas, Glenn >Close, Meg Ryan, Dennis Quaid, Henry Fonda, Holly Hunter, Lauren >Bacall, Fred Astaire, Humphrey Bogart, Orson Welles, Marlene >Dietrich, Vivian Leigh, I can't type anymore as there are over 30+ >pages on Amazon. > > All were "written and published" in 2011. > > >-- >Jessica Rosner >Media Consultant >224-545-3897 (cell) >212-627-1785 (land line) >jessicapros...@gmail.com > >VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic >control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in >libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve >as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel >of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video >producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
