This is somewhat off topic, but we have discussed it here. Martin Ford, the author of "The Lights in the Tunnel" sent me this message. I am drafting a thoughtful, amusing yet hard-hitting review for Amazon. If I do say so myself. People who have not read the book should probably refrain from uploading a review. I'm talkin' to you, Mary Yugo.
- Jed - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hello, I'm sending this out to those of you who have written to me with positive/supportive comments about my book "The Lights in the Tunnel." Recently, the book has received a number of of very negative (one- or two-star) reviews on Amazon. This is dragging down the overall rating. Most of these seem to be from people who are ideologically opposed to the type of solutions proposed in the book. If you have a moment to write a positive review, I would greatly appreciate it. A very brief review with just a couple of sentences would be fine; the main point is to add some positive reviews (hopefully 5-stars!) to raise the overall rating average. This is important because in the near future I hope to approach some publishers about writing a second book on this issue. I published "The Lights in the Tunnel" independently and used mostly "guerrilla" marketing techniques, but I would like to try to do something with a mainstream publisher, since that might get a lot more attention from the media and hopefully get the issue of automation and its impact on the job market and economy in front of many more readers. So it's important that my first book look as positive as possible. The Amazon listing is here; you can see the more recent, negative reviews in the right-hand column: http://www.amazon.com/Lights-Tunnel-Automation-Accelerating-Technology/dp/1448659817 Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you, Martin
