From: Michael Perelman (michael@ECST.CSUCHICO.EDU)
Date: Fri Sep 30 2005 - 16:02:56 EDT
No. It was a silly rip off of Hoffman, giving the impression that the book was not serious. On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 01:34:57PM -0400, Gerald_A_Levy@MSN.COM wrote: > > I envy your good fortune. One publisher gave me an excellent title, > > the others tended to be much worse. The absolute worst was > > steal this idea. > > Michael: > > The publisher must have been thinking of Abbie Hoffman's > classic work _Steal this book_: > http://www.tenant.net/Community/steal/steal.html#2.08.0 > http://www.pieman.org/stealthisbook.html > (a friend of mine, Aaron Kay -- the "Pie Man" -- "stole" the > above from another site. Check out Aaron's website: > http://www.pieman.org >: lots of stuff including songs by > another Yippie friend of mine, David Peel). > > Were you afraid that if your previous book was titled _Steal > this idea_ it's fate would be similar to that of Hoffman's book? > > In solidarity, Jerry -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
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