#Confidence Rape?
23-May-93 08:56:35
Sb: #48971-#Confidence Rape?
Fm: Glen Chapman 73517,2273
To: JAN SCHWENK 70053,1702
>>My question is will this industry kill itself with stupid stunts like this?
I don't think so, for each of the inaccurate or biased reviews, at least on
CD-ROM in general, there are articles and dedicated publications that praise
the media and its capabilities. There have also been lots on good video press
via some of the PBS programming, the network program you seem to be involved in
will help alot.
As far as reviews, I'm afraid we are in the same boat as stage plays and
movies, i.e. personal bias of the writer.
As far as publisher feedback, maybe its a group forum thing. If you see a bad
one, post the info here, then maybe someone else can locate/post the
name/address of the managing editor, then maybe someone (HI RICH<g>) can slowly
build up a publishers feedback address list for the libraries.
As far as CINEMANIA, I'd didn't see the review or have the product so I can't
comment.
As far as errors in data, its amazing, we work for several publishers and they
have said the same thing, i.e. lot's of consumer feedback when errors are
found, or suspected, in electonic publications, while these same errors were in
the print product and the publisher rarely was contacted.
>>there are a large number of greedy people that will misuse anything >>that
gets them more money faster.
Yea! The only solution is an informed consumer, and these are in scarce supply,
and not just in CD's !.
Glen Chapman