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Spines: a VC-funded vanity publisher with added AI (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 1 day ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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[–] swlabr@awful.systems 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Tangential: The Better Business Bureau isn't affiliated with any government agency. At its best, it is a consumer advocacy group, but at its worst, it is a racket.

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 4 points 19 hours ago

Searle's Yelp Room

[–] self@awful.systems 8 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Spines’ pitch is heavy on resentment-based marketing: “… you will receive the feedback you so long for from the publishing world: a personal touch.”

holy shit. I learned a new term today (resentment-based marketing) and I’m fascinated by how this could possibly work

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 2 points 8 hours ago

IIRC elvis’s manager sold “i hate elvis” merch. It’s a long and storied industry

[–] carturo222@geekdom.social 5 points 18 hours ago

@self @dgerard Their selling point being a "personal touch" from a *not-person* is too ironic for this reality.

[–] cerement@social.targaryen.house 7 points 1 day ago

@self @dgerard

all the right-wingers purchasing “woke” products just so they can film themselves driving over them, burning them, destroying them

[–] Remittancegirl@mstdn.social 4 points 1 day ago

@self @dgerard

I am fascinated by the idea of burning my own book out of spite.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 8 points 1 day ago

taking bets: did they name it after the one thing none of them have so they can finally claim to have some?