Autism Blog - Age of Autism – Amazon file wisely

08 Sep 2010

Author: Kev
Comments: 15

Age of Autism – Amazon file wisely

We all know the new Age of Autism book is coming soon. Its stocked at Amazon for example where pre-orders for the book have placed the books ranking at the heady heights of the top 100,000.

However, whats most interesting is the cover art that Messers Blaxill and Olmsted have chosen for the Kindle edition of the book. In a refreshing turn of honesty, they selected the below (click for bigger) as the cover art.

You can also see it in situ at Amazon US store.

A brave and refreshingly intellectually honest move by Blaxill and Olmsted, I think you’ll agree.

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15 Responses to “Age of Autism – Amazon file wisely”

Neuroskeptic
September 8th, 2010
08:57:08

Ha ha! That’s fantastic.
Catherina
September 8th, 2010
11:37:44

very funny – I wonder whether that is likely to boost their sales over the real cover?
Broken Link
September 8th, 2010
12:37:05

That has got to be more than an accident. The title of the wrong cover is just too appropriate.

For fun, we could try to find other covers that would be appropriate for AoA. How about this one, which is at a similar ranking (but in DVD):

http://www.amazon.com/Fake/dp/.....038;sr=8-4
Broken Link
September 8th, 2010
12:38:40

This cover is also very appropriate:

http://www.amazon.com/Nonsense.....038;sr=8-2
Broken Link
September 8th, 2010
12:44:54

Since I’m on a roll, the AoA trifecta:

Age of Autism: #67,918
Callous Disregard: #254,383 in Books
All I Can Handle (Kim Stagliano): #371,114 in Books

Compared to

Autism’s False Prophets (softcover): #33,052 in Books
Autism’s False Prophets (hardcover): #124,575 in Books

AFP was published almost 2 years ago, and is still out-selling the trifecta.
Kev
September 8th, 2010
16:21:39

Why Broken Link – surely you’re not suggesting that someone at Amazon recognised the quality of the writing and purposefully assigned it to a category they thought best fit it? ;)
Orange Lantern
September 8th, 2010
16:33:12

That’s too perfect for words.
Broken Link
September 8th, 2010
16:51:18

Well, yes, Kev my dear, I am suggesting that. It’s not like the title is alphabetically close, or has anything at all in common with AoA. It’s not a simple typo.

AoA: published Sept 14, 2010
AoA Kindle ASIN: B003OYICT0
AoA Hardcover ISBN-10: 0312545622
AoA authors: Mark Blaxill (Author), Dan Olmsted
Dan Olmsted (Author)

YBF9: published Aug 14, 2009
YBF9 Kindle ASIN: B002Q1YEOO
YBF9 Softcover ISBN-10: 0765324490
YBF9 authors: David G. Hartwell (Author), Kathryn Cramer (Author)
Chelsea
September 8th, 2010
17:37:07

I can see that the autism teabaggers are trying to counteract Paul Offit’s book, which by the way I need to start reading. Another “Autism: Made in the USA.” Just sick! People are going to read this book and find it very moving and well written, because they are sheep.
Sullivan
September 8th, 2010
18:08:04

Kev,

that is quite amusing. My guess is that some emails and phone calls have been placed today to try to rectify the situation.

Broken Link,

If my memory serves, Amazon used to show ranking for books by category. Callous Disregard was in the top 100 (or something) in books>children>health>autism or something similar. That allowed groups like AoA to focus attention on Amazon and make a big deal out of getting a high rank. They are unable to do that this time with Age of Autism (the book).
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Sullivan
September 9th, 2010
07:42:57

Broken Link,

I see it now—AoA (the book) is #13 in Books > Health, Mind & Body > Personal Health > Children’s Health > Autism & Asperger’s Syndrome. It’s a best seller!

It would be in the top 10 for that category, but the people at the Emmys decided to give an award to Temple Grandin, boosting her book sales. Obviously it was planned to reduce the impact of AoA.
Orange Lantern
September 11th, 2010
04:27:19

Still there. I imagine an intrepid photoshopper could have a good time taking a screencap and replacing the fantasy authors with Blaxill, Olmstead, and various others among the antivax cast of characters.
Sullivan
September 16th, 2010
04:56:44

Orange Lantern,

sorry that got stuck in the spam trap for so long.
naughtyautie
September 24th, 2010
00:19:38

OMG has anyone seen this? It’s like Bruno Bettleheim all over again.
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