What The Hell is The Deal With This Book?!

Purple Grant · Jul 6, 2015

First of all £53.60 for a 58 page Kindle book!

Then if you click the "look inside" and it's mental!
It's almost as though it was dictated by someone with a strong accent and transcribed phonetically by someone who doesn't read English.

Can't for the life of me think how it came to be.

Here's the link... "Mexican Red Knee Tarantula Care Guide"

Chris LXXIX · Jul 6, 2015

I hate Amazon. Btw, I'm sorry but it's you in the picture, man? Great beard, looks like Sawney Bean family style.

Dave Marschang · Jul 6, 2015

I think, but could be wrong, that it is intentionally messed up like that to give you a look at the inside but discourage anyone from copying the info. but my wife says i'm an idiot so what do I know?

Purple Grant · Jul 6, 2015

Chris LXXIX said:
I'm sorry but it's you in the picture, man? Great beard, looks like Sawney Bean family style.

Thanks, although it wouldn't be good for cannibalism. I get in enough mess with soup.

god61021 said:
I think, but could be wrong, that it is intentionally messed up like that to give you a look at the inside but discourage anyone from copying the info. but my wife says i'm an idiot so what do I know?

Don't think so. It's meant to be the first couple of pages to whet the appetite (You can't click and copy it anyway I don't think). That gibberish isn't selling anything.

Ellenantula · Jul 6, 2015

Uh wow, that's pretty bad. So, on same site, I searched for TKG and 'peeked inside' and it was properly edited and correct.

dementedlullaby · Jul 6, 2015

I think the seller is insane. That's the only logical explanation. I also think anyone buying it is also likely insane. Dat price, seriously?

There isn't even a name credited to it that's visible lol, just says author. He has a bunch of different ones for different species, some snake ones and some automobile ones. All priced the same. It wouldn't surprise me if half the "research" is simply copy/pasta'd from google searches...

Not to mention specialtyguides.com is a dead link XD.

Biollantefan54 · Jul 6, 2015

I looked up a book I read that is over 800 pages...5.46 for it. It was also correctly worded

edgeofthefreak · Jul 6, 2015

E dnnuo gyus, ti raesd jsut finee fro me.

At lest ti hsa pictoores and stuff.

dementedlullaby · Jul 6, 2015

Biollantefan54 said:
I looked up a book I read that is over 800 pages...5.46 for it. It was also correctly worded

Honestly I think the guy is probably using other peoples material and just hoping that some sucker will purchase it and be too stupid to tell otherwise. Wouldn't be the first time someone is trying to pull a fast one.

Dave Marschang · Jul 6, 2015

at $50 + get a thousand suckers and you could buy a nice car. or crappy house. lol

Ellenantula · Jul 6, 2015

It could also be a text scanner issue, I suppose.

ShadowBlade · Jul 6, 2015

Well, I've been keeping mine wrong.

-Sean

cold blood · Jul 6, 2015

An entire book on the care of B. smithi?????

Its about the easiest t to take care of that I can think of. A pamphlet made from a single piece of paper would probably be sufficient...probably better than the book. I mean, seriously, what kind of dribble is that book filled with??

Hilarious if you ask me.

Oh yeah, op....that is a fantastic beard!

horanjp · Jul 6, 2015

Could it be a code of some sort?

Ellenantula · Jul 6, 2015

horanjp said:
Could it be a code of some sort?

The Bsmithi Code -- their plot to hair the world.

Agreed, a whole book seems a bit much for their care.

Biollantefan54 · Jul 6, 2015

I could write soooo many books...I am gonna be rich! I don't even have to spell correctly!

Blueandbluer · Jul 6, 2015

My guess is that this is a self-published book, and the author used a bad e-reader conversion program. What still eludes me, however, is how he or she could have not noticed before putting it up for sale.

Storm76 · Jul 7, 2015

This should explain everything:

"Our guide is only available from our website and includes more information specific to the Mexican Red Knee Tarantula than any other book or manual we have ever found."

*cough* thank you, SpecialtyGuides - I'll pass. Wholeheartedly!

scott308 · Jul 7, 2015

cold blood said:
An entire book on the care of B. smithi?????

Its about the easiest t to take care of that I can think of. A pamphlet made from a single piece of paper would probably be sufficient...probably better than the book. I mean, seriously, what kind of dribble is that book filled with??

Yeah, you guys all think you know everything, but I'm sure he has oodles of super-secret Red Knee keeping tips! :biggrin:

Ultum4Spiderz · Jul 7, 2015

58 Pages on a mexican redknee? what a joke? They are so easy to care-for I see no need for a caresheet 58pg sized book.

It gets 1 star , Book looks very good but the text is unreadable
Unless you decifer what its supposed to say and get it re typed in full "

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