If you have a copy of my book, you have a chance to do the world (and me) a favor. Go onto Amazon, and review it -- please. It has exactly one review, and that's from a guy who's disgruntled that the book doesn't cover formal robust control theory. While I understand his disappointment to some extent, you can't really approach that topic unless you've got at least four years of a math-intensive engineering education behind you; it's certainly not a topic that I could make both accessible and useful to a general audience, and I don't think that anyone else could, either. It would be like me getting bent out of shape because I bought a book called "Practical Pottery from Clay to Cup" that didn't show me how to make an accurate reproduction of a Ming vase or a set of matching decorated china dishes. His is the only feedback I've gotten on the book that could be summed up as "it totally sucks" -- yet it's the only feedback _at all_ on Amazon. I know that there's people out there who like the book far more -- if you're one of them, or even if you're only mildly thrilled with it, you can give people more complete and accurate information than they have now by getting on there and giving it a review. Thanks in advance. -- My liberal friends think I'm a conservative kook. My conservative friends think I'm a liberal kook. Why am I not happy that they have found common ground? Tim Wescott, Communications, Control, Circuits & Software http://www.wescottdesign.com
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Reply by ●July 4, 20122012-07-04
On 7/4/2012 1:23 PM, Tim Wescott wrote:> If you have a copy of my book, you have a chance to do the world (and me) > a favor. > > Go onto Amazon, and review it -- please. > > It has exactly one review, and that's from a guy who's disgruntled that > the book doesn't cover formal robust control theory. While I understand > his disappointment to some extent, you can't really approach that topic > unless you've got at least four years of a math-intensive engineering > education behind you; it's certainly not a topic that I could make both > accessible and useful to a general audience, and I don't think that > anyone else could, either. > > It would be like me getting bent out of shape because I bought a book > called "Practical Pottery from Clay to Cup" that didn't show me how to > make an accurate reproduction of a Ming vase or a set of matching > decorated china dishes. > > His is the only feedback I've gotten on the book that could be summed up > as "it totally sucks" -- yet it's the only feedback _at all_ on Amazon. > > I know that there's people out there who like the book far more -- if > you're one of them, or even if you're only mildly thrilled with it, you > can give people more complete and accurate information than they have now > by getting on there and giving it a review. > > Thanks in advance. >Back in the day, we called this "stuffing the ballot box".
Reply by ●July 4, 20122012-07-04
On Jul 5, 8:23�am, Tim Wescott <t...@seemywebsite.com> wrote:> If you have a copy of my book, you have a chance to do the world (and me) > a favor. > > Go onto Amazon, and review it -- please. > > It has exactly one review, and that's from a guy who's disgruntled that > the book doesn't cover formal robust control theory. �While I understand > his disappointment to some extent, you can't really approach that topic > unless you've got at least four years of a math-intensive engineering > education behind you; it's certainly not a topic that I could make both > accessible and useful to a general audience, and I don't think that > anyone else could, either. > > It would be like me getting bent out of shape because I bought a book > called "Practical Pottery from Clay to Cup" that didn't show me how to > make an accurate reproduction of a Ming vase or a set of matching > decorated china dishes. > > His is the only feedback I've gotten on the book that could be summed up > as "it totally sucks" -- yet it's the only feedback _at all_ on Amazon. > > I know that there's people out there who like the book far more -- if > you're one of them, or even if you're only mildly thrilled with it, you > can give people more complete and accurate information than they have now > by getting on there and giving it a review. > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > My liberal friends think I'm a conservative kook. > My conservative friends think I'm a liberal kook. > Why am I not happy that they have found common ground? > > Tim Wescott, Communications, Control, Circuits & Softwarehttp://www.wescottdesign.comWell there's no shortage of control books and most of them are much the same. Hardy
Reply by ●July 4, 20122012-07-04
On Wed, 04 Jul 2012 13:46:23 -0700, mike <spamme9@gmail.com> wrote:>On 7/4/2012 1:23 PM, Tim Wescott wrote: >> If you have a copy of my book, you have a chance to do the world (and me) >> a favor. >> >> Go onto Amazon, and review it -- please. >> >> It has exactly one review, and that's from a guy who's disgruntled that >> the book doesn't cover formal robust control theory. While I understand >> his disappointment to some extent, you can't really approach that topic >> unless you've got at least four years of a math-intensive engineering >> education behind you; it's certainly not a topic that I could make both >> accessible and useful to a general audience, and I don't think that >> anyone else could, either. >> >> It would be like me getting bent out of shape because I bought a book >> called "Practical Pottery from Clay to Cup" that didn't show me how to >> make an accurate reproduction of a Ming vase or a set of matching >> decorated china dishes. >> >> His is the only feedback I've gotten on the book that could be summed up >> as "it totally sucks" -- yet it's the only feedback _at all_ on Amazon. >> >> I know that there's people out there who like the book far more -- if >> you're one of them, or even if you're only mildly thrilled with it, you >> can give people more complete and accurate information than they have now >> by getting on there and giving it a review. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >Back in the day, we called this "stuffing the ballot box".Nah, that would be if he built a few dozen sockpuppets and had them all "review" the book. I actually thought it was a pretty good treatment. A credible review needs to say more than just that, though, so I'll have to find what pile of books it ended up in/under and take another look at it. -- Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
Reply by ●July 4, 20122012-07-04
On Wed, 04 Jul 2012 13:46:23 -0700, mike <spamme9@gmail.com> wrote:>On 7/4/2012 1:23 PM, Tim Wescott wrote: >> If you have a copy of my book, you have a chance to do the world (and me) >> a favor. >> >> Go onto Amazon, and review it -- please. >> >> It has exactly one review, and that's from a guy who's disgruntled that >> the book doesn't cover formal robust control theory. While I understand >> his disappointment to some extent, you can't really approach that topic >> unless you've got at least four years of a math-intensive engineering >> education behind you; it's certainly not a topic that I could make both >> accessible and useful to a general audience, and I don't think that >> anyone else could, either. >> >> It would be like me getting bent out of shape because I bought a book >> called "Practical Pottery from Clay to Cup" that didn't show me how to >> make an accurate reproduction of a Ming vase or a set of matching >> decorated china dishes. >> >> His is the only feedback I've gotten on the book that could be summed up >> as "it totally sucks" -- yet it's the only feedback _at all_ on Amazon. >> >> I know that there's people out there who like the book far more -- if >> you're one of them, or even if you're only mildly thrilled with it, you >> can give people more complete and accurate information than they have now >> by getting on there and giving it a review. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >Back in the day, we called this "stuffing the ballot box"."Getting out the vote".
Reply by ●July 4, 20122012-07-04
On Wed, 04 Jul 2012 13:47:51 -0700, HardySpicer wrote:> On Jul 5, 8:23 am, Tim Wescott <t...@seemywebsite.com> wrote: >> If you have a copy of my book, you have a chance to do the world (and >> me) a favor. >> >> Go onto Amazon, and review it -- please. >> >> It has exactly one review, and that's from a guy who's disgruntled that >> the book doesn't cover formal robust control theory. While I >> understand his disappointment to some extent, you can't really approach >> that topic unless you've got at least four years of a math-intensive >> engineering education behind you; it's certainly not a topic that I >> could make both accessible and useful to a general audience, and I >> don't think that anyone else could, either. >> >> It would be like me getting bent out of shape because I bought a book >> called "Practical Pottery from Clay to Cup" that didn't show me how to >> make an accurate reproduction of a Ming vase or a set of matching >> decorated china dishes. >> >> His is the only feedback I've gotten on the book that could be summed >> up as "it totally sucks" -- yet it's the only feedback _at all_ on >> Amazon. >> >> I know that there's people out there who like the book far more -- if >> you're one of them, or even if you're only mildly thrilled with it, you >> can give people more complete and accurate information than they have >> now by getting on there and giving it a review. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> -- >> My liberal friends think I'm a conservative kook. My conservative >> friends think I'm a liberal kook. Why am I not happy that they have >> found common ground? >> >> Tim Wescott, Communications, Control, Circuits & >> Softwarehttp://www.wescottdesign.com > > Well there's no shortage of control books and most of them are much the > same.Y'know, putting that up next to the review that's there would still, in my humble opinion, make things more accurate. I don't know if you have the book, but I try throughout to not just present the math, but to show how it would be used in practice. I didn't always do as well as I'd like to, but I do have a couple of copies of the book with red ink all over them, waiting for a 2nd edition to roll around. -- My liberal friends think I'm a conservative kook. My conservative friends think I'm a liberal kook. Why am I not happy that they have found common ground? Tim Wescott, Communications, Control, Circuits & Software http://www.wescottdesign.com
Reply by ●July 4, 20122012-07-04
Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.com> wrote:>If you have a copy of my book, you have a chance to do the world (and me) >a favor. > >Go onto Amazon, and review it -- please.How much does that pay?>It has exactly one review, and that's from a guy who's disgruntled that >the book doesn't cover formal robust control theory. While I understand >his disappointment to some extent, you can't really approach that topic >unless you've got at least four years of a math-intensive engineering >education behind you; it's certainly not a topic that I could make both >accessible and useful to a general audience, and I don't think that >anyone else could, either.Seriously, can't you change the description of the book on Amazon so it gets bought by the intended audience? -- Failure does not prove something is impossible, failure simply indicates you are not using the right tools... nico@nctdevpuntnl (punt=.) --------------------------------------------------------------
Reply by ●July 4, 20122012-07-04
On Jul 4, 1:23�pm, Tim Wescott <t...@seemywebsite.com> wrote:> If you have a copy of my book, you have a chance to do the world (and me) > a favor. > > Go onto Amazon, and review it -- please. > > It has exactly one review, and that's from a guy who's disgruntled that > the book doesn't cover formal robust control theory.Do people here review lots of tech books? Reviews won't do much good if they come from single item reviewers. Can you get a review from a creditable journal or other source? That should carry more weight than from one cranky guy's opinion.
Reply by ●July 5, 20122012-07-05
On Wednesday, July 4, 2012 5:54:17 PM UTC-7, Nico Coesel wrote: ...> > Seriously, can't you change the description of the book on Amazon so > it gets bought by the intended audience? >Have you read the description of the book and the review? The original reviewer complained about the lack of detail that the description clearly said were not included in the book. The real question is whether those unintended for the audience are smart enough to read and comprehend an accurate book description on Amazon. Apparently not. Dale B. Dalrymple
Reply by ●July 5, 20122012-07-05
On Thu, 05 Jul 2012 00:54:17 +0000, Nico Coesel wrote:> Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.com> wrote: > >>If you have a copy of my book, you have a chance to do the world (and >>me) a favor. >> >>Go onto Amazon, and review it -- please. > > How much does that pay?It gives you the satisfaction of helping others, and not just me.>>It has exactly one review, and that's from a guy who's disgruntled that >>the book doesn't cover formal robust control theory. While I understand >>his disappointment to some extent, you can't really approach that topic >>unless you've got at least four years of a math-intensive engineering >>education behind you; it's certainly not a topic that I could make both >>accessible and useful to a general audience, and I don't think that >>anyone else could, either. > > Seriously, can't you change the description of the book on Amazon so it > gets bought by the intended audience?Right. I'll go buy Amazon and get that fixed today. Not. Jeese. -- My liberal friends think I'm a conservative kook. My conservative friends think I'm a liberal kook. Why am I not happy that they have found common ground? Tim Wescott, Communications, Control, Circuits & Software http://www.wescottdesign.com
