Book spammer or pioneering educator?
December 26th 2008 11:24
Philip Parker has more than 100,000 books listed under his name on amazon.com, and claims to have published more than 200,000 in total.
Parker is a marketing professor at the INSEAD business school in France. He uses patented computer algorithms to copy information online and compile it into "studies" on niche subjects.
Subjects of his books have included the econometric outlook for bath mats in India and thesauruses for eight indigenous Australian languages.
Professor Parker, who has undergraduate degrees in mathematics, biology and economics and a PhD in business economics, and who is dyslexic, is both admired and criticised for his publishing feats. He has been labelled a book spammer and a pioneering educator.
All I want to know is, can I use his method to get my novel finished?
Parker is a marketing professor at the INSEAD business school in France. He uses patented computer algorithms to copy information online and compile it into "studies" on niche subjects.
Subjects of his books have included the econometric outlook for bath mats in India and thesauruses for eight indigenous Australian languages.
Professor Parker, who has undergraduate degrees in mathematics, biology and economics and a PhD in business economics, and who is dyslexic, is both admired and criticised for his publishing feats. He has been labelled a book spammer and a pioneering educator.
All I want to know is, can I use his method to get my novel finished?
www.theage.com.au, en.wikipedia.org
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