Reinventing the wheel yet again

[rolanni]

I love this. Like it would never occur to an author to have a professional website, the easiest and least expensive kind of PR that there is in this Age that We Live In. And, of course, you-an-author need to "claim" your page on their site, to make sure that it's not claimed by somebody who isn't you, and oh! I'm just really aggravated by the whole thing.

Anyhow, have "claimed" my page, ill-temperedly: http://www.filedby.com/author/sharon_lee/584329/

I have no idea if anyone can actually read it and don't expect to be updating it any time soon, if at all. For what it's worth. Relevant article below.
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New Site Hosts 1.8 Million Author Web Pages ( A PW newletter snip)

By Jim Milliot

A new Web site that features 1.8 million author Web pages has been launched
by Filedby, Inc., a new company founded by former Ingram executive Peter
Clifton and industry analyst Mike Shatzkin. Filedby.com host Web pages that
provides a brief biography and a list of works for all American and Canadian
authors. Users can login and write reviews or make comments about authors.
Authors, or their publishers, can update or link to the page.

Clifton noted that filedby was intentionally designed to highlight authors
rather than books. “It helps make authors discoverable,” Clifton said. In
addition to the social networking aspects of the site, there are links
enabling users to buy the book. Filedby will host the site for free, but
will charge a fee for authors or publishers who want to add more options
such as media postings, event listings and online press kits. Clifton
believes that with publishers looking to cut costs, filedby provides an
inexpensive way to give authors a Web presence.

http://www.filedby.com/Default.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

Comments

[simianpower.livejournal.com]

"...a brief biography and a list of works for all American and Canadian authors."

That's a rather grandiose claim. And total BS, too, since for every published author there are probably 20 unpublished ones looking for a way in.

And yeah, it really does look like a wannabe Facebook for Writers. LAME.