Topic: The Curry Book

[Curry King]

Sounds as if teh recipes are as elaborate as ever then, thanks for letting us know.  It's a shame you can't discuss further on the ebook, I can just imagine back at the lair...

[Unclebuck]

thats funny CK  ;D.

[ast]

hi CA. i can not disclose any info in the book. Andy is reading this and has contacted me to reconfirm that any info from in the book will terminate my ebook. sorry mate.

Andy, if you are reading this, I have to say that that's a pretty short-sighted point of view if you're really trying to build a business around selling e-books.  Would you take the same approach if the e-book was to be reviewed by Ziff-Davis, the Register, or the New York Times?  I would certainly doubt it.

From a business perspective, what you want to do is convince people how great the content is.  Word of mouth (positive or negative) is the best/worst publicity you can get.  It has been proven time and time again to be much better than any marketing or advertising campaign that you could spend money on.  If people who are honest and upstanding (as UB seems to be since he promised that he wouldn't post recipes here) can't write an independent review of your product, that speaks volumes about the quality and sustainability of your product as well as your overall business plan.

You may make a few sales and you may even get a few happy customers, but it isn't a sustainable model.  Without a sustainable business model, are you (as a business) even going to be around long enough to ensure that people's ebooks continue to work?

That's a pretty big risk to ask potential customers to take and really reinforces the perspective of a "take the money and run" operation.

I'm offering the above to you, Andy, as free advice on how you can build a better business.  You can take it or leave it, but this type of advice is part of what I do professionally, so I'm not just saying this to waste bandwidth and deplete the world's energy reserves to ferry these particular electrons around the planet.

Hopefully, you'll reconsider and let people like UB, who are one of your most important assets, e.g. paying customers, give a review of the book.  If he violates the terms and posts recipes, then that's a different matter, but unless some sort of legally-binding, industrial-strength NDA was part of the click-wrap agreement, let the man speak!

If you don't believe me, why not try asking the record companies and movie studios how far they've gotten with treating their customers like criminals using DRM strategies preventing straight-forward and legitimate use of the content they've paid for?  It isn't exactly a strategy that's likely to win friends and positively influence potential customers to shell out their cold, hard cash for something that you're preventing legitimate users from talking about.

Cheers,

ast

[slimboyfat]

I have far far too much time on my hands!!! I have spent the evening surfing when I should be working!! Lol


A is from the curry book

http://www.thecurrybook.com/joomla/images/stories/curry/DSCI0304.JPG


B is not!


http://www.yellowtom.co.uk/2559



Enjoy!! SBF

[Jeera]

Impressive detective work Slim.

Is there anyone close by that can do the honours and determine if this place cooks up a decent curry ?

Sonali Restaurant
20 Bridge Street, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire,
LS24 9AL
Tel: 01937 530607       

 

[George]

I have far far too much time on my hands!!! I have spent the evening surfing when I should be working!!

Wow! I'm impressed that you managed to find this. The first question  must be whether Sonali Restaurant know anything about the book or whether it's just some random photo.

I'm sorry to hear the same old story again, like with other books which promised the world before, i.e now the first review of The Curry Book sounds disappointing in terms of the taste of the food produced.

If the book was reported as being half-decent, like The Kushi Balti Book was, I might pay 10 pounds for a printed book but not 15 pounds for an eBook where they may be able to 'turn it off' on any kind of whim. The authors/publishers must be control freaks.

Regards
George

[Secret Santa]

Very impressive work there slimboyfat. As you have the book I assume the address is not given then (answer seems obvious but I'm asking all the same)?

Anyway seems like me and the other 30 odd blokes from the rugby club have our next winners-celebration' venue sorted. Just have to book as the local bible-reading chapter.

[slimboyfat]

No ! i don't have the book !! and i don't intend to pay ?15 for it either !!  :


 

[Cory Ander]

SBF - Am I missing something, or is the first photo now of some green chillis? 

Interesting, Woks Up also had some problems with websites being changed as he spoke

Did you rather intend to post this photo (Top), found on the currybook website, for comparison with the one you found on the web directory (Bottom)?

UB - I appreciate your dilemma there.  I'm astounded that Andy would send you such a pathetic and draconian threat just for mentioning the name of the restaurant!    And I thought he claimed that there ARE no curry secrets!  ;D  :

PS:  Please take special note of my use of smilies.  Apprantly they look just like those that Woks Up (and everybody else) uses  :  Please can we have a greater variety Stew? 

Don't worry, I'm probably talking rubbish, as I normally do, please forgive me people!  ;D

[SnS]

CA

When this was first posted earlier, the first photo link was to the restaurant (at Christmas) as you've now posted. The second photo link was as it is now. The first link has since been changed to the green chillies.