Going Viral

I have learned that once your name gets 'out there' on the internet, anything can happen!  Knowing that my book was to be listed by a bunch of book retailers, I thought that I should Google my name and see what came up!

The book was certainly out there for sure.  I found it listed in almost every language imaginable, in--Ireland, Sweden, United Kingdom, Italy, and several  other places where I did not recognize the language at all!  I'm not sure what I think of all of that.

What surprised me most of all was learning that I have published a book of National Geographic Animal Poetry!   (Not!)   It is listed by a company located in the United Kingdom.  It gives no address, phone number, email address, or customer service number.  One could write a book review, which I did, saying: " I did not write this book. My name was lifted from the internet."   I went back later to check, but they did not publish that particular book review!

I am certainly grateful that my name is attached to the National Geographic company  (probably also lifted);  and I am especially grateful that it is children's animal poetry.  Both of those are rather benign. There is a lovely and colorful cover, but I could not copy it, ironically, to paste in here!!  

I do have to acknowledge that it could have been so much worse!

So just for the record, should anyone happen to run into this anywhere----I made no contribution to this collection of poems, and if I could figure out how to get my name off of it, I would.

National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry: 200 Poems With Photographs That Squeak, Soar, and Roar!

by Nancy Rehkugler

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Released

9/11/12

Book Genre

Grades 3-4 Ages 8-9, Juvenile