I, too, was disturbed by Ed’s cry out. Not, apparently, in the manner in which you ere, however; I felt saddened by it, and scared, too, for I’m just beginning to travel this road of publication and I honestly want my anthology to do well, for the sake of the author’s within it and for the sake of the genre to boot. Even for the sake of the reading public.

I did not plan to purchase Ed’s anthology simply because I’m not interested in reading it. Yet I feel for him and, due to his post, I have considered buying a copy. This I would do in support, a show of solidarity. I still doubt I’d read it, but I have several things I could do with the book - I donate to the local Veteran’s Hospital and I hold contests on my blog, for two ideas.

I agree with you that this is unnerving and uninspiring - but I don’t join with you in condemning him.