Great book - Spam Kings
 

Hello all,

Maybe this book has been mentioned on GFY before, but I just got finished reading "Spam Kings" from Brian McWilliams.... and I must say that it was one interesting read!

I know spammers are a hated group around here, but this book was a pretty in-depth look at the lives of many big spammers dating back to around 1998 to late 2004, and the grass roots movement primarily organized through newsgroups to try to stop them. I couldn't help but see some of the parallels to these guys business practices and many of the practices you see in adult. I then got thinking that a book similar to this one dealing with the rise and fall of some online adult empires would be a great read as well.

Here's the amazon link if anybody's interested:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...books&n=507846

creative spam

it's hardly creative spam... not using an amazon affiliate link or any bullshit, just really got into the book.

don't worry granny, Joe Citizen never reads threads and always has something to say. ;) thanks for the link, I'll check it out.

Sorry, I thought I saw an affiliate code in the link.

My apologies.

hmm.... looks interesting.. thanks ;)

No problem man, those amazon links do have a shitload of queries in them even for a standard link.

One thing I was thinking as I finished reading this book was I wondered if any of these particular spammers frequent any of the adult boards. The book focused on maybe half a dozen big names in the spam game, although the only one I was familiar with was good old Spamford Wallace. But he wasn't even a big focus in the book since the book kind of starts right at his retirement from spamming.

The stories of these guys are pretty nuts, and what really struck me odd is that these guys actually stock and fulfill all the orders themselves. Like the guys pushing penis pills actually warehoused thousands upon thousands of bottles of pills and had packing and shipping operations going. I would have thought they were simply promoting for the manufacturers, rather than promoting AND fulfilling the orders. But I guess there was more profit for them in buying the product wholesale, and handling the physical product delivery to the customers.

I think you can grab the 1st chaper in PDF format from Amazon. I definitely suggest checking it out if you're even slightly curious. I gobbled up the 300 or so pages of the book in a few hours I found it so interesting.

I just ordered it :)

DH

lol so did I :P

I just ordered it.

In fact, I just ordered five books from Amazon.com.

i just ordered it too.

Awesome! When you guys get to reading it, we should chat some about the book. Man... now I'm sounding like Oprah's book club here! :1orglaugh But seriously, it would be pretty cool to shoot the shit about it. I'm even thinking of picking up a copy of "Spam Cartel" which is on the same page as another suggested read. These guys stories kind of remind me of the wild west days back in '97 when I first got into adult.... maybe that's why I liked the book so much, because it brings back memories of the good old days!

Just ordered!! Thanks mate.

ive got a new program thats still being developed that will be better than email! Can't wait for it

huh?? :helpme

LOOK WHO IS FEATURED ON THE OFFICIAL BLOG of the BOOK

http://spamkings.oreilly.com/archive...is_slam_1.html

Now that is some funny stuff!

lol damn you should have used an affiliate link you would have gotten rich off of GFY... btw who says spammers are hated here?