Interneting is a contact sport, and sometimes a collision sport.  When someone knocks you flat your backside might hurt,  but don't let your feelings get hurt. It is all in the game.  To the extent possible put your anger in your pocket and figure out your next move. Remember there are fans watching from the sidelines.  The best course is to ignore the venom and keep your response professional, helpful, friendly, and on-topic.  If in fact you said somethig wrong you can offer a brief oops. But the oops is not an apology. It is an acknowledgment of a mistake.  Move on.

Don't crow in victory, and don't cry in defeat. 

My array of listservs (mailing lists) in the publishing area include:

ind-e-pubs@yahoogroups.com (may be dead, I'll check)

pod_publishers@yahoogroups.com

Print-On-Demand@yahoogroups.com

pub-forum@pub-forum.net

publish-l@googlegroups.com

Self-Publishing@yahoogroups.com (I co moderate this one.)

 smallpub-civil@yahoogroups.com

For book design and graphics I follow these:

graphic_design@yahoogroups.com

 publishingdesign@yahoogroups.com

My array of typesetting and programming listservs is too bulky quote here.

The word "group" is a bit vague whe discussing internet fora. The above are all listservs, but most are addressed via googlegrooups or yahoogroups dot com.  Internet news groups are another species altogether.  I visit and sometimes query on newsgroup comp.text.tex. But most of my surfing and postings on news groups deal with technical computer issues. 

Enough for now.  You might want to print out the above listings for future reference, or book mark this item.

Here it is, the wexfordpress.net blog for John Culleton.  I hope to fill it with interesting tidbits

for all you self/subsidy/small publishers out there. Your comments are always welcome!

A reminder. Wexfordpress will be offering two books next February:  Unholy Orders, the top-notch police procedural by Willam Redding, and Independent Publishing,  the concise desktop guide by Sylvia Hemmerly, based on her earlier work Unlocking the Secrets of Publishing but with new and updated material.  Stay tuned. I'll keep adding tidbits as these works progress.

Your comments are always welcome of course.