Girl on Demand Calling it Quits

I was saddened to read that the fabulous blog, POD-dy Mouth, Girl on Demand, has posted her last blog on POD books. I understand ALL of her reasons, but she really was doing a GREAT job in unearthing buried treasures in the mass of POD published works.

She writes:

Along with this, it is clear to see that POD (with a few exceptions) is a useful tool to gain some ground in the book world (hopefully to build an audience to more than your immediate family)--but only so that you can ultimately get an agent and publisher to produce/release your book (and others) in the traditional way. No one knows this more than I, for that was the sole purpose of the Needle Awards. However, it is simply not a compelling reason to stay up late every night.

And right there she says everything I believe about POD. Right now I can hear the Internet hallelujah chorus singing, "POD is JUST a technology." Yes, yes, I know this. And it's been hashed and rehashed, and dished out enough times that I am NOT going to go there again. But I am going to say this. Girl managed to find some pretty good gems in the mass amounts of works published using Print on Demand, and it had to be an exhausting job.

Kudos to her. Her blog will be missed.