All the world is for sale

I got a press release a few days ago saying the World Bank was for sale on eBay.

"Citing 60 years of failed polices and a track record of bankrolling projects that erode human rights and environmental standards, the people of the world have offered the World Bank for sale on the online auction house eBay.com."

There you go. I didn't realize the people of the world were one entity with the ability to post under one username.

I wondered how long the auction would be allowed to run and sure enough I got another press release later in the day.

"eBay Censors Online Auction of World Bank!
Still trying to get rid of World Bank, People of the World post bank for sale on "Craig's List": http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/for/44210389.html."

Interestingly I see Craig's list has also pulled the auction.


"This posting has been removed by Craigslist community."

It just goes to show you that selling the world is a little harder than you might think.

I see that Douglass Clegg is selling the hardback rights to his book "The Abandoned" on eBay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2492392403

"This is the first auction for the rights to a limited and/or lettered edition hardcover ever done on eBay with an award-winning novelist who has had novels at such houses as Penguin USA, Berkley/Ace, NAL/Signet, Tor Books, Leisure Books, Pocket Books, Dell Publishing, as well as in the independent presses, such as Cemetery Dance Publications, Subterranean Press, Delirium Press, and Bloodletting Press.

"It is suggested but not required that bidders be Publishers of a legitimate small or independent press that has published at least one or more signed, limited and/or lettered edition hardcover books."

That's very interesting to me. Much more so than the selling of the Bank 'o the World. Current bid is US $1,925.00 with 3 days 16 hours left on a 10 day listing. That's not much.