I dont mean to sound snarky, but I'm going to say it anyway.
I dislike the idea of newbies being able to post in "member announcements" because most of the time they are just spamming us with their books. Now, if they have a few posts under their belt (25 sounds fair) then I am fine with it.
I seem to recall the author of the Afflicted Girls posting about her novel and nothing else.
I would like to think that we support our authors here. But it bugs me when people post their spam.
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- boswellbaxter
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Thoughts, anyone else? I've banned several people because they did nothing but promote their books on the forum after being politely asked not to, but a 25-post minimum might be a good idea.
Susan Higginbotham
Coming in October: The Woodvilles
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- sweetpotatoboy
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- boswellbaxter
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See the "Note to Authors" under the new "Board Rules" area.
Susan Higginbotham
Coming in October: The Woodvilles
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- MLE (Emily Cotton)
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- Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
- Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
- Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
- Location: California Bay Area
Good idea. I must say, watching these posts has been educational. It gives me a very clear picture of how the consumer responds to book-marketing from strangers and self-promoters.
If it isn't good enough for somebody else (as in a publisher) to risk money on, or for a reader who doesn't personally know the writer to recommend it, it probably isn't worth the time, much more precious to me than the money. Note: I have stopped believing the recommendations of writers for other writers--too much pressure to be nice, too much sympathy for the fellow writer rather than the reader.
If it isn't good enough for somebody else (as in a publisher) to risk money on, or for a reader who doesn't personally know the writer to recommend it, it probably isn't worth the time, much more precious to me than the money. Note: I have stopped believing the recommendations of writers for other writers--too much pressure to be nice, too much sympathy for the fellow writer rather than the reader.
[quote=""MLE""]Good idea. I must say, watching these posts has been educational. It gives me a very clear picture of how the consumer responds to book-marketing from strangers and self-promoters.
If it isn't good enough for somebody else (as in a publisher) to risk money on, or for a reader who doesn't personally know the writer to recommend it, it probably isn't worth the time, much more precious to me than the money. Note: I have stopped believing the recommendations of writers for other writers--too much pressure to be nice, too much sympathy for the fellow writer rather than the reader.[/quote]
I agree. I've actually stopped reading the HF boards at Amazon and mostly for that reason. It is such a turn off, and then when you try to tell them so they get their feathers ruffled.
Same for author blurbs and/or author reviews, I just give them a big old grain of salt. Places like this and Goodreads are the best resources IMO.
If it isn't good enough for somebody else (as in a publisher) to risk money on, or for a reader who doesn't personally know the writer to recommend it, it probably isn't worth the time, much more precious to me than the money. Note: I have stopped believing the recommendations of writers for other writers--too much pressure to be nice, too much sympathy for the fellow writer rather than the reader.[/quote]
I agree. I've actually stopped reading the HF boards at Amazon and mostly for that reason. It is such a turn off, and then when you try to tell them so they get their feathers ruffled.
Same for author blurbs and/or author reviews, I just give them a big old grain of salt. Places like this and Goodreads are the best resources IMO.
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