11-28-2010, 11:55 AM | #1 |
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Suppose Beethoven had to promote "Ode To Joy?"
Suppose Pianos had just been invented and Beethoven had to promote "Ode to Joy?"
I just read a plea by a Kindle user that said something like: "Please, please, stop all the self-promotion by the authors." I feel deeply for her/him and sympathize. Imagine if, when pianos were first invented, Beethoven and Chopin started posting about the "Ode to Joy" or the "Moonlight Sonata" and begging you to give them a go. "Just listen to a few bars." Well, we wouldn't be calling them giants of culture that's for sure. I have to apologize to all of the "readers" for our shameless self-promotion and for getting on their nerves but what's an independent self-publisher to do? Thank you for reading. Consuelo Saah Baehr http://www.amazon.com/Consuelo-Saah-...ntt_dp_epwbk_0 |
11-28-2010, 12:45 PM | #2 |
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11-28-2010, 03:56 PM | #3 |
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Beethoven spent a great deal of his time catering to the desires of his sponsors [such as the Elector of Cologne] and his mentors [such as Haydn].
He had to worry about self-promotion, too, just of a different kind. |
11-28-2010, 07:07 PM | #4 |
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I must be missing something--I thought that was why this forum was created--for authors to promote their works, and so those who are interested would know where to look for such. And so those who do not want to read self-promotions can avoid them.
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11-29-2010, 06:00 AM | #5 | |
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