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Originally Posted by kcmay
Whenever a writer whose work I love responds to me via twitter, blog, email or forum, I'm thrilled.... If someone posts to my book's announcement thread that they've bought my book, I'm going to say thank you, because it's the polite thing to do. Hopefully that's not considered over-promotion.  |
I don't think anyone is going complain about authors answering those readers who choose to interact. If I buy your book, and tell you that I liked it, then I am also likely to appreciate your willingness to respond! Your taking time to do so is also generally perceived as polite behavior.
As with any situation, the potential for abuse exists. (If someone signs up a whole bunch of fake user-names, and has them post artificially glowing reviews, that is a
very bad thing.)
- M.