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Originally Posted by MartinParish
I always feel reluctant to self-promote; it seems in such bad taste to talk about your own writing, like praising yourself in third person or something. I try to find hole-and-corner ways to do it, like using my cover for an avatar. I guess some people find that annoying too, though...  so there it is, what can you do. |
Nah, that doesn't bother me - it's just another icon. It's the ones that flash and/or go through a slideshow of covers. The motion on the screen is distracting. I've blocked a few people over it (Yeah, I know I can block avatars on mobileread, but I'd rather use my ax than a scalpel. And I use Chrome, not Firefox.)
And the fonts on the avatar covers are usually so teeny, I'd even recommend you put a small (and non-flashy) link in your signature line to a place where people can buy your book.
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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. I enjoy interacting with authors, and as an author, I enjoy interacting with readers. 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 read a short story a while back in an Asimov's that I absolutely loved, and it said it was part of a longer story that was going to be published. I looked up the author online and wrote to her, asking when she anticipated it was going to be published. She wrote back very politely and thanked me for the feedback, but was sorry to say that the potential publisher had bailed on her and she was still shopping around. Every once in a while I hit her up to ask about it, b/c I'm still very interested in reading the whole story. I love being able to do that and having the author respond.