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Originally Posted by Patricia Ryan
Okay...
A link to http://facebook.com/backlistebooks does do the trick, Hitch. And if people want to search from within Facebook, all they have to do is type "Backlist Ebooks" into the search field, and voila! Not sure why you're having trouble with it.
Not sure where the attitude is coming from either, to be honest. The FB fan page, a precursor to the website we're working up to, has been live for a couple of weeks, during which time we've acquired 470 fans, the vast majority readers, not other authors. As for your "midlister" sneer, so far our rapidly growing ranks encompass a wide range of authors, including NYT and USA Today bestsellers, Nebula, Hugo, & RITA winners, etc.
The idea to provide one central list of print authors self-publishing their backlist was inspired by readers asking for this in forums and blogs. So far, the feedback from readers about our nascent project has been extremely positive. Yours is the first negative reaction I've encountered, and I find it a tad bewildering.
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Patricia:
Hell, that's NOT a sneer. ALL, repeat, ALL of my clients are midlisters. I'm delighted to have their work and to create their eBooks for Amazon, iBooks, Nook, Sony, etc. The entire ebook production community is comprised of people like me who create ebooks for midlisters, because the vast majority of backlist books that are OOP and rights-reverted ARE from midlisters. No sneer here, to go Suessian. I simply got frustrated when, after three pretty normal searching attempts from within FB, I couldn't find your page. And I'm a moderately sophisticated user. Don't know what FB's issue was.
I am DELIGHTED to press-release your site in my next newsletter to my authors. No kidding. If you'd send me a suitable email addy by PM, I'll be happy to send you a copy.
Hitch