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Originally Posted by fbrII
I somewhat get the concern about self-promoters whose only purpose is to plug their books, although it has not been an issue for me as a regular visitor to this site.
On the other hand I don't understand how the ownership of an e-reader plays into the subject. I attend baseball games without a baseball cap and I still consider myself a true fan of the game.
Just my 2 cents on the subject.
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Unless your income based on the purchase of that baseball cap, it really is not the same thing.
I work for an automobile manufacturer and all of my cars have been one of their brands, purchased new. I am confident in our product and willing to put up my money to prove it.
I don't purchase every car we make, nor do I purchase a sample from every brand or model year. Neither is anyone implying that an author should own a sampling of every ebook reader available.
The point of the thread is that if an author is interested in their own product -- an ebook -- then it seems reasonable to expect them to have a device for using that product.
The field in the profile is pretty open to whatever creative phrase users want to enter in it -- "Nook" or "PC with ADE" or "still looking for The One True Device" or "Not Any" -- and having it empty implies that the user is not interested enough in the forum (or its membership) to step through the profile and see what information is commonly shared. It may not necessarily be TRUE, but when someone posts
only book promotions, doesn't participate in the common areas of the forum and doesn't complete their profile, it does feel as though they are not interested in the community itself.