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Old 07-31-2011, 02:45 PM   #167
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Device: Just a whole bunch. I guess I am a collector now.
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Originally Posted by amo View Post
Umm, not that I know anything, but... if I was an author (which I ain't) I'd create me a second profile with my real name (or pen name, if that was different), and promote my book under that, and continue to participate in discussions under my screen name which I use for all kinds of other online activities where my RL identity is irrelevant. My opinions on how my Kobo runs have very little to do with whether I can write a good novel (the only relevance would be that my posts show how well I can use language).

And I'd not list a device (or maybe say something like the aforementioned "yes") because, as a reader, I'd be leery of an author who has a device really different from mine.
If I were writing for a living, rather than the odd bit of sloganeering and poetry now and again, I would use that to justify buying every shiny ereader that looked tempting. Instead I am forced to be practical. Note that since I don't write for a living I do get to write and speak almost entirely in compound or run on sentences.
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