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Originally Posted by RHWright
^^This. Totally this.
I've seen far too many over-eager authors recommend their own books for specific requests that they don't fit.
"Hi. I'm looking for a really good murder mystery set in Victorian London suitable for an older person what doesn't like books with much sex or violence."
"Try me near-future dystopia. It's full of action and gore, but is softened with a passionate love story that leaves no intimate detail unrecounted. They'll love it!"
No. Stop that.
Otherwise, I'm fine with reasonable self-promotion.
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Exactly! I had pretty much that happen to me on another forum, except that when I was asking for recs, I'd specified both things I was interested in as well as things I most definitely did
not want - for example listing "epic fantasy" and "dragons" and "faeries" in my DO NOT WANT list, and got answers that pretty much started with "Try my epic fantasy with dragons and faeries" as well as a bunch of "well, this isn't exactly what you were asking for, but I wrote this book and I think you will love it".
It did not fill me with curiosity and enthusiasm for buying their books, I'm afraid.