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Originally Posted by Yapyap
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.
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But, but, MY dragons aren't like OTHER dragons! You'll LIKE my dragons, I'm CERTAIN!!! Even if you HATE dragons, mine are different. Not dragon-like at all. And besides the book is really about (insert whatever genre you requested--romance, sci-fi, mystery without paranormal...) You see, if you just...
And that is why authors aren't allowed to talk about their own books at all. Because if the book doesn't fit, some authors come along and try to squeeze in the 'exception.' Some don't even try to be clever about it. Some don't even seem to READ the thread--they just insert their cut/paste "My book is great. I was here." They don't come back to answer questions. They don't even KNOW their post might be deleted...
You can have 21 people in a group. 20 of those people could be following the rules diligently. There will always be one who cannot seem to be bothered. By the time that one is kicked out, person number 18 will be ignoring the rules under the idea "Well, 21 does it all the time..."
And this behavior applies to non-authorly persuasions. Any group. Anywhere. Any culture. All time-zones.