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Originally Posted by Ripplinger View Post
The interview is fine to me as well. But did you also read his comments responding to others below that? There's quite a few comments to read through, but that's when I found him insulting and condescending.
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In fairness, some of the folks on that thread had already attacked him/the video/piled on before he even arrived at the thread. Then when he did show up, some of those same folks continued the attack in rather strident tones. I took a number of his responses as trying to lighten a bad situation, and he didn't get personal until that one guy got pretty dang personal. But anytime someone reads something like that, it's open to interpretation. I can understand that some people took exception to the "affordability" of books--that has happened here on mobileread a number of time. One person's latte is another person's meal.
I will say that I had a question about the ITW (international Thriller Writers organization, of which he is president) and he responded within a couple of days, was polite and very welcoming. I write to authors all the time (sometimes because I find errors in their books, both trad and indie, sometimes because I'm a fan, sometimes because I have a question). Not all of them respond. Some do respond and are incredibly rude. Some respond and are very nice. Authors are just another segment of the population. We have bad days and good days, and sometimes we get snarky. Most of us are just trying to make it the best way we know how!