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Originally Posted by Libby Cone
Nah, I don't crochet, I knit. A lot. And I confess to trying to promote my book, but without being obnoxious about it, so I use knitting as a hook. But I AM a big fan of homemade stuff; I knit (and used to sew) a lot of my own clothes. I used to roast my own coffee beans (until I almost burned the house down). My husband has started making his own apple butter.
Someone beat me to the punch on starting a thread on handcrafted Kindle covers, so I'm posting there.
I'm anxiously awating an email from a publisher today; I don't know if they will want the digital rights, so you may still be stuck with me!  |
i understand feeling a bit uncomfortable about trying to promote your book, but i humbly suggest that since this is a forum about reading, full of people who love reading and books of all sorts, a post about your new book would probably be welcomed and get you quite a lot of feedback (if that's what you're looking for) and possibly new readers. and, if you make a new thread to tell people you wrote a book, everyone will understand your purpose and you don't risk being misinterpreted as spam (as long as you're not spammy about it, ie if you make a new thread for the topic and only post it once).
i think perhaps the misunderstanding here came from the fact that people don't necessarily see the connexion between knitting and your book (and since it's apparently not a book about knitting, that makes sense), and so your purpose was not clear, and in addition the knitting posts were not necessarily relevant to the topic, leading to more confusion.
if you want to promote your book, i think it would be more effective to be straightforward about it and talk about
your book, not knitting.