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Originally Posted by Hitch
Indeed. Many of our clients do precisely that, along with free book contests, meet-the-author contests, etc. Seems to really work. (This may well explain why I can never write a book. I'm such a cranky old bat...the idea of "meet the author" would make all my hair fall out.)
That seems utterly bizarre to me. Why on earth would an author do that? I suppose if it's Stephen King, or whomever, sure, but an Indy? If an Indy author is paying for his mailing list, based on volume, I can certainly see curation for cost control. But let's face it, most are using Mailchimp and that ilk, and the tiers are pretty damned tall, in terms of costs.
Again--utterly bizarro. WHY do that? Why alienate even a single reader? We all know that readers can be like super-powered dominoes, via WOM (word-of-mouth), which in this day and age, with Tweeting, FaceBooking, etc, can be gigantic. Was it a shitty comment? Or...? Happy readers can be like breeding bunnies, creating ever-more bunnies. Unless you or some other reader were total asshats, I can't understand the logic.
I don't get it.
Hitch |
Nope, no shitty comments. Just honesty about the book.
The author made some unbelievable statements that his editor should have caught and said something about.
The book was just not up to the standards his readers expected.
It seemed like he started listening to the wrong crowd.
This crowd was every book must have nudity. Now I don't mind nudity in a mystery if there is some purpose to the nudity but just to get a cup of coffee and then get dressed nope.
Also he repeated too much from his previous books, not important stuff just trivia.
And lastly too graphic and incorrect on one scene.
Sorry but you really don't want your readers throwing up mid-book.
Gory murder scene ok. Guy cleaning out his undies (ewww).