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Old 03-03-2017, 11:16 AM   #3
derekkohlhagen
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Thanks so much for checking out the book, Cinisajoy! I sincerely hope you enjoy it!

Also, many thanks on the advice. Thinking it over, I tend to agree. It's a sad reality that there's such a thick atmosphere of assumption and bias that can prevent someone from getting to the actual meat of a piece of creative content, based on comparatively superficial things like book covers and author bios. But, it is the world we live in. I think it's an insightful thing to say that most regular readers are savvy enough these days to know that "self-publishing" means that anybody can publish anything and call it just that, regardless of quality. Probably better to remove the chance of an assumption altogether.

I suppose labeling a book as "self-published" only really works FOR the book AFTER it has achieved a certain level of success. At that point, I think the perception turns into "oh wow, AND he/she published it THEMSELVES?". It's far more impressive after the fact.

So yes, I'll seriously consider changing the wording on the bio. Thanks again!
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