Perhaps they need to split this section, and separate out individual book promotions, store-wide deals, and device deals.
For example, those of us who are happy with our ebook readers *clutches 505 possessively* probably don't pay much attention to posts about sales on ebook readers. People who are looking for new books and authors to try probably aren't so much interested in something like last week's mega-sale by O'Reilly. And people who are hoping to spot a sale at their favorite ebookstore probably don't want to wade through either book announcements or device info, they just want to know if Smashwords has a coupon code.
As it is, with the volume of posts this section gets, not only can it be a problem sorting out the kind of things one is looking for, but there are frequently multiple posts about the same thing because someone is all excited about, say, Sony 600's on Woot, and doesn't see the first (or first and second, or first, second, and third...) posts about it in all the clutter. Splitting the section into subsections for books, stores, and hardware would alleviate that problem. In fact, it might be a good idea to set up a separate section for book announcements, as opposed to discount offers, and make it clear what the difference is.
Also, Joe, you did not mention anything about a 99 cent sale in your first post -- just an announcement of the book.
P.S. You need to take the commas out from around that appositive in your blurb. "Alek Grey" is restrictive.
P.P.S. Is there something wrong with my computer, or is most of the text dark blue on black?
Last edited by Worldwalker; 05-28-2010 at 01:11 AM.
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