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Originally Posted by jinlo
As if in cosmic reward for making any kind of comment regarding this issue, I am now ready to add another thread to the self-promotion offer pile. I’m going to go over to the Deals section right now and announce my latest ebook. It’s not free, but it’s only a $1.99, so I consider that a deal. If the Deals board was categorized as Worldwalker suggests, I would have placed it in the Book Deals sub-forum instead.
I will not put anything about it in the Writer’s Corner because I don’t participate enough in give and take with other writers here to justify that action. I also won’t start any threads in the Recommendations section because I feel that should be left to a reader not the writer. If there was a Self-Promotion board, I would also put it there, but it doesn’t yet exist.
This was not meant as an attempt to place an advertisement here in the feedback section, but only as a demonstration of my personal thought process for promoting my book. I admit that I sometimes use MR for this selfish purpose, but I also believe that's why the Deals section was created.
I hope this helps in any considerations toward adjusting the boards.
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I like your reasoning. I must admit that I don't read the Deals section anyway, so I don't much care what's in it, but $1.99 for a book is indeed a deal.
I'm glad you won't be posting to the Reading recommendations section, and for exactly the same reason you gave. And since I do use this section, if you posted about your book in it, I'd have to hate you forever
Well, until next week at least...