[Dr. Drib]

A clarification directed to KentE (and other interested members):



Deals, Freebies, and Resources:

An ebook that is at a special price can certainly be mentioned in the Freebies forum by the creation of a thread mentioning this fact about the ebook.

After all, the whole idea of the freebies/deals forum is that the ebook is somehow being offered at a special price and that this then qualifies the ebook as a special 'deal.'

However, just because a book is self-published - since that is what we are discussing - is NOT an adequate qualifier for inclusion in the Freebies Forum.

(Parenthetically, we have no rule that would prohibit contributor X from creating her own thread for a self-published [and special-priced ebook] if she so desires. In other words, there is nothing that mandates contributor X to post only to this proposed thread. Threads come and go, and - when they are legitimate - their life-span is determined by their measure of interest to the community as a whole, not to whomever decides to create a thread. What NightBird has kindly offered in his different threads is merely a place for consolidation; one is not required to post to his thread, if one chooses not to.)

Again (and I will repeat this often as a kind of mantra), Authors/publishers are not allowed to promote ebooks outside of the Self-Promotions forum.



Reading Recommendations:

If an ebook is one that is being recommended because one has read it and wishes to share this information to other members, AND it is not being offered at a special price, then the forum of choice is the Reading Recommendations forum.

The Reading Recommendations forum is NOT a listing site; rather, it is a place to share with other members ebooks that you found interesting.



Don
(Moderator)