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Jun. 30th, 2009 09:28 amI'm thinking that there are good ways of advertising that one is an up-and-coming writer and bad ways. I had a book on my list of 'will buy soon' and now it's no longer there. This is because one particular writer has used ways that really, truly should have been avoided. Or at least reduced.
Every single day for the past few weeks I have had little notices from the author of the book. One of them (one out of dozens) has had content. As a result I have opened notice after notice and discovered nothing I wanted to know and now I wonder if I can be bothered with the book. The book's name has been drowned out by the clamour and I have completely forgotten the genre. Even if the writer in question had linked to reviews or told me important detail of his/her writing career, one or two emails in my inbox a week would have been more than enough.
If I unjoin the writer's newsletter that will only reduce the flood of non-information by a third.
I feel jaded. I shouldn't be world-weary about a novel before I even know what the cover looks like. Mind you, there hasn't been an email about the cover yet.
Every single day for the past few weeks I have had little notices from the author of the book. One of them (one out of dozens) has had content. As a result I have opened notice after notice and discovered nothing I wanted to know and now I wonder if I can be bothered with the book. The book's name has been drowned out by the clamour and I have completely forgotten the genre. Even if the writer in question had linked to reviews or told me important detail of his/her writing career, one or two emails in my inbox a week would have been more than enough.
If I unjoin the writer's newsletter that will only reduce the flood of non-information by a third.
I feel jaded. I shouldn't be world-weary about a novel before I even know what the cover looks like. Mind you, there hasn't been an email about the cover yet.