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Floods of spam have recently caused the "new member" function to be briefly turned off. This may be happening again.
If you suspect you may be experiencing spam, don't panic. Although spam is contagious, its effects on you are generally cosmetic rather than debilitating -- at least, if the infection is contained quickly.
Steps to take: 1. Don't touch it! 2. Wash your hands well, anyway. Handwashing is good. 3. But don't click on the link. 4. Use the "report post" function (the whistle icon at the bottom of the post) to alert your local sanitation professional. 5. Let your friends know you are unclean and have sought professional advice. You can do this by ringing a bell or by posting that you have contacted PapaJanitor. Otherwise, your friendly sanitation engineer may be overloaded with reams of paperwork from all your friends scrambling to distance themselves from you and your filthy, perverted ways. 6. Wash your hands again. It's good for you.
quote:Originally posted by rivka: I just noticed how long the book has been out. Wow, talk about beating a dead horse!
The book is self-published, so he probably has a huge stack of them in his garage to get rid of. Clearly the poor guy is desperate, but any sympathy I have is buried under annoyance with the spamming.
Today's take-home lesson: If you can't get your fiction published by someone else, it probably won't sell if you publish it yourself.
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Heh. Probably so. But it's clear his hope is to get enough buzz that the book gets picked up by a real publisher . . . Posts: 32919 | Registered: Mar 2003
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quote:Originally posted by theCrowsWife: Today's take-home lesson: If you can't get your fiction published by someone else, it probably won't sell if you publish it yourself.
Conspiracy theorists have an easy time self-publishing their fiction.
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Well, one of the exceptions to the "no self-publishing rule" is if you have a ready audience that is not served by an existing publisher (such as a motivational speaker). This is usually not the case with fiction, but in very specific sub-genres (such as conspiracy theories, I suppose) it might be true.
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I admit I posted before whistling 'cause I thought my post would be funny and wanted to be sure I got it in first. Posts: 7954 | Registered: Mar 2004
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