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<blockquote data-quote="Mouseferatu" data-source="post: 5632511" data-attributes="member: 1288">Do you also not buy other products because the makers advertise them, or have contests where you can win them?That's not me being snarky. I'm genuinely curious. Because it's the exact same thing. Any promotion is designed, ultimately, to spread word about the product in question, whether it's a novel, a sports team, or a soda. It's not underhanded and there's no secret to it. Of course that's the point of a book giveaway--to get people, both current fans and possibly those who haven't read my material, interested in my books. The only difference is that, now, authors do this more than they used to because publishers do it less than they used to. (Yes, even the big publishers have cut back on publicity. Nobody knows that better than those of us who have had books published in the last few years.)I'm not trying to trick anyone into anything. If people aren't interested in winning a signed copy of one of my novels, then they won't enter. If they are, they will. It's possible that this particular contest won't garner a lot of interest, but if that's the case, it just means I need to find a different approach. It's certainly not because a bunch of people are offended at the idea of a give-away; I know that from past contents.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mouseferatu, post: 5632511, member: 1288"] Do you also not buy other products because the makers advertise them, or have contests where you can win them? That's not me being snarky. I'm genuinely curious. Because it's the exact same thing. [I]Any[/I] promotion is designed, ultimately, to spread word about the product in question, whether it's a novel, a sports team, or a soda. It's not underhanded and there's no secret to it. Of [I]course[/I] that's the point of a book giveaway--to get people, both current fans and possibly those who haven't read my material, interested in my books. The only difference is that, now, authors do this more than they used to because publishers do it less than they used to. (Yes, even the big publishers have cut back on publicity. Nobody knows that better than those of us who have had books published in the last few years.) I'm not trying to trick anyone into anything. If people aren't interested in winning a signed copy of one of my novels, then they won't enter. If they are, they will. It's possible that this [I]particular[/I] contest won't garner a lot of interest, but if that's the case, it just means I need to find a different approach. It's certainly not because a bunch of people are offended at the idea of a give-away; I know that from past contents. [/QUOTE]

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