alcortes

I have come across this completely new website, where users can post their work and share it with other authors. It's a place where you can read, comment, and most importantly, get feedback and constructive criticism on your work.

It's worth visiting.

http://www.deliric.com

mammamaia

has a nice look, but navigation is cumbersome... and using the term 'published' for every post is a bit odd, not to mention a major roadblock for any wanting to sell the work...

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Stewart

Why not just admit it's your site?

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Dephere

lol. Maybe it actually isn't, but I doubt it.

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Stewart

The website is registered to Cortes. Now, look at the user's name again.

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Dephere

I guess someone is busted! lol. I don't see why he didn't just admit it...

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aliceedelweiss

I like the way he describes the site, so perfect and just like one of those television ads for things like portable back massagers that you don't really need. I just find it funny lol.
Alice.

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Stewart

Because these people are idiots who think we are idiots.

They know people don't like spam so rather than spam their product they think they can pull the wool over our eyes by saying they just happened across something but, because of the way they word it, they always leave telltale signs that they are actually promoting something rather than sharing.

Take Cortes (of Montreal) above: his mistake is to join a forum without studying it. If he had then he would have noticed there was an advertising section where he could have said "hi, here's my site and this is what it is about" but he didn't. He posted it to Writing Tips & Advice (I asked for it to be moved here) and made the next mistake of saying "I just found a new site" and offering a link to it. Not a problem, usually, when the member has been a part of the forum for a period of time; but this poster has only one post and the whole purpose of it is to drive people off this site. Noting the benefits of a site - pushing it, really - are in indication too. Silly.

When authors do it, it's even more annoying. When I mean authors I don't mean published authors but those who are blind to their own aufulness that they head off to self-publish with the likes of Lulu, iUniverse, and PublishAmerica. Because these sites don't market the books for their "authors" the bad writer is then expected to market the book for themself. Obviously, bona fide publishers market their books (sometimes successfully) because of marketing departments. Vanitus Publishicus does not have a marketing department and, usually, has no idea how to market their book. The obvious method, to them, is to follow a false syllogism that goes like this:

I have a book.
People on book forums like books.
therefore people on book forums will like my book.

Er, no.

They make mistakes of not doing any market research and plunging into generic areas when they should target areas that would be interested in their book...if they can find such a thing.


For authors trying to deceive on a bigger level: enjoy this.

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Dephere

Wow, thanks for providing that link Conor, it proved very interesting. It very suspicious story...It was definilty worth the read.

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