A Timely Antigua Mail Bag
Added 2023-06-07 20:12:46 +0000 UTCA letter from a listener gives fresh insight into Denise and Larry.
Comments
How'd they spell "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" with an H? Whimpy?
Alex Schmidt
2023-10-13 03:26:02 +0000 UTCBut hey, I've heard all sorts of crackpot ideas from would-be bestselling self-published authors to try and get their books noticed, not limited to "sneak a copy of your book into a local bookstore and put it on the shelves, when someone tries to buy it, the store will have no choice but to enter it into 'The System" and "flood every forum, chatroom, mailing-list, etc. you can with messages exhorting people to check out your book, some people might not ignore you or be annoyed by you and actually look at your book!"
LC Brock
2023-06-09 10:23:27 +0000 UTCI just love that Denise was trying to trick people who were looking for Antigua travel information into buying her fantasy book. Just imagine looking for the Lonely Planet guide to Antigua and Barbuda and this purple dragon book pops up in your search results. Well say, I was looking for the best beaches in the Caribbean, but this land of Fairies, Wizards, and Heroes intrigues me...
Claire P
2023-06-08 03:40:17 +0000 UTCAww, Denise and Larry! I still miss Drunk Larry.
Gina Dalfonzo
2023-06-08 01:11:33 +0000 UTCAntigua Teens Hunger Force #1 in the the hood G
Shawn
2023-06-07 22:58:25 +0000 UTCKnowing a little bit about self-publishing tells me that Denise didn't know *anything* about selling books on Amazon, let alone anywhere. Understanding and developing keywords is such an important part of the self-publishing process that there are paid software applications that crawl through Amazon listings so you can harvest and imitate popular titles' keywords. But repeating or adding improper tags is the biggest no-no: keyword "stuffing" will make Amazon's algorithm deliberately put a negative weight on your title, sinking you further down the rankings list and ruining any potential sales.
valadilenne
2023-06-07 22:26:27 +0000 UTCThat was you?? Thank you!!! What inspired the dive??
372 Pages We'll Never Get Back
2023-06-07 20:59:19 +0000 UTCIsn't Brisingr the catchphrase of Old Sheldon?
Edmund Prenter
2023-06-07 20:39:48 +0000 UTCAny rational person would just let their widely mocked book quietly slip out of print and put it behind them. Denise doesn't sound all that rational.
Mike Nusbaum
2023-06-07 20:31:39 +0000 UTCSo glad I dived into the Wayback Machine for this.
Erin M
2023-06-07 20:28:28 +0000 UTCAn Antigua mailbag? I’m in!
John Freeman
2023-06-07 20:15:26 +0000 UTC
