Saturday, April 16, 2011

Gotta love these groups! NOT!

So I get an email solicitation today. Here it is:

Greetings Sue Dent,

We thought you might be interested in our site for authors!

Author & Book Promotions promotes literary works by best-selling and new authors wanting greater online book publicity! A&BP have worked with authors across the globe including Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, the Caribbean, and the United States.

Our mission is to bring as much publicity to Authors of all stages and expose their books to readers around the world! We not only want to support those whose works are in print, we also seek to guide those who aspire to become authors in the book marketing process.

For authors wanting greater exposure, a Featured Books section is available. It is a service that A&BP is providing to best-selling and new authors seeking an increase in their online book publicity.

Sincerely,
A&BP
Author & Book Promotions


I know y'all are eager to see my response. So here it is! ;D


Sorry I've seen this group on FB and several other groups like it but it is my belief that until you STOP offering publicity to "best-selling" authors your small efforts to help new and small-pubbed authors will fall on deaf ears. Clearly "best-selling" authors don't need help, DUH! And mentioning them is pointless. They're already "best-selling" and have access to all sorts of promotion already. Also mentioning these authors sort of defeats the purpose of what you propose your little FB page is for. Just my opinion of course.

Sue Dent
Give me a break!

1 comment:

  1. Yes. They promise your work put out there into the black hole of a media frenzy! For a fee they will promote your work to the four corners of the earth. Then they promise you the moon and stars. I have been there: Facebook ads, Library journal ads, Promote to 5,000 Media Outlets, get interviewed by Forbes, Books XYZ...gee I can't remember all the promises I have been sent in the last ten years. "Yeah, promote with me...That's the ticket!" :)

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