A new definition of Spam

[reviews_and_ramblings]

Sending an email to 20 authors (ONLY 20) to alert them they are in my Top 10 Book List for the month of April is spam... good to know, and good to know who I have to remove from my contact list.

And no, don't try to go and see all the authors in that post to imagine who she was, since I have not only promptly removed her from the list, I have also removed her from my flist, and if in the future she will try to contact me, I will be sure to remember that name.

Now I don't pretend to be thanked for every post I do, but to reply to a kindness with a slap in the face, it was not really the best of replies. And btw her books are not even that good (maybe that is the reason why I read only 1?)

ETA: the kind author of above replied to me "I don't pay attention to that stuff. The only ones I read are the real review sites my publishers send to. If I read every "review" from anyone who has a blog with an opinion I'd spend days just doing that...".

Ok, maybe I'm not a real review site, but kind author YOUR TWO PUBLISHERS send me your books to review, not the viceversa, even if now I will know for whom I have not to waste my time. And yes, my ego is pretty big, never denied that, so maybe kind author, you should remember than not so far long ago, on a symposium on marketing ebooks (and not M/M ebooks, ebooks in general) someone said "Elisa is the world’s foremost eBook reviewer. Get a good eBook review from her and you are golden." But problably she doesn't need that kind of advertisement.

Comments

[rowenasudbury.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's just incredible. I still remember when my first novel came out...yours was my first review and I was walking on air! It's just insanity for someone to respond to you that way. I still hope to make it on to that list of yours again someday, to me...that's a testament to being "arrived" as an author, when you make it to Elisa's referral list.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

thank you rowena, lucky me most authors are like you than her

[leebenoit.livejournal.com]

Like Rowena, your was the first-ever review of my first-ever e-book, and in the years since, I've had nothing but respect and gratitude for all you do, and the grace with which you do it. All hail Elisa!!
Lee B. xo

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

thank you Lee, probably that comment of spam was more hurting than ever since the email was absolutely everything other than spam, but again, I'm lucky she is one in a crowd

[leebenoit.livejournal.com]

I think we can all agree that we're lucky she's one in a crowd. Stay strong, Elisa!