Comments on: A Surprising Way to Create a Fanbase http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog/65/ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:56:02 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: mike costa http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog/65/comment-page-1/#comment-67 mike costa Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:41:51 +0000 http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog/?p=65#comment-67 hello, I just wanted to stop by and say hi, I also did something similar with my books - kept on a website for free downloads. Only problem was that most people already know about it from the 1990s, and I can't seem to convince them to buy it in paper form. -Mike hello,
I just wanted to stop by and say hi,
I also did something similar with my books – kept on a website for free downloads. Only problem was that most people already know about it from the 1990s, and I can’t seem to convince them to buy it in paper form.

-Mike

]]> By: Sara Marie Hogg/Pairalee Pendleton http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog/65/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Sara Marie Hogg/Pairalee Pendleton Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:41:24 +0000 http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog/?p=65#comment-66 This is for Mahesh: I enjoy your informative newsletters and this current one is very intriguing. Myself, I am not an agressive go-getter, put yourself out there kind of person. That is not my talent. Like a lot of artists, I am more passive and introverted, thinking it my job to create and not sell. Publishing has changed much since I first began submitting my work over 20 years ago. It is a sad state of affairs, that the creative people are having to hawk their wares instead of spending their time on writing more things. And instead of getting paid for their works they are often having to spend their own money to get their stuff read--by even a small audience. I have taken the ideas YOU have offered in your newsletters that are palatable to me and tried to put them to use to the best of my ability and I think it has made a difference and I thank you. Sara This is for Mahesh:
I enjoy your informative newsletters and this current one is very intriguing. Myself, I am not an agressive go-getter, put yourself out there kind of person. That is not my talent. Like a lot of artists, I am more passive and introverted, thinking it my job to create and not sell. Publishing has changed much since I first began submitting my work over 20 years ago. It is a sad state of affairs, that the creative people are having to hawk their wares instead of spending their time on writing more things. And instead of getting paid for their works they are often having to spend their own money to get their stuff read–by even a small audience. I have taken the ideas YOU have offered in your newsletters that are palatable to me and tried to put them to use to the best of my ability and I think it has made a difference and I thank you.
Sara

]]> By: Carolyn Howard-Johnson http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog/65/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Carolyn Howard-Johnson Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:19:00 +0000 http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog/?p=65#comment-64 It's nice to meet you, Mahesh. The universe was taking care of me today. My husband send me a copy of your e-mail. He did that because I just wrote an article on Free, too, and had just told him I plan to take one of my old books and turn it into a freebie--no strings. So that's on my to-do list. But YOU made me move it up to my SOON to-do list. Very best, Carolyn Howard-Johnson Blogging at Writer's Digest 101 Best Websites pick www.sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com PS: You may love my blog as much as I like yours. I'll be tweeting about it. (-: It’s nice to meet you, Mahesh. The universe was taking care of me today. My husband send me a copy of your e-mail. He did that because I just wrote an article on Free, too, and had just told him I plan to take one of my old books and turn it into a freebie–no strings. So that’s on my to-do list. But YOU made me move it up to my SOON to-do list.
Very best,
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Blogging at Writer’s Digest 101 Best Websites pick http://www.sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com

PS: You may love my blog as much as I like yours. I’ll be tweeting about it. (-:

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