What does /lit/ generally think of books written by anons/namefags? Do they shill their own work here, and how are they received? Assuming the work is freely available.
And yes I'm planning on doing that.
Shilling yourself is generally a bannable offense, but I think it might be permissible if the work is free. I still wouldn't do it outside of the writing general threads. It's poor form. You're supposed to write something that'll make other people post about your work for you.
>>24852301We are anons. Self promotion and attention seeking is looked down upon.
>>24852327Speak for yourself
>>24852322>You're supposed to write something that'll make other people post about your work for you.Yeah my wildest dreams right there. But first I need to get their attention so they will take a look at my offerings. I'll keep the /WG/ in mind.>>24852327I am aware. My argument is that the book has elements related to gen-z imageboard culture, and that is why I want to bring it upon /lit/ first.
I’ll help with any book writing free of charge. Time is my only issue. remohschannel_official Leave my bard alone. He just reads my scripts.
>>24852301Generally it looks a lot better if you provide a copy for free like >>24852322 said. Meaning a link to a plain PDF or EPUB download, not a link to a "free" Kindle version on Amazon or some web novel platform or whatever; posting direct links to commercial copies is most likely going to get your post deleted. I wouldn't say it matters to keep it exclusively in /wg/. An OP is fine if you do it right.There have been a few authors who have seemingly received positive attention on here over the last few years (Ogden Nesmer, Adem Luz Rienspects, Wallace Mack), but it will always be a mix with the anons who hate you a priori. Just be receptive to criticism and be willing to bant a little. Give a half-decent description of your book and tell anons you're interested in their thoughts when you post a download.Make multiple OPs, but space them out. Post it in threads if it's relevant (while making it clear you're the author). Engage with the receptive anons. Remember you need to earn an audience's attention.>>24852395>the book has elements related to gen-z imageboard culture, and that is why I want to bring it upon /lit/ firstThis doesn't really affect whether you should post it here or not. A lot of /lit/ posters (profess to) only care about classics, and posters interested in contemporary writing (especially self-published authors) are far fewer.
>>24852607huh
>>24852622What's your deal?
>>24852780huh?
>>24852607It's pretty sad how so many /lit/ users won't even consider reading something unless it's at least half a century old.
>>24852780huh
>>24852301Anon the trick is to have no shame and remember that hatred is still a form of attention.
>>24852818To be fair that is a reliable quality filter
>>24852961Negative attention is not going to get you the kind of readership or discussion that positive attention will, at least not on /lit/. For all of Woolston's shilling, I've never once seen any of his books discussed, which isn't the case for the more honest approach of Ogden or Wallace Mack. Never seen him offer PDFs/EPUBs either, so he falls cleanly in the annoying "buy my book" category, and I doubt his shilling has led to as many sales (from /lit/) as the other guys.Negative attention only makes sense if that blows up into broader knowledge of your work; /lit/ is way too small for that to be meaningful. In a small community you're only going to taint your identity.On the free copies thing: /lit/ also isn't big enough to make your book profitable. You may as well just give it away to anons if you genuinely want their thoughts. Some will buy it, but trying to be a salesman here won't work out well.
>>24853496>actual for real reddit spacing(go back)
>>24853496I don't care about sales. I crave discussion, call that attention seeking or whatnot.
>>24853496>For all of Woolston's shilling, I've never once seen any of his books discussed,There is a lot of hype about the low-fi-high-fats tho. The manifesto is coming out any day now, I suppose
