Bad Book Publicity

I'll probably be talking about book-release stuff next week when Mermaid's Madness comes out, which got me thinking about some of the really bad publicity strategies for authors.

I'm not claiming to be perfect.  In the past five years, I've tried any number of things to promote my work that make me wince to think about 'em now.  Bad home-printed bookmarks, obnoxious begging for reviews, etc.  But I've tried to learn, and I do my best to keep my promotional efforts in check–trying to model...