THE SUMMONING FIRE Listed on Joe Konrath's Blog

With a Little Help
 
This isn't a competition.


It never was, really. Very few readers only read one author. The vast majority like several authors, and the more a person likes to read, the more authors they wind up discovering, and following.


In some cases, price may be a bit prohibitive. If your book budget is $40 a month, you might have to choose between two new hardcovers, or five paperbacks. But, by and large, readers don't pick one book over another book. If they want to read them both, they eventually will.


Which brings us to authors helping authors.


If we're not in competition with one another, then it makes perfect sense to help each other out. After all, we're all in the same boat.


I do this a lot. Anyone who has ever done a booksigning with me knows that I spend a lot of time pimping my peers' books–often moreso than I pimp my own.


That said, here are some writers I'd like to share with you.
 
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-David