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It might make people think before they are obnoxious,was it the review that angered him? or did the review come second?
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I actually never even reviewed any book by this guy Cappa.
What happened was, the Pulp Readers Group (where we were both members) has a discussion shelf called 'Writers Corner'. I thought it was an 'open thread' where readers could chat with authors about their craft.
But it was not. Instead, it was a thread where authors prerogative is given rein. Author promo is 'protected' there. You're not supposed to engage with them (other than to bow-and-scrape).
Anyway, Cappa posted a 'bait'n'switch' type of self-promo there.
I (still oblivious) chatted with him and then asked him the reason for the duplicity?
Stung, he enlisted a few of his pals to 'pretend to be outraged' and ask the moderator there to ban me.
This is pretty slimy behavior, seems to me. Thus, I am taking a stand.
As YOU told me once, an authors work will "stand or fall on the merit of the work"it sounds like he is less than confident of the merit of his work and thought he could manipulate the feedback he gets.
A foolish thing for someone who's success rides on the wave of public opinion to do... LOL
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Of course, in an more volatile environment like Amazon reviews, authors should not interact with readers at all.
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https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
Why these would-be authors get 'little tin god' syndrome, is beyond me.
He removed the dialog, but I have it saved and will repost (on my profile, I guess). You wanna see hypocrisy on display, I got the goods.
I'm in his group and without speaking a single cross word--polite as a priest--I get booted. Someone else there sneers at me to 'shut the eff up, Feliks--' and it doesn't even raise his eyebrow.
Anyway, his career and his titles will not be promoted in this environment and we do not endorse him as an author. We wash our hands of him.
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It's why I dropped most of my group memberships though. Brave new world of the internet! Yet mankind can not conquer pettiness and spleen!
Feliks, we are still socially cavemen with rockets and guns. When it comes to making money or gaining power, people seem to let the worst in them come out. On the other hand, I have seen examples of readers behaving as badly as the worst authors, pushing their bigoted views on others. I think that you will not lack materiel for this thread.
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Its been just one too many times that I've experienced 'authors behaving badly' in Goodreads groups.
In THIS group now, there is a new bookshelf and discussion folder called the 'Wall of Shame' and that is where these authors may be arraigned. This is where --in our group--complaints can be lodged.
If you feel an author **or his friends/fans/groupies** are browbeating you, please inform me. Your claim will be investigated. If found to have merit, the author in question will receive no further book-promotion here. If they have abused good manners and courtesy, they will not profit by it here.
The author referenced in this post is the first on the wall.
This is an experiment, maybe it won't even work. But its time to do something.