“What really, really bugs me is when blogs get the latest and greatest new ARC when their last 20 posts have zero comments and they aren’t a “player” in the industry.”
Saturday, June 6, 2009Posted in: Uncategorized
That quote was from a bird on Katiebabs’ blog. The original post was about the book festival that KB went to in New York. Apparently there was a meet-the-blogger panel, and that bird was on the panel.
No, she didn’t seem to be the cleverest tool in the box to me either.
She also went onto say that comments were sign of a healthy and active blog, and when she was challenged re that statement, she said this:
As I’m the one who said the remark about comments being a sign of a healthy and active blog, I’ll go ahead and mention a couple of thing in hindsight.
Perhaps, what I *should* have said was that comments are usually a sign that the blogger is active in the community and several different outlets like forums, twitter, facebooks, visiting other blogs, etc. What really, really bugs me is when blogs get the latest and greatest new ARC when their last 20 posts have zero comments and they aren’t a “player” in the industry.
Yep, definitely not the sharpest tool in the box. Blesssssss.
In terms of the actual post, I’m with Mrs G, I really don’t need any love from authors, or publishers. I don’t need free books, I can afford my own. The only time I enjoy getting a free book is when there are no strings attached, i.e. I don’t have to review them.
Blogging is purely a hobby, no more, no less. The day it starts to feel like work, is the day I quit.
*Shudder*
