We conclude that in some
cases at least the author of Acts gives us speeches which are not, indeed, anything like verbatim reports (for the style is too» Lucan» and too un-Pauline for that), but are based upon a reminiscence of what the apostle actually said.
At least the author didn't trot out the idiotic line about «it's time the Vikings finally had a stud playing opposite Harrison Smith.»
I bring this up because I think that
for at least some authors who seek «broader distribution than just Amazon,» the quest for fame may have something to do with it.
To... someone, I'm
assuming at least the author, although then again, marketing being what it is...) books that have turned the Hugo award on the cover from must - buy to ew, putting this down now.
As a self - published author, it is also essential to have a dedicated author website or
at least an author page on a website such as Goodreads or Amazon, particularly if your only sales channel is with Amazon, and this is the case for a lot of self - published authors.
At least Author A reworded and summarized the ideas which are found in the books of Author B, but again, I feel that if most of an author's ideas and content are being pulled from the ideas of authors in other books, it is only right and fair to give them more credit than two footnotes.
I still could not resist and bought three books, but in all honesty, now that I think about it, I could have bought them as Kindle books instead — at the same price most likely — I feel even worse, because if I had,
at least the authors would have made some decent money on the sales.
But,
at least authors can get almost - real - time sales stats via Smashwords from Smashwords and iBooks / iTunes by release date of Volume II.
While nothing can make a hurtful review feel less purposeful and vicious,
at least authors can take some measure of comfort in the fact that the news of the review will spread more easily than a positive review, hopefully leading to an increase in fan base as potential readers share the venom via social media.
That's likely not enough to start any type of chain reaction, but
at least an author might get a review or two out of the exercise.