Once in a while
an email I receive from an author is negative, and when they're talking about something I love (like my company), it breaks my heart; and I do everything I can to a) address their concern in a reasonable way, and b) prevent the issue from becoming a problem in the future whenever possible.
The vast majority of
emails I receive from authors are positive, and when they're talking about something I love (like my company), it fills me with joy and pride to read what they have to say.
Not exact matches
Author Alexandra Levit, for instance, recently blogged about
receiving an
email from «a 45 - year - old who was thrilled that after more than 20 years in corporate America, he was at last working in a so - called «open environment.»
As the
author of CollegeVolleyballCoach.com, I
receive numerous
emails from volleyball families who are a bit panicked because college coaches are telling them they are done recruiting, or not responding at all.
This morning I
received an
email from Big Green Purse
author Diane MacEachern, who has become a good bloggy friend since her interview on OrganicMania.
We
receive a lot of
emails like this
from our
authors, but this one struck a chord with me because it offered such an insightful summary of the process
from her perspective.
There are many traditionally published
authors and self - publishers who have all
received the new
emails from Amazon.
One of our
authors received an
email from the Amazon Kindle support team informing her that they had
received a complaint
from someone trying to read the
author's book using the black background for reading (very useful at night, just ask my wife).
At last, Santiago
received an
email from an Amazon employee named Harm J., who said, «We can not post your Customer Review for (book title deleted by Santiago) by (
author name deleted by Santiago) to the Amazon website because your account activity indicates that you know the
author.»
All of us at Outskirts Press work hard to make sure all our
authors have wonderful experiences (and we get it right 99 % of the time), so it's always gratifying to
receive emails like this
from one of our recently - published
authors (I recevied this roughly around Easter).
Since I've reached the heady heights of top reviewer status (well, top 1,500, anyway — currently # 1,453 in the UK), I've
received a steady stream of
emails from authors asking me to review their books.
Blogging about the sale of the company to Pearson / Penguin, she writes, «Despite ASI's claims about customer satisfaction, the comments threads of my posts about ASI's acquisition of Xlibris, Trafford, etc.... are replete with complaints
from unhappy
authors, and I
receive many more via
email.»
I just
received another heartbreaking
email from an indie
author with low book sales, asking what can be done to promote her book... that was released two years ago.
As a book marketing consultant, I've
received countless calls and
emails from authors who finished their manuscript then nervously realized they hadn't given much thought to marketing their book.
A growing number of self - published
authors are
receiving ominous
emails from ebook distributor Amazon, warning them that their books are about to be removed
from the website if action isn't taken immediately.
I do know
from personal experience, having
received this warning
email from Amazon myself, that if
authors can justify the reason for including a title as a keyword, Amazon will review it and make its decision.
One such
author, P.K. Tyler,
received an
email from Amazon announcing that her book had been chosen to be featured in the event's promotions.
But if the same
author tweets five times a day about the progress of her book promotion campaign («I just sent out 3
email pitches to the media,» «A national radio show producer is on vacation this week and won't be checking his
email — that leaves two pitches that might come through,» «Just
received an auto response
from a producer, so who knows what might happen,» «I
received a random phone call
from a high school classmate and pitched my book to her,» and «I just sold a coworker a copy of my book»), that's going to get old pretty quickly.
I'd say roughly half of the
emails I
receive asking me to review books are
from self - published
authors who haven't spent the time familiarizing themselves with my reviewing policy beyond lifting my
email address
from it.
For some reason, however, I
received an
email from an
author, asking me to write a review of -LSB-...]
Yesterday, The Cadence Group
received an
email from an e-book Self Help
author who wanted some advice.
I've not been blogging for too long, it will have been a year by the end of this month, but have already
received so many
emails from indie
authors.
So when I
receive emails from clients who are looking for a promoting plan and quote, I always do my research on the
author to see what they currently have open in the way of social media accounts.
Some three months back, I
received an
email from Amazon announcing their Kindle Scout programme for fiction
authors that I just filed away because till then I had only written... Continue Reading →
We recently
received an
email from an
author asking «What is BookBuzzr?»
Maximize Your KDP Select Free Days (on Digital Book Today)
Authors, below is an
email that we
received from author Ruth Francisco covering some of her tips for maximizing KDP Select Free Days.
Our reviewers have been
receiving emails from us at
Author Marketing Club for almost 7 years now.
Fans were able to ask questions live,
receive their signed ebooks instantly via
email, and interact with the
author as she answered interview questions
from our members of the Good e-Reader community.
I have
received a number of husbands
from women
authors who have
emailed me privately and implored me not to mention their names or their wives.
The
email I showed you that I'd
received from the Massachusetts librarian demonstrated his efforts to prove that publishers and
authors benefit
from having their books available in libraries.
Note: Soon after we wrote up this article, we
received an
email from author Emily Kinney which had us doing a little victory dance around the office: «I've had a Facebook page for my book, The Island of Lote, for a while, but I couldn't post excerpts.
I
received three
emails from an editor at a major magazine acknowledging the upcoming publication of three articles — written by three of my
authors — each of which will carry my
authors» bylines and refer readers back to their book Web sites.
Victoria, your post is timely for me: in the last five minutes I've
received spam
emails for half a dozen
authors from Bostick Communications: a quick google has revealed a lot of people unhappy with the spam that they send out, and nothing in the way of results.
Some three months back, I
received an
email from Amazon announcing their Kindle Scout programme for fiction
authors that I just filed away because till then I had only written non-fiction.
I
received an
email via my
author website just like the one Jeannette Bennett posted above, and thought it seemed like a win - win opportunity for some free promotion because hey, sometimes, good opportunities that don't cost anything do come along
from time to time; I had hopes that this would be one of them... but I felt suspicious and then I came across this gem of a forum on the company's unsavory dealings.
Hey Susan, just wanted to let you know that I
received an
email from Amazon that featured two
authors.
UPDATE — FEB 5, 2012 We've
received an
email from an
author who
received an
email directly
from Amazon mentioning that it is okay to put up an excerpt of your book.
DISCLOSURE: All entrants will be added to the
author's mailing list of the
author and will
receive a free subscription to the Kindle Nation
email newsletter and
email daily digest,
from which they may opt out at any time.
That is
from the actual
email I
received from the Amazon.com
Author Central Team.
Several of our
authors have reported
receiving a warning
email from Amazon when Amazon tries to do a second price match on the same book.
Evidently, they asked CreateSpace to identify some
authors who have published educational material in print and who have opted to
receive emails from Amazon.
A few times each month, I'll
receive a plaintive
email from an
author asking me why their book isn't selling better.
I
received an
email from another
author recently, asking me if I could send him a link to a podcast I did on how to effectively leverage free days to promote your book.
In fact, a little over a week ago I also
received an amazing
email from the
author of Speechless, which was one of the Best Book of the Year Finalists.
We have not yet
received an
email from someone asking for an
author's book before it was released, but I imagine this will occur someday.
• 206
emails that contained a message / text
from Dr. Mann somewhere in the chain; • 92
emails that were
received by Dr. Mann, but in which he did not write / participate in the discussion; and • 79 that dealt with Dr. Mann, his work or publications; he neither
authored nor was he copied on any of these.
When content is removed
from a blog, the
author and any account administrators are notified by
email and
receive a message on their Blogger dashboard.
Because I happen to be the blogger in question, I reproduce here the response I just dispatched to the
email I
received this morning
from the
author of the ABA Journal's report: