Re: Ebook awards in general

Ed,

I think I goofed by clicking Reply All instead of to the group, so the email you got wasn't meant as an off-list private email.

If I had meant to do that, I would have got it from your site that I visited.

I was commenting in part on your site and your bio and how we seem to have some things in common, but I think I've worn out my welcome with you.

I value your feedback on the awards we are running and all of it has been very useful. Thank you.

I promise not to pester you but please know that, only if you write me, I'd love to run some ideas for our awards by you to get your impressions. We also want them to be the kind of thing you would participate in as you are representative of other authors and self-publishers. We can't be everything to everyone, but we can certainly address the issues you mentioned here about bringing more eyeballs to your eBook, site and hopefully make some more sales.

Further information on some ideas gleaned from our discussion will be forth-coming to the list and will not be aimed at you, Ed. But I, again, thank you for your open feedback and candor.

Joseph Dowdy
Global eBook Awards


--- In [email protected], "auwg" <auwg@...> wrote:
>
> Joseph, however well-intentioned the beginning of your off-list private email might have been, I won't answer it because it also contained six long paragraphs of hype about the Global Ebook Awards.
> I don't want my email address to be added to that marketing machine's list.
> 
> In fact, for the first time since I joined this group, I suddenly felt an urge to switch to using my Hotmail address, which exists strictly to collect stuff I don't want to see in my other email box.
> 
> So... I adjusted my membership email addy accordingly. No more private emails from this group. I don't know how long I've been a member, but I do know this is the first time I've ever felt uncomfortable about answering a member's email.
> 
> If anyone here truly wants or needs to contact me, there's an email addy on my website.
> It isn't clickable.
> Some assembly required.
> Ed
> Ed Howdershelt - Abintra Press
> Science Fiction & Semi-Fiction
> http://www.AbintraPress.com
> 
> --- In [email protected], "Joseph" <joseph@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Ed,
> > I wanted to let you know that we have posted a video which helps to
> > spell out the benefits of entering our Global eBook Awards this year.
> > I certainly understand all your reasons for NOT entering, but I want to
> > make sure that you know all the reasons FOR entering.
> > We're trying to do more than other eBook awards are currently doing but
> > it doesn't make us better or in opposing competition. In fact, we list
> > other eBook awards on our site and we encourage authors to use them for
> > feedback and, if they win, some recognition.
> > We're going to do a bit more each applicant by putting a page for each
> > eBook with a link to that eBook's sales page to make it easier for
> > people browsing our contest to buy immediately if they like your eBook
> > based on what you have submitted with your application.
> > Is it about marketing? Is it about prestige? Is it about feedback?
> > Hopefully, it's all of that and more, but it's certainly not about just
> > one aspect. There are benefits to all these things. You can't retire on
> > prestige and you can't make a sale if your marketing is non-existent.
> > You can't do what writers do well without someone helping you to do it
> > better.
> > Please take another look at our site now that we have added a video.
> > You might like what you see and consider the investment worthwhile.
> > How many referrals from our site to yours will make it worth it to you?
> > We intend to send you as many as possible and we hope that if you enter
> > that you will do the same...and ask them to comment on the page for your
> > eBook because the judges will be reading it!!
> > Check it out at http://awardsforebooks.com/apply/
> > <http://awardsforebooks.com/apply/>
> > Joseph DowdyDirector of AwardsGlobal eBook Awards
> > 
> > 
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>




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