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Auburn Annie · 06-23-2003, 06:55 AM

Hey, Cathy,

Over at DorothyL, a mystery discussion site for fans, it's called BSP for Blatant Self-Promotion and is tolerated in modest amounts (e.g. adding the title and ISBN of your latest book in your sig file.) This group has about 3000 members, all mystery fans and including some mystery authors, some who post, some who lurk. It's a moderated list, and Diane Kovacs and Kara Robinson (aka Harriet Vane and Danger Mouse) keep a pretty tight handle on folks trying to sneak full-scale ads onto the list. They can and do bar offenders from posting anything further. This helps keep marketers from gumming up the works and distracting from the main point of the list which is to share favorite stories or authors or ask technical whodunnit-type/howdunnit-type questions. Posters are pretty tolerant, but as I said, they know they have the moderators keeping a sharp eye on things, so it stays civil and on topic most of the time.

And as for 'on topic' - I love Sunday Concert. I have the original in vinyl and Sunday Concert Plus on CD. I never get tired of hearing it.

[This message has been edited by Auburn Annie (edited June 23, 2003).]

06-23-2003, 06:55 AM	#13
Auburn Annie Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 3,101	Hey, Cathy, Over at DorothyL, a mystery discussion site for fans, it's called BSP for Blatant Self-Promotion and is tolerated in modest amounts (e.g. adding the title and ISBN of your latest book in your sig file.) This group has about 3000 members, all mystery fans and including some mystery authors, some who post, some who lurk. It's a moderated list, and Diane Kovacs and Kara Robinson (aka Harriet Vane and Danger Mouse) keep a pretty tight handle on folks trying to sneak full-scale ads onto the list. They can and do bar offenders from posting anything further. This helps keep marketers from gumming up the works and distracting from the main point of the list which is to share favorite stories or authors or ask technical whodunnit-type/howdunnit-type questions. Posters are pretty tolerant, but as I said, they know they have the moderators keeping a sharp eye on things, so it stays civil and on topic most of the time. And as for 'on topic' - I love Sunday Concert. I have the original in vinyl and Sunday Concert Plus on CD. I never get tired of hearing it. [This message has been edited by Auburn Annie (edited June 23, 2003).]