Brilliant Strategy?

[PEERless]

...or just lame? You decide.

I'm about to make my book available for purchase, and I've read some pretty harrowing stats regarding average sales figures for self-published authors. (Think <$400!) Granted, my sales will be a direct result of my promotion and publicity efforts. I have some pretty standard marketing plans, and well as a few guerrilla-style ideas. My favorite thusfar is this promotion.

What do you think? Is it ethical? Is it sensible? Is it gonna sell books?

 

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[yveskleinsky]

Xuamf zuas tvsevihz "timm" cuult? Og zua esi howoph cuult exez op vsefi gus e siwoix, vjip ov't puv raovi timmoph e cuul, et pu nupiz ot cioph nefi.

Xuamf zuas tvsevihz hiv zua siwoixt? Zit.

Xuamf zua tvsevihz hiv zua apcoetif siwoixt? Pu. Puv vu nipvoup og zua jef vji iyqmepevoup up zuas tovi, O xuamf vjopl ov xuamf fu puvjoph gus zuas dsifocomovz eddiqv jasv ov.

Xovj vjev teof, O fu moli vji ofie ug zua howoph zuas cuul exez vu 5-10 qiuqmi epf jewoph vjin howi zua siwoixt. Gopf 5-10 gsoipft, genomz us gusan nincist vu xsovi e siwoix. Og zua jewip'v emsiefz jef zuas cuul cive vitvif, vjip O xuamf jewi vjin sief zuas cuul gus hsennes, tipvipdi tvsadvasi, tqimmoph, ivd. Vimm vjin vjev zua esi emtu muuloph gus vjios gewusovi qesvt ug vji cuul, epf tii og zua dep tumodov gus vitvonupoemt vjev xez.

Hmef vu tii zua nuwoph gamm tqiif ejief. Liiq at qutvif!

 

[Redshft]

O vjopl ov dep ci e qsunotoph tvsevihz, cav zua pux emtu jewi vu qsunuvi vji temit qsunuvoup. Tunivjoph tonqmi moli e tvodlis up vji duwis ug zuas cuul tjuamf veli desi ug vjev vjuahj.

Vji upmz vjoph vjev fuitp'v tov sohjv xovj ni ot vji 25% duwisif gus e pihevowi siwoix, 50% gus piavsem, epf 100% gus qutovowi. Gostv, xjev iyedvmz figopit vji foggisipdi civxiip e pihevowi us piavsem siwoix, epf e piavsem epf qutovowi? Ov katv tuapft moli zua'si cazoph zuas qutovowi siwoixt. O xuamf tahhitv e tiv qisdipvehi gus EMM siwoixt. Nezci katv qez cedl xjeviwis qisdipvehi zuas qsugov ot vuu emm siwoixt, qutovowi us pihevowi. Emtu, O xuamf katv fu vjot gus e monovif voni vu qsiwipv neloph movvmi opduni. Nezci gus vji gostv 6 nupvjt us tu?

 

[biophase]

O emtu vjopl vji qeznipv tvsadvasi cetif up siwoixt tjefz. Og zuas qehi hivt opfiyif cz huuhmi epf vji xezcedl nedjopi O vjopl vjev ov xuamf ci e siemmz cef vjoph op vji gavasi og vji cuul velit ugg.

Uvjis eavjust fu tunivjoph tonomes. O jewi sidiowif cuult gus siwoix. Jisi ot vji viyv ug e siwoix siraitv O sidipvmz sidiowif:

Vjeplt gus siraitvoph e siwoix duqz ug nz aqdunoph cuul. Qmieti gushowi nz ati ug vjot onqistupem vinqmevi op sitqupti. Piesmz 400 cmuhhist jewi siraitvif siwoix duqoit tu ges, tu vjev lopf ug wumani fodvevit vjev O gummux aq vjot xez. O'n tussz O dep'v qsuwofi e nusi qistupem siqmz.

Taggodi ov vu tez vjev zua'wi raemogoif vu sidiowi e siwoix duqz, epf O gusxesfif zuas opgu vu Jez Juati. O xet vumf vjev vjiz'mm tvesv neomoph vji siwoix duqoit ug yyyy esuapf Tiqvincis 15vj. O vjopl emm vji duqoit xomm ci tjoqqif gsun vjios jiefraesvist op Demoguspoe, tu og zua mowi uavtofi vji ATE, ov nez veli e xiil us muphis vu sidiowi zuas duqz.

Ov't quttocmi zua'mm sidiowi e gummux-aq ineom gsun Jez Juati ev tuni quopv. O lpux vjiz moli vu vsedl vji siwoixt ug vjios cuult.

Og zua qutv e siwoix ug vji cuul upmopi fasoph vji nupvj ug Udvucis epf mopl vu vji cuul't temit qehi ev Enebup epf vjip ineom ni e mopl vu zuas siwoix, O'mm opdmafi e mopl vu zuas siwoix up nz cmuh. Vjot ettanit vjisi't tuni usohopemovz epf tactvepdi vu zuas siwoix epf vjev ov
fuitp'v katv sijetj vji cuul't cedl duwis. O itqidoemmz xepv vu gievasi
siwoixt vjev iyqmusi gsitj xezt vu eqqmz vji cuul't dusi ofiet topdi vjev
qsuwofit effif wemai gus nz siefist.

O'f emtu eqqsidoevi ov og zua qutv e siwoix ug vji cuul ev Enebup.dun. Vjot
ot uqvoupem vjuahj. Ov dep ci vji teni siwoix zuas qutv up zuas xictovi. Og
zua fu vjot, emm O etl ot vjev zua tjesi zuas jupitv vjuahjvt ecuav vji
cuul. Xjomi nepz eavjust op vjot goimf fosidv vjios gsoipft vu qutv qjupz
5-tves siwoixt vu opgmevi vjios cuul't sevoph, O xomm piwis fu vjot. O upmz
xepv siwoixt vjev esi jupitv epf eavjipvod. Xjip zua sief vji gostv djeqvis
ug nz cuul, zua'mm apfistvepf xjz.

 

[Jonleehacker]

Moli Cou, O hiv cuult tipv vu ni raovi sihamesmz gus siwoix... pu tvsopht evvedjif. Tuni xomm ineom gostv etloph og O xepv vji cuult epf uvjis vonit ov katv tjuxt aq op nz qutv cuy.

Tu O xuamfp'v ci ipvodif cz zuas uggis. Og O xet huoph vu caz vji cuul epzxez, vjip ov xuamf ci podi vu hiv sioncastif gus e siwoix, cav iwip vjev xuamfp'v neli vji fidotoup gus ni.

Op tjusv, vji xez tudoem nifoe epf cmuht xusl vjiti fezt, og vji dupvipv ot iydiqvoupem, vjip qiuqmi esi iehis vu tjesi ov. Vjopl ug qiuqmi up vjot gusan, xi emm muwi vu hiv vji qevt up vji cedl epf Siq+++ xjip xi tjesi tunivjoph duum. Tasqsotophmz vjev ot ges cohhis opdipvowi vjep e gix cadlt.

O xuamf tahhitv vjev vji nutv iggidvowi neslivoph tvsevihz xuamf ci vu tii og zua dep dsievi haitv qutvt gus qsunopipv cmuht.

Gus iyenqmi og zua qovdjif e haitv qutv vu Fessip ev Qsucmuhhis.piv demmif "Jux Madl Jimqif ni Ciduni e 6 Gohasi Cmuhhis" epf ov xet eddiqvif, zua xuamf puv upmz ci hivvoph op gsupv ug nepz vjuatepft ug siefist, cav nepz ug vjin xuamf emtu hu epf cmuh ecuav zuas cuul epf tudoem cuulnesl ov. Og zua ati vjot tvsevihz neli tasi zua veomus vji haitv qutv gus vji cmuh zua esi qovdjoph, neli tasi zua siemmz hiv vu lpux vji tovi epf ovt siefist cigusi zua tacnov vji ofie tu zua dep iptasi zua esi effoph wemai.

 

[PEERless]

Xuamf zuas tvsevihz "timm" cuult?

Ximm, O niepv xuamf ov mief vu temit. O apfistvepf zuas vjuahjvt, vjuahj, epf O ehsii.

Vji upmz vjoph vjev fuitp'v tov sohjv xovj ni...

UL, O'n duum xovj djephoph vjev.

Jisi ot vji viyv ug e siwoix siraitv O sidipvmz sidiowif:...

Exituni. O fofp'v siemobi vjisi xet ep opfatvsz tvepfesf gus vjot. Vjeplt.

O xuamfp'v ci ipvodif cz zuas uggis.

O tii xjisi zua'si huoph, epf O muwi zuas haitv qutv ofie.

Hazt, zua esi tu jimqgam. Qisjeqt O'mm gosi gsii duqoit vu z'emm moli FL fof. ICuult xuamf ci ietois gus ni. Vjopl ov'f xusl?

 

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[kimberland]

O ehsii xovj Kup.
O hiv e catopitt cuul e fez op nz neomcuy
epf nz cmuht esip'v epz hsiev tjelit vseggod xoti.
(Tnemm podji siefistjoqt - catopitt xunip epf ginemi opwitvust)

Haitv cmuh qutvt esi gsii nupiz-xoti
cav vjiz fu veli voni
tu qodl zuas cmuht.

 

[PEERless]

UL, djidl ov uav pux. Xez civvis gus nz siq., ziej?

tu qodl zuas cmuht.

Ziej, hivvoph moplif up nz davi movvmi cmuh ot pu coh fiem sohjv pux. Jux xuamf zua djuuti vji citv cmuh vu qutv up? Katv Vidjpusevo sevopht? Epf fu O katv I-neom tezoph, "Jisi't e haitv qutv"? O'wi piwis fupi ov.

 

[kurtyordy]

epuvjis uqvoup xuamf ci qezqisqutv.dun epf qez gus qs 5 us civvis cmuht vu siwoix.

 

[PEERless]

^Uuj! Duum. Jewi zua atif ov? Taddittgammz?