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Shortly before Haunters<\/em> was published, I wrote a post about the creaky nature of my on-line \u2018platform\u2019<\/a>. Embarrassment was mingled with frustration; cynicism was in evidence; I wanted to do something about it. Now that several months have passed and I have done something (sort of) about it, I thought I\u2019d update the post here, just to see what\u2019s changed.<\/p>\n

— I still have a blog, but I\u2019ve managed to drag it over to WordPress from Blogger — and<\/em> park it under my own name — which is surely an improvement. The issue of whether or not talking about myself and my work is bragging or simply broadcasting is still unresolved, but at least I got to create some fancy buttons for my sidebar.<\/p>\n

— I\u2019m on facebook and feel at home there. I do now have a page for myself as an author<\/a>, and it hasn\u2019t turned out to be quite as lonely as I feared. True, it isn\u2019t growing as fast as my \u2018private\u2019 account, but I\u2019ve pretty much abandoned the idea that I have a private account now. Privacy and facebook don\u2019t belong together in the same sentence anyway, so I don\u2019t really mind. But I do still have to keep an eye on my brother\u2026<\/p>\n

— Twitter. I\u2019m sort of getting it. I see now that I was following too many people, so I recently went through and liberated anyone I felt would be better off without me. Some of them were so grateful that they liberated me in return. I feel lighter. However, if you are dull as slippers or monstrously racist or a warrior for Jesus and I\u2019m still<\/em> following you, please let me know in the comments so I can set you free too.<\/p>\n

— Google+, LinkedIn, Shoutski, Boast-button and the rest \u2013 nope. I keep an eye on Wiki, and sometimes log in to Goodreads, but the things I\u2019m already on are enough for me, thanks.<\/p>\n

— Finally, what do I think about the possibilities for selling books through social media? Still not a lot. At least, not unless you have a dirt-cheap (free?) e-book to download. I really can\u2019t see how authors shouting about their books to an audience of mostly authors is going to shift many units, especially when the key characteristic of social media is that they are social and not commercial. Okay, I do sometimes shout myself, but only in a half-hearted, for-the-look-of-the-thing sort of way, and with low expectations. No doubt I\u2019m old-fashioned in this. Please let me know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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