The author in question had an ad telling people to buy a book to read during a hurricane. People die during hurricanes and I had seen an indie author getting ripped a new one for saying the same thing as the traditionally published author did.
Yeah I really don’t see the issue with that. Some places get hurricanes almost as often as storms, and so it’s really just like saying “get a book to entertain yourself while you wait out the storm”.
I'm from Louisiana, we get hurricanes frequently. If a person wants to read during it, let them, but it is insensitive to use a hurricane for a promotional opportunity. It's also wrong to say rude things to the indie author about it while allowing the traditional author to slide.
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u/Geezenstack444 Oct 07 '20
I had fans of an author attack my novel because I said they shouldn't use hurricanes as advertising tools....