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Major publishing houses spend thousands of dollars promoting their books, and they get them placed (with guaranteed returns) in bookstores all over the country. Writers who self-publish or publish with independent presses can\u2019t do that. They can\u2019t even get bookstores to put them on their shelves unless they go in person and ask them to take them on consignment. And not every bookstore will even do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, your friend has published a book, but nobody knows it, and the only way anybody can find out about it is if you recommend it. This is important. Please do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Warning: I\u2019m liable to post this or similar messages over and over and over again<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have a friend who is a writer and who has published one or more books either with a small, independent press or self-published, and have you read your friend\u2019s book(s) and enjoyed them enough to honestly recommend them? 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