Comments on: Avon Fails to Understand Online Romance Community http://www.loveromancepassion.com/avon-fails-to-understand-online-romance-community/ Because Books Don't Fall Asleep Afterwards! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:26:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kat http://www.loveromancepassion.com/avon-fails-to-understand-online-romance-community/#comment-1913 Kat Sun, 24 May 2009 05:11:29 +0000 http://www.loveromancepassion.com/?p=2953#comment-1913 Keira, I thought so, too, except that when I went to ARRC I was surprised to find people who'd never heard of DA or SBTB. These were people who paid money to travel and attend a convention, so they were clearly avid romance fans. And that got me thinking about how insular the online community is, which can skew our perception of how much reach the independent review blogs have on the majority of readers. Keira, I thought so, too, except that when I went to ARRC I was surprised to find people who’d never heard of DA or SBTB. These were people who paid money to travel and attend a convention, so they were clearly avid romance fans. And that got me thinking about how insular the online community is, which can skew our perception of how much reach the independent review blogs have on the majority of readers.

]]> By: Keira http://www.loveromancepassion.com/avon-fails-to-understand-online-romance-community/#comment-1883 Keira Sat, 23 May 2009 13:43:34 +0000 http://www.loveromancepassion.com/?p=2953#comment-1883 Kat and Meghan you might be right, though Sarah and Jane come close to magical Julia Quinn status... lol Katie -- <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.googlepagerankchecker.com/" rel="nofollow">Google PR Checker</a> Type in any address you want to know the rank of and it'll spit it back out along with a few other ranks that I don't understand lol Kat and Meghan you might be right, though Sarah and Jane come close to magical Julia Quinn status… lol

Katie — Google PR Checker Type in any address you want to know the rank of and it’ll spit it back out along with a few other ranks that I don’t understand lol

]]> By: Meghan http://www.loveromancepassion.com/avon-fails-to-understand-online-romance-community/#comment-1877 Meghan Sat, 23 May 2009 10:01:51 +0000 http://www.loveromancepassion.com/?p=2953#comment-1877 I don't think many bloggers use the traditional methods of cover quotes/print reviews to buy books anymore. We don't need to, recommendations for us are everywhere. We definitely interest each other. I wonder if there is a way to track how much influence the online community has on everyone else. I think they'll become increasingly important as time goes on and more people get as "plugged in" as we are. I do think Avon didn't mean any insult, I don't really think many online reviewers can go on a book at this point either without a particularly amazing quote. By the time I get ARCs, they've already got all their quotes anyway, but I don't know about the bigger bloggers. We definitely have a huge influence, but I think it's a community influence rather than a single site, and they're discounting that because there is no magical Julia Quinn among us. I don’t think many bloggers use the traditional methods of cover quotes/print reviews to buy books anymore. We don’t need to, recommendations for us are everywhere. We definitely interest each other. I wonder if there is a way to track how much influence the online community has on everyone else. I think they’ll become increasingly important as time goes on and more people get as “plugged in” as we are.

I do think Avon didn’t mean any insult, I don’t really think many online reviewers can go on a book at this point either without a particularly amazing quote. By the time I get ARCs, they’ve already got all their quotes anyway, but I don’t know about the bigger bloggers. We definitely have a huge influence, but I think it’s a community influence rather than a single site, and they’re discounting that because there is no magical Julia Quinn among us.

]]> By: katiebabs http://www.loveromancepassion.com/avon-fails-to-understand-online-romance-community/#comment-1870 katiebabs Sat, 23 May 2009 03:03:10 +0000 http://www.loveromancepassion.com/?p=2953#comment-1870 How do you find out your google ranking? Insert foot into mouth disease ala Avon! How do you find out your google ranking?
Insert foot into mouth disease ala Avon!

]]> By: Kat http://www.loveromancepassion.com/avon-fails-to-understand-online-romance-community/#comment-1869 Kat Sat, 23 May 2009 01:26:07 +0000 http://www.loveromancepassion.com/?p=2953#comment-1869 I don't know. I still think it's a storm in a teacup. And I also think the question before the one you quoted above is the problem. The interviewer tried to ask 2 questions at the same time, and it's unclear whether which one the editors were answering. I don’t know. I still think it’s a storm in a teacup. And I also think the question before the one you quoted above is the problem. The interviewer tried to ask 2 questions at the same time, and it’s unclear whether which one the editors were answering.

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