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Another thread here.
Now, more generally speaking...
I have to admit that, on the one hand, I find Mr. Abramson's constant, persistent, incessant plugging of his books to be increasingly tiresome.
However, on the other hand, I definitely see where he's coming from, tiresome though I may find it. If I had written what I believe to be the definitive books on Trump's criminal bullshit, I'd probably be plugging the everloving shit out of them as well (hypocritically so). If I had written what I believe to be the definitive books on Trump's criminal bullshit, I'd feel more inclined to just refer people to them rather than rehash everything on my personal/professional Twitter feed as well. If I were known, as Mr. Abramson is, for regularly reporting on/predicting newsworthy items in the Trump/Russia affair six months to a year or more prior to when major mainstream media finally picks up on them (and, indeed, if I wrote what I believed to be the definitive book about them), I would want my well-deserved credit for it as well.
All that said, however, I would also realize that my constant plugging of my books, even though I believed them to be the definitive books on Trump's criminal bullshit, could be seen as offputting and annoying to the followers of my feed, so I would try to tone it down a little bit. I would try to make an effort to talk about new developments without immediately tying it into my books, and I would try to chill out with all the tooting of my own horn, no matter how well justified that horn-tooting might be, because I would be afraid that I would come off as too selfish and petty and overly concerned with sales of my books.
Now some may read my post, right here, and dismiss it as "concern trolling" on my part. And they'd be half right. I am not trolling, but I am definitely, legitimately concerned that too many people who might otherwise fully agree with Mr. Abramson are seeing nothing but the constant book plugging from him and are, as such, being cynically turned off to his message (i.e. that Trump is, has been, and always will be a blatant criminal who deserves to spend the rest of his natural life behind bars). I mean, I absolutely agree with him, otherwise, about pretty much everything he's said over the years, so far, but even for me, the incessant book plugging is becoming trite and banal. That said, though, I'm not exactly sure what else he should do. I think his books should be read... I just think he may be overdoing it a bit with the continuous self-promotion.
Now, more generally speaking...
I have to admit that, on the one hand, I find Mr. Abramson's constant, persistent, incessant plugging of his books to be increasingly tiresome.
However, on the other hand, I definitely see where he's coming from, tiresome though I may find it. If I had written what I believe to be the definitive books on Trump's criminal bullshit, I'd probably be plugging the everloving shit out of them as well (hypocritically so). If I had written what I believe to be the definitive books on Trump's criminal bullshit, I'd feel more inclined to just refer people to them rather than rehash everything on my personal/professional Twitter feed as well. If I were known, as Mr. Abramson is, for regularly reporting on/predicting newsworthy items in the Trump/Russia affair six months to a year or more prior to when major mainstream media finally picks up on them (and, indeed, if I wrote what I believed to be the definitive book about them), I would want my well-deserved credit for it as well.
All that said, however, I would also realize that my constant plugging of my books, even though I believed them to be the definitive books on Trump's criminal bullshit, could be seen as offputting and annoying to the followers of my feed, so I would try to tone it down a little bit. I would try to make an effort to talk about new developments without immediately tying it into my books, and I would try to chill out with all the tooting of my own horn, no matter how well justified that horn-tooting might be, because I would be afraid that I would come off as too selfish and petty and overly concerned with sales of my books.
Now some may read my post, right here, and dismiss it as "concern trolling" on my part. And they'd be half right. I am not trolling, but I am definitely, legitimately concerned that too many people who might otherwise fully agree with Mr. Abramson are seeing nothing but the constant book plugging from him and are, as such, being cynically turned off to his message (i.e. that Trump is, has been, and always will be a blatant criminal who deserves to spend the rest of his natural life behind bars). I mean, I absolutely agree with him, otherwise, about pretty much everything he's said over the years, so far, but even for me, the incessant book plugging is becoming trite and banal. That said, though, I'm not exactly sure what else he should do. I think his books should be read... I just think he may be overdoing it a bit with the continuous self-promotion.
