I wouldn't have any problem with a subber advertising a book either, except that, to me, it opens the door for any spammer to claim..."You let her do it, why not me?" So I don't let anyone do it. Janet On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Joe Makowiec <antigonish@makowiec.org> wrote: > At 5-4-2012 01:41 PM, Margaret L. Sopp wrote: >>It is not a spammer.  The person who posted is a legitimate subscriber to >>the List.   But they are advertising the sale of their new book on the List. >>I was looking for guidelines as to if this is appropriate. > > Technically, it's not.  If it's on-topic for the list, even if it's > posted by the author/editor/publisher, the poster gets a little > slack.  I've had this happen a couple of times, including right > now.  In both cases, the originator posted a one-time note about the > book and its availability, and it generated some minor discussion of > the "That's great!" variety.  Given that my list is fairly slow, I > have no problem with it. >

On 5/4/2012 14:22, Janet Crawford wrote: > I wouldn't have any problem with a subber advertising a book either, > except that, to me, it opens the door for any spammer to claim..."You > let her do it, why not me?" So I don't let anyone do it. You're on pretty safe ground if you guide them to post something like this: [I/whoever] have got a new book out on [topic that fits this list]. If you'd like to know more, contact [me/them] at [email/web address]. That way they're sharing that it exists, but not really doing a sales pitch, especially if they aren't mentioning pricing. --pig