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Visitors from 1/30/05:

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Not really. Not as we've come to understand blogs, anyway. These will be a way for authors to communicate with readers, via something called Amazon Connect. I'd meant to blog about this days ago, but I got lazy. And busy making icons. And uh, other less than constructive endeavors.

From Amazon:

" This program allows authors to post messages directly to their readers on a wide variety of subjects. Currently, messages will appear on the detail page of an author’s book as well as on her/his profile page. As part of the program, authors may create a profile page with personalized information."

MetaxuCafe, Tobias S. Buckell, and if:Book had good posts on the subject.

It's an interesting concept, but since I'm not a published author, I can view this only from the perspective of a reader. I read the blogs of a number of authors, and I don't spend much time on Amazon, maybe a dozen times in a year. I usually buy my books in brick and mortar stores and use Amazon almost solely as a backup to check a title not in the library's catalogs.

So, would any of you published and wannabe published writers want to join Amazon Connect? I'm not sure if I would, or if I'd stick to my own blog and hope my readers found me there.