The Organ Grinder’s Monkey

The ladies over at the Bitchery are discussing the concept of authors promoting their books in Second Life:

…not only can authors promote themselves in the “real world,” but they can promote themselves in virtual worlds as well, with avatars representing their actual selves, interacting with an entirely different audience of potential readers. (Or you can be really pessimistic about it and shriek to yourself, “OMGWTF I have to promote myself in TWO UNIVERSES NOW?!”

It’s 1:30am. Do you know where your avatar is?

(BTW, if you’re interested in some weapons-grade visual humor and not offended by a little man-titty - okay, a lot of man-titty…a lot of scary, scary man-titty - spend some time working through their Covers Gone Wild category on the Archives page, where they roast God-awful romance and erotica book covers. But save it for home. Some items are most definitely not safe for work, and most of them will provoke sounds that could cause co-workers to call in EMS on account of your having a choking seizure in the next cubicle over. A recent commenter’s angst sums up this collection quite effectively: Saying “behind the fold” isn’t nearly warning enough. You ought to add “viewing these covers may permanently damage your DNA and affect future generations.”)

Tags: Business, Internet Marketing, Social Media, Society and Culture, Web 2.0 //