🚀 go-pugleaf

{Discussions on misc.writing about whether it's cool to use the Net to
announce, tout, slyly allude to, or otherwise promote one's own book}

>>This amounts a commercial use of the Internet, which is strictly forbidden.

>Definitely not (objectionable, that is).  Even putting aside the fact
>that people legitimately post product announcements (as distinct from
>advertisements) on technical newsgroups, we* consider this sort of
>posting both interesting and relevant.

My two cents' worth on a subject that's drowning in pennies:  Right on!
If it's okay with the denizens of a particular newsgroup, post it.  If
not, cease and desist, or at least try elsewhere.

This, of course, is my own opinion, not to be mistaken for that of my
employer and/or any organization that sets rules for or contributes to
the support of the Internet.  Or the opinion of a lawyer.

Cheers,
Joe
"The pallid pimp of the dead-line/The enervate of the pen" --Robert Service