vaperature
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After being an active member of ECF for over a year, this morning I woke up to find, without warning or explanation, I was banned for life. They claim I am an unregistered vendor. The only vending I am associated with is a micropress called Vaporacle that has published two fiction titles that have barely sold 100 copies over an entire year. Wasn't selling juice. Wasn't selling mods or other hardware. And was only linking to a page about the books that was on their own website, including a write up they themselves published last year at Vaping(dot)come about how cool it is that vaping has reached the literary world.
Suddenly, without giving me any chance to rectify whatever the sudden problem with me is, it was just fuck me, bye bye.
Basically it's extortion. Since they dominate the google ranking of any search made on e-cigs, the best avenue to get the word out about the books is them, and I can't do that unless I pay them $50 a year for the privilege. I barely even make a lousy $50 on the books. Anyone who is trying to sell books these days can attest to how hard it is.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Suddenly, without giving me any chance to rectify whatever the sudden problem with me is, it was just fuck me, bye bye.
Basically it's extortion. Since they dominate the google ranking of any search made on e-cigs, the best avenue to get the word out about the books is them, and I can't do that unless I pay them $50 a year for the privilege. I barely even make a lousy $50 on the books. Anyone who is trying to sell books these days can attest to how hard it is.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.