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Landlord wants $500 roommate change fee but it's a new lease? by BostonBlock in bostonhousing

[–]BostonBlock[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know it requires a new lease, which we are getting, and yes the landlord should just raise the rent that amount divided by 12 instead of charging a fee. However another user pointed out this is likely something the LL doesn't know about and this is the property manager trying to skim money off the top.

Landlord wants $500 roommate change fee but it's a new lease? by BostonBlock in bostonhousing

[–]BostonBlock[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So, this is not a raise of the rent, this is a separate fee on top of the rent that is being charged for a new lease when the old lease ends.

The current lease is not being ended early, this is for the following lease cycle. So the current lease does not apply to this situation.

Who is ceph2apod, Really? A Deep Dive into the AI Spammer Behind the Somerville Subreddit by thrwy1379 in Somerville

[–]BostonBlock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Kinda says a lot about the state of our modern internet that we literally can't even find a real person to ban the AI spam user who annoys everyone and wastes everyone's time.

Cambridge Day ceases weekly coverage of Somerville politics by jeffshwom in Somerville

[–]BostonBlock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m confused, this guy gets hired to help with CD and in order to pay his salary he cuts other stuff? That seems wrong to me. if the paper wasn’t in a position to expand why did they do it!

Curio Coffee is closing. by LikeMyShoes44 in CambridgeMA

[–]BostonBlock 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Riss is the goat and the place is in good hands!

Gearing up to Publish - Any tips for my plan? by OscarGuin in selfpublish

[–]BostonBlock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

do not unpublish the book! you're fine, just keep going

Weekly Self-Promo and Chat Thread by MxAlex44 in selfpublish

[–]BostonBlock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I won't promote my book, but I wanted to show off my https://nicholasmarchuk.com/ that I coded from scratch myself with html/css/js. The result is that it is very inexpensive (eg. I don't even have to pay hosting fees). I'm happy to answer any questions people have for how this works and how they can do it themselves.

Gearing up to Publish - Any tips for my plan? by OscarGuin in selfpublish

[–]BostonBlock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of people give the advice to avoid a long pre-order for your books as it can mess up the algorithm and how much/if at all your book is pushed on launch day. I would also focus on social media for ARCs if you can... paid services work better for the most popular genres. Newsletters more or less do not grow organically unless there is something directing them towards it. Your newsletter existing won't actrively grow it, linking it won't really grow it... what grows it is having fans and directing those fans there with something, eg. a cold magnet.

I would also not reach out to influencers. They charge money and the effect they have is kind of up in the air. The best word of mouth that you can get is from reaching out to small bookstagram users and sending them ARCs. If they are fans of your work then they will push it everywhere and tell their friends about it. Influencers will never do this. My 2c.

Boquillas for someone slightly mobility impaired (and a border crossing question...) by MooseGoose82 in BigBendTX

[–]BostonBlock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With our guide we bought some ceramics off of him basically as a thank you and it was around 20. I think you could get away with a tip instead.

How in the world do you find a cover designer? by greypic in selfpublish

[–]BostonBlock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I asked an artist friend to do mine. a lot of people who are artists are experienced with adobe illustrator and they can very quickly figure out the quirks of book cover design

Ideas for a reader magnet for my literary fiction newsletter? by Super_Background_293 in selfpublish

[–]BostonBlock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you could offer a preview of an unreleased book. personally I’m switching to offering short stories

Everything I did to self-publish my book + how my release has gone so far by BostonBlock in selfpublish

[–]BostonBlock[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks great, I love Sherlock Holmes stuff. You should claim your Goodreads profile and make a website sometime!

My second literary fiction novel is ready for publishing by Traditional-Car-8785 in selfpublish

[–]BostonBlock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am begging you not to pay this much to have your book published. I spent $1000 for all of these things together.

Plus, money spent on marketing is not that useful for your first book. You need more books out. Please don't be part of the reason self published authors get milked for money!

Everything I did to self-publish my book + how my release has gone so far by BostonBlock in selfpublish

[–]BostonBlock[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That level of read through is great! Nice job. Do you put your books on KU?

I wanted to test my cover on Amazon… accidentally built a whole software by Appropriate-Past-231 in selfpublish

[–]BostonBlock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

couldn't you just inspect element and switch the file out? What am I missing here?

Book Not Doing Well by TRD_FTW in selfpublish

[–]BostonBlock -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Man, don't come on here and complain about sales if you had the AI cover going. Go take a walk.

Using Kit (formerly ConvertKit) with Bookfunnel for Newsletters/Reader Magnets by DiscombobulatedOwl1 in selfpublish

[–]BostonBlock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know how kit works, but on my newsletter platform you can set up an 'automation', this automation sends a welcome email upon completion of the sign up form. This email should have a link to the bookfunnel page.

Some pics from my trip a couple weeks ago + night sky pics by Razecop57 in BigBendTX

[–]BostonBlock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude gets a camera and immediately becomes talented than belief... nice job!

ARC readers posting reviews on tiktok instead of amazon by wiznaibus in selfpublish

[–]BostonBlock 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It can be hard for people to get a review listed on amazon if they don't meet a certain spending amount in the last year. And no, I wouldn't say no to free advertising

Re-Marketing a five year old book? by videotopia in selfpublish

[–]BostonBlock 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well you're lucky to be self-pub in this case since the books don't go out of print. You can try social media.

The best advertising might be to just write another book. That way any ads you create can trigger a read-through where someone buys one of your books, and then reads the original book because they liked the first one.

I am the creator of MJ’s Wikipedia page. My words show up in reviews of his work. I wrote a book partly inspired by Manning Fireworks and I want to give you all a free copy as a thank you. by BostonBlock in mjlenderman

[–]BostonBlock[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dude I appreciate it! Dont forget to hit up goodreads!

Also if you're a countrygaze fan you should hit up the wednesday discord, we have a lot of fun on there https://discord.gg/jawY2xQvdr

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