Authors and Readers on Facebook

Authors depend on Facebook to connect with each other, especially in multiple-author projects. They also use it to let readers know about their books and themselves. I've always found Facebook more conducive to this than any other social media site.

However, I can tell there's been a great falling away on Facebook. Author events aren't nearly as well-attended as they once were, and there aren't as many comments or responses to posts. No doubt, this has come about because of some of the trouble Facebook has been having. The site even blocked all my blog posts for almost a year before they apologized, saying they'd made a mistake.

I have mixed feelings about Facebook, but the truth is, authors and readers need a site like this. We need a place where we can meet, coordinate, share our news, and encourage and support each other. The format of Facebook lends itself to these things. 

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