October 26th, 2009 / 1:00 pm
Mean & Snippets

Repeating the same thing over and over in social networks and blanket emailing my inbox is never going to make me want to buy a book. In fact, it might make me want to not buy a book. Try something else. Or better yet: just exist.

38 Comments

  1. alec niedenthal

      what is blanket emailing

  2. alec niedenthal

      what is blanket emailing

  3. Blake Butler

      mass emails, that go out like a blanket covering shit

  4. Blake Butler

      mass emails, that go out like a blanket covering shit

  5. Ken Baumann

      I avoid books that show up in my inbox (FB/email/Twitter/etc.) more than four or five times. Sorry.

  6. Ken Baumann

      I avoid books that show up in my inbox (FB/email/Twitter/etc.) more than four or five times. Sorry.

  7. Adam R

      How can I exist?

  8. Adam R

      How can I exist?

  9. Blake Butler

      it’s a problem isn’t it

  10. Blake Butler

      it’s a problem isn’t it

  11. Nathan Tyree

      focus on not existing. You will fail. Then you will exist.

  12. Nathan Tyree

      focus on not existing. You will fail. Then you will exist.

  13. Justin Taylor

      I’m dying to know what inspired you to write this. I feel that way every time you write one of these little cryptic little snippet posts. Obviously you’re mad AT somebody or something. Out with it, man! Undirected anger turns back on its issuer–just like black magic.

  14. Justin Taylor

      I’m dying to know what inspired you to write this. I feel that way every time you write one of these little cryptic little snippet posts. Obviously you’re mad AT somebody or something. Out with it, man! Undirected anger turns back on its issuer–just like black magic.

  15. Blake Butler

      it’s directed at so many people and places, i couldn’t begin to list. the inbox and facebook and twitter feeds are full of people repeating themselves. we all know who they are. if you wonder who they are, log in to facebook.

  16. Blake Butler

      it’s directed at so many people and places, i couldn’t begin to list. the inbox and facebook and twitter feeds are full of people repeating themselves. we all know who they are. if you wonder who they are, log in to facebook.

  17. Ken Baumann

      I’m sorry, but how in the hell is this cryptic?

  18. jackie corley

      i will keep emailing and you will like it, ass clown!

  19. Ken Baumann

      I’m sorry, but how in the hell is this cryptic?

  20. jackie corley

      i will keep emailing and you will like it, ass clown!

  21. Ryan Call

      haha. this made me lol.

  22. Ryan Call

      haha. this made me lol.

  23. Justin Taylor

      I just want names named.

  24. Justin Taylor

      I just want names named.

  25. gena

      sometimes i wish those requests to “become a fan of…” had a reply button where i could say, “fuck your book” after the fifth time they sent it. without a reply button, i’d seem kind of mean going to their profile and sending them a message about it out of nowhere.

  26. gena

      sometimes i wish those requests to “become a fan of…” had a reply button where i could say, “fuck your book” after the fifth time they sent it. without a reply button, i’d seem kind of mean going to their profile and sending them a message about it out of nowhere.

  27. Ken Baumann

      Ooh, me too! :)

  28. Ken Baumann

      Ooh, me too! :)

  29. Blake Butler

      John Blantz suggested you become a fan of John Blantz.

  30. Blake Butler

      John Blantz suggested you become a fan of John Blantz.

  31. Zinn

      Somebody tell Jonathan Ames that repeating the same thing over and over in social networks is never going to make me want to watch a TV show.

  32. Zinn

      Somebody tell Jonathan Ames that repeating the same thing over and over in social networks is never going to make me want to watch a TV show.

  33. Joseph Young

      try self promotion on the sly. run a blog that doesn’t talk about your writing but still blazes your name in front of a hundred people every day. or run a press that gets other people to make movies out of other people’s books. or tell someone else’s life story on a postcard which is really your own story over and over again.

      [mean feel bad]

  34. Joseph Young

      try self promotion on the sly. run a blog that doesn’t talk about your writing but still blazes your name in front of a hundred people every day. or run a press that gets other people to make movies out of other people’s books. or tell someone else’s life story on a postcard which is really your own story over and over again.

      [mean feel bad]

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  37. Sean

      Anyone notice Blake Butler posts more ofter than ever during Mean Weak. Because he is naturally Mean, right?

  38. Sean

      Anyone notice Blake Butler posts more ofter than ever during Mean Weak. Because he is naturally Mean, right?