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A little off-putting when the author is plugging their book (more than once) in the article. It turned my attention away from learning about Poe (which was why I was there reading the article in the first place).

Now when he mentions a line from his book "That is a true unicorn", I immediately want to take issue with the author on whether anyone would have used that phrase in the 1970's when it is supposed to have been said.

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that's what seems like every single lithub article is. still worth reading some of their articles, though

Yes people always complain but I personally have no problem with consuming 'content marketing' as long as a) the content is legitimately interesting and not low effort and b) the creator is legit, not some shady company.

Oh, come on, give a bit of slack to somebody who puts the effort to write a book.

so if you write a book you are allowed a pass , hmm, interesting

on the other hand, its not good marketing for the book if people dont like your actions or behavior

> you are allowed a pass

A pass to write an article about a topic and mention a book you've written about said topic? (That is what we are talking about right?)

Absolutely!

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