in which I send my first rejection letter

[ophelialaughs]

That's right, SEND.  Me, sending a rejection.

A self-published author sent me a message on goodreads.  It said:

As you may recall, you entered to win my book [REDACTED] from the Goodreads giveaway

Comments

[goody_scrivener]

Given that the message came through Goodreads and you have a way of tracking your giveaway entries, I'd say he was trying to scam you. Is there a way of reporting him to Goodreads for deceptive practices or some such? This feels like it should be a TOS violation of some sort.

[ophelialaughs]

I've reported people to goodreads before, and those people have disappeared without a trace...but he apologized and there's at least a chance he really did make a mistake. So, seeing as how it's Christmas and all, I'm going to let it go.

Unless it happens again or anything. Then I'll consider it the latest annoying trend in self-promotion among writers.