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promotional, which wasn't my intent). I understand taking it down if it's because the book hasn't been released yet (although ARCs have been sent out), but you should be consistent and then remove the other novels that haven't been released yet, like the one due out in 2013. Anyway, I do appreciate your more civilized response than what I received earlier.
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As far as I'm concerned what I added was factual and not at all promotional. 'Monster: A Novel of
Frankenstein' is being published by Overlook Press this August, and what I provided was a short description and not a promotional piece with blurbs or quotes. And the fact is my book is an important
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Hi there. Okay, there are a couple of reasons it was removed. a) The reference is to a press release and they are not generally suited for use as reliable sources as they are promotional in their very nature. b) the book is not released yet, so it can't really qualify as a notable example of
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Thanks to the links you added it's no longer tagged as not meeting notability so it won't be deleted. I've formatted them and done some minor copyediting. Thanks for adding those links, nice job.
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