Sandikal wrote:Considering that Merz is self-published and looking at the posting histories of the promoters, I suspect there is a publicity campaign going on.
I got that idea, too. 
To be fair, while he is self-published now, he did at least publish novels with Pinnacle, and he did several of those Alex Archer books for Gold Eagle (the men's adventure subsidiary of Harlequin). So he has published in print with some big name publishers. It looks like another midlist author who is trying self-publishing. But the mysterious posts from fans come across as too suspicious.
