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I wrote a surrealistic style science fiction book (not a good idea) and have been trying to publicize it over the past few years. Because it is hard to read (another not a good idea), there is little support for it from the meager exposure it gets. As part of the background it uses vaccinations and viruses that won't go away, questionable political leaders, eccentric industrialists, rushing to populate the space around Earth, architecture designed to withstand the weather, and it was all a joke. Never thought things would be the way they are, as they are.
Imagine my surprise when I found out Walmart was listing it as a book to buy, apparently by making use of print on demand inventory. It hasn't generated any sales, but it was a weird experience seeing it on the Walmart site.
I advertise it on instagram and I get one of those vaccination blurbs inserted into my post from instagram saying how to use the word vaccination.
My question is, is it ethical to use words like covid or other virus related words related to public related experiences as a hashtag or keywords for indexing in the description of the story for the purpose of selling it.
The next stop is tiktok, which is more likely like going over a very tall waterfall without a barrel.
Imagine my surprise when I found out Walmart was listing it as a book to buy, apparently by making use of print on demand inventory. It hasn't generated any sales, but it was a weird experience seeing it on the Walmart site.
I advertise it on instagram and I get one of those vaccination blurbs inserted into my post from instagram saying how to use the word vaccination.
My question is, is it ethical to use words like covid or other virus related words related to public related experiences as a hashtag or keywords for indexing in the description of the story for the purpose of selling it.
The next stop is tiktok, which is more likely like going over a very tall waterfall without a barrel.