Just posting to up your post count rather than contributing to the forum in a regular and worthwhile fashion isn't the way to go about being given the privilege of promoting your work through a sig link.
Thats good for us self publish authors know matter where you from but publishers do over look us I have my book in ebook form for download I have sold more books in a short time that way and from the libraries buying it and on the street and through internet as well
Age shouldnt make a difference but I do find that people or more harder on first time author vs bestselling authors and the first time author could have a really good book but people just talk negative trash about it even after reading the book
I go to the shop but I don't mind buying on the internet epscially when you are author like myself
Your right on that one because if the price is high I aint getting it