If you love their book(s), let them know how you feel! IRL, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Email.... even an old-fashioned letter. There is no greater currency than a genuine compliment.   Sure, buying an author's book(s) is a wonderful way to support our shallow pockets, but that's not the reason the majority of us became writers. We want to inspire, entertain, relate... we want to know that readers enjoyed and/or were touched by our stories. Just the other day, a wonderful reader contacted me