But it’s helpful if the reader who picks up a novel and enjoys it can go to the author’s web site and find out what else is available. That’s especially true with uncollected short stories or non-fiction articles in magazines. A simple list saying, effectively “this is what I have written, and here is where it can be found” points the reader in the right directions.

For a professional writer, you have an unusually broad range of interests not related to selling books, and I would not for the world change that. But a list of publications on your web site might sell more books without taking up an inordinate amount of time. Think of it as courtesy rather than self-promotion.

Side note: it’s one of the reasons I’ve always loved the writing of H. Beam Piper. Some of his characters have the unusual degree of detachment which lets them say “those people are every bit as good as ours” of another organization. That sort of intellectual honesty should be encouraged. But posting a bibliography is a statement of fact, not a boast.