No, you're not.
I’ve seen this done. Not 2 mins ago, I was looking at Laz’s link to “Dimensions of Essence”
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4337976/posts?q=1&;page=51
Laz’s book is linked at least twice in this thread
Rot roh, Waggy. You going to bring Laz into the conversation?
The anti-solicitation rule actually makes sense to me. We aren't trying to let FR morph into an advertising site, right?
That said, there are behaviors that are a lot less solicitous. They seem okay. You can mention you wrote a book-- the Writer's Guild has many mentions from many authors -- just don't point directly to it.