I’m speaking from the uncomfortable middle of the pack. I’ve sold maybe 30,000 books, and given away 250K free ebooks. I think I have enough reviews and sales to show my stuff isn’t garbage. Twice, I’ve had strangers recognize me as the author of my books. And yet, I’m buried by the big players from one side, and the sheer number of Indi…
I’m speaking from the uncomfortable middle of the pack. I’ve sold maybe 30,000 books, and given away 250K free ebooks. I think I have enough reviews and sales to show my stuff isn’t garbage. Twice, I’ve had strangers recognize me as the author of my books. And yet, I’m buried by the big players from one side, and the sheer number of Indie authors from the other.
I appreciate the optimism of this article, but, at least when it comes to writing novels, the number of people who actually read books is fairly small, and YouTube won’t remedy that. “Video killed the radio star.” It is also killing authors.
Without money or prior celebrity, it’s very difficult to cut through the noise, at least as a novelist.
I’m speaking from the uncomfortable middle of the pack. I’ve sold maybe 30,000 books, and given away 250K free ebooks. I think I have enough reviews and sales to show my stuff isn’t garbage. Twice, I’ve had strangers recognize me as the author of my books. And yet, I’m buried by the big players from one side, and the sheer number of Indie authors from the other.
I appreciate the optimism of this article, but, at least when it comes to writing novels, the number of people who actually read books is fairly small, and YouTube won’t remedy that. “Video killed the radio star.” It is also killing authors.
Without money or prior celebrity, it’s very difficult to cut through the noise, at least as a novelist.