>doing a truly kick-ass marketing campaign could be a big success! I know of writers who do this regularly and have big sales.<
Worth tacking on a "your results may vary!" I self-published a book that was a hit with my beta readers but I just could not figure out how to market it. Banner ads didn't drive sales and the "book influencers"…
>doing a truly kick-ass marketing campaign could be a big success! I know of writers who do this regularly and have big sales.<
Worth tacking on a "your results may vary!" I self-published a book that was a hit with my beta readers but I just could not figure out how to market it. Banner ads didn't drive sales and the "book influencers" that I approached turned out to be swamped with paying requests from Big Publishers, no time left for indie people. (I would have thought indie reviewers would prioritize indie writers -- like who the hell needs your two cents on the books that already made the NYT list??) I also found that my self-pubbed friends who lured me in by telling me they had thousands of readers... later revealed, once I was in the club, that they had fudged those numbers. All part of the hustle.
Self-publishing CAN work! Best of luck! I found it to be more complicated than expected. Still, I do feel happy when I see my book sitting on my shelf, even if it didn't set the world on fire. It's a pretty good book, and in a parallel universe, no doubt it outsold Twilight.
>doing a truly kick-ass marketing campaign could be a big success! I know of writers who do this regularly and have big sales.<
Worth tacking on a "your results may vary!" I self-published a book that was a hit with my beta readers but I just could not figure out how to market it. Banner ads didn't drive sales and the "book influencers" that I approached turned out to be swamped with paying requests from Big Publishers, no time left for indie people. (I would have thought indie reviewers would prioritize indie writers -- like who the hell needs your two cents on the books that already made the NYT list??) I also found that my self-pubbed friends who lured me in by telling me they had thousands of readers... later revealed, once I was in the club, that they had fudged those numbers. All part of the hustle.
Self-publishing CAN work! Best of luck! I found it to be more complicated than expected. Still, I do feel happy when I see my book sitting on my shelf, even if it didn't set the world on fire. It's a pretty good book, and in a parallel universe, no doubt it outsold Twilight.
For sure. Hit or miss. Just like traditional publishing.