Hello, my readers!
I want honestly to tell you about myths and reality of self-publishing that I faced in that year 2017.
Anyone can argue with me about my experience and my vision of this issue, because they have own solution to solve this situation about hard self-publishing (money, good friends in publishing house or promoting sites, perhaps, or any other sources), but I will share what I had and have now without using a lot of money or other things.
Well, the first debunking of the myth of self-publishing is the persuasion about that you can have big sells if you have at least 100 fans and readers who support you on Wattpad or other social nets and will support you on Amazon then.
This is absolutely wrong. Doesn't mean if a person comments, votes for your book and loves it, he will definitely buy it.
"Why?" You will ask me.
My reply:
1) You don't know at all about his financial wealth or financial problems in his life, so you can only guess what happens. He won't buy your books because he can live in a country where hard to find a job and unemployment is almost everywhere, and he hasn't enough money to get food or clothes. Your reader can be also a student or a pupil who doesn't work and haven't money, and depends on parents and relatives, or doesn't want to buy the expensive book because of own reasons.
2) Mostly people like to read books for free and this is the fact, and rarely people buy the book of an unknown writer who put a price that he thinks is okay because he worked hard on his story. People get used to reading and enjoyment without money, so why they should pay, right? They don't need it at all. That's why a lot of writers post only teasers on their books or a big excerpt from their stories just to attract the readers. And of course, talent means here everything as well your communication with people and with other sites and blogs.
3) People have own problems in life and rarely you can push them to check your story. Only if they heard that your story is the bestseller that they would love to know what is it? But in another case, no. It will be the big "no" from their side. So next step of a writer must be the promotion of own books and really effective promotion.
The second debunking in the myth of self-publishing is the persuasion about that if you reduce the price on Amazon, all readers around the world will start to buy it.
This is also not true.
Why? Because you didn't promote your book and not so many people know about your story in the internet or social nets as about you as a writer. That's why your book lost among million books around the world on Amazon and lowing the price wouldn't influence on your sells at all.
What is the decision? You have to find a good promotion sites or blogs where you can post your book and where people could understand what about your story and what genre it has. If people will promote your book in a wrong way, it also won't have sold because readers can disappoint about the plot, the site promised them one thing and once they reached the book on Amazon, they realized, the plot did not confirm their expectations. So be wise to choose a promoter. I suppose a promoter must be your agent as well because he must know everything about your book. That's why the best way if he will buy your book and read it from the first page to the last. Or this is an unworthy thing to make a promotion.
The third debunking in the myth of self-publishing is the persuasion about that if you wrote a book, made a great editing and satisfied with a cover that an illustrator created for you, your sells will increased.
WRONG!
Sells only increase when people are aware of anything that connects with you as a writer and know you as a person through your newsletter or your free books.
Why so many people create sites, you ask me? I tell you why. Because they create newsletters and gather readers who can interest in their books and maybe buy them. Without audience any writer is nobody. The only audience can decide a success or flop for his books, decide how his talent and his style will attract their friends, their family, and other people. You will tell me like this is nonsense. No, it is not. A reader is your guide in the world of marketing and strategy, a reader is a lover of your books and admirer. You must find that reader and make him precious because you tell the story and he listens and no one else. A reader is your supporter for all years!
IN THE END, I must say that these 3 myths that I debunked, my own experience and understanding the problems that an author have day by day. In next time I will try to explain to you how important reviews and other things in self-publishing.
All the best to you, guys!
Sincerely yours,
Olga GOA
xo
I want honestly to tell you about myths and reality of self-publishing that I faced in that year 2017.
Anyone can argue with me about my experience and my vision of this issue, because they have own solution to solve this situation about hard self-publishing (money, good friends in publishing house or promoting sites, perhaps, or any other sources), but I will share what I had and have now without using a lot of money or other things.
Well, the first debunking of the myth of self-publishing is the persuasion about that you can have big sells if you have at least 100 fans and readers who support you on Wattpad or other social nets and will support you on Amazon then.
This is absolutely wrong. Doesn't mean if a person comments, votes for your book and loves it, he will definitely buy it.
"Why?" You will ask me.
My reply:
1) You don't know at all about his financial wealth or financial problems in his life, so you can only guess what happens. He won't buy your books because he can live in a country where hard to find a job and unemployment is almost everywhere, and he hasn't enough money to get food or clothes. Your reader can be also a student or a pupil who doesn't work and haven't money, and depends on parents and relatives, or doesn't want to buy the expensive book because of own reasons.
2) Mostly people like to read books for free and this is the fact, and rarely people buy the book of an unknown writer who put a price that he thinks is okay because he worked hard on his story. People get used to reading and enjoyment without money, so why they should pay, right? They don't need it at all. That's why a lot of writers post only teasers on their books or a big excerpt from their stories just to attract the readers. And of course, talent means here everything as well your communication with people and with other sites and blogs.
3) People have own problems in life and rarely you can push them to check your story. Only if they heard that your story is the bestseller that they would love to know what is it? But in another case, no. It will be the big "no" from their side. So next step of a writer must be the promotion of own books and really effective promotion.
The second debunking in the myth of self-publishing is the persuasion about that if you reduce the price on Amazon, all readers around the world will start to buy it.
This is also not true.
Why? Because you didn't promote your book and not so many people know about your story in the internet or social nets as about you as a writer. That's why your book lost among million books around the world on Amazon and lowing the price wouldn't influence on your sells at all.
What is the decision? You have to find a good promotion sites or blogs where you can post your book and where people could understand what about your story and what genre it has. If people will promote your book in a wrong way, it also won't have sold because readers can disappoint about the plot, the site promised them one thing and once they reached the book on Amazon, they realized, the plot did not confirm their expectations. So be wise to choose a promoter. I suppose a promoter must be your agent as well because he must know everything about your book. That's why the best way if he will buy your book and read it from the first page to the last. Or this is an unworthy thing to make a promotion.
The third debunking in the myth of self-publishing is the persuasion about that if you wrote a book, made a great editing and satisfied with a cover that an illustrator created for you, your sells will increased.
WRONG!
Sells only increase when people are aware of anything that connects with you as a writer and know you as a person through your newsletter or your free books.
Why so many people create sites, you ask me? I tell you why. Because they create newsletters and gather readers who can interest in their books and maybe buy them. Without audience any writer is nobody. The only audience can decide a success or flop for his books, decide how his talent and his style will attract their friends, their family, and other people. You will tell me like this is nonsense. No, it is not. A reader is your guide in the world of marketing and strategy, a reader is a lover of your books and admirer. You must find that reader and make him precious because you tell the story and he listens and no one else. A reader is your supporter for all years!
IN THE END, I must say that these 3 myths that I debunked, my own experience and understanding the problems that an author have day by day. In next time I will try to explain to you how important reviews and other things in self-publishing.
All the best to you, guys!
Sincerely yours,
Olga GOA
xo
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