The Joys of Marketing…
There aren’t any.
We hates it, precious. We hates it forever.
Obviously, there’s more to it than that.
If you’ve been around me for five minutes, you know how much I hate marketing.
If you look at the best marketer in existence … you’ll also find one of the best selling authors, and maybe one of the worst writers. (Looking at you, James Patterson.)
As far as sales go, quality doesn’t matter, only that an author sells in bulk.
As I’m certain you’ve noticed, Honeymoon From Hell came out over the course of only a few months. I don’t even think it was a whole six months.
Part of the reason why is something called “rapid release.” It’s supposed to manipulate the Amazon algorithm to push your book without needing a Big 5 publisher … or however many number they are these days.
How does it all work? Does it work?
Well, it’s made money. Has it made more more than I would have otherwise?
Nope.
You see, back when I first published Honor at Stake, I sold 240 copies of that first book in the first few months. It was enough for me to get a Dragon Award nomination at the time.
However, I have made money buy selling multiple books at the same time. So it works after a fashion. And probably by condensing sales into a tighter timeline.
Personally, I should be selling more. I know that much. If I spent six months pushing one books, I probably could get up to those sales numbers …
And then push the next book.
it’s why I still use publishers when I can. Because between social media, and marketing the books, well…
And you don’t even want to know the ratio of sales to income. Even in self-pub.
I don’t know. What do you think I should do? Aside from quit. If my brain could let me quit, I’d never have gotten into writing in the first place.
No. Do not ask me for specifics of self-pub versus publications. I’d have to coordinate with Russell Newquist or Richard Paolinelli to figure out exact numbers. And they have enough problems without recreational math being added to the list.
As I’ve said before, if you want to be a writer, I can tell you that you don’t. If you have to be a writer, you’re probably stuck with it.
Again, feel free to ask me anything in the comments. If you get an email, you can ping me through the comment button at the top.
And please, feel free to buy a book, or leave a book review. Either would be greatly appreciated.
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