How much work do you want to do to be a self-publisher? Here is one more thing you need to at least consider…
The Irascible Indie is back! She’s emerged from her dark and dusty corner (coughing and sneezing), insisting she must opine on that perpetual bugbear: MARKETING
I’ve just reread four blog posts from 2015, written by my grumpy alter ego, the Irascible Indie. They are mild rants about various aspects of being a self-published (aka “indie”) author. I was actually quite impressed with how well-written readable they are. Anyone who’s interested can find them here:
- Part 1: Writing By Feel
- Part 2: Unclassifiable?
- Part 3: My Target Market?
- Part 4: Who Are the Real Writers?
And now, here are the Irascible One’s views on marketing…
Not a day passes without at least one blog post popping into my reader about marketing — lists of tips and tricks, how-to articles, and stern warnings that failure to market means failure as an author. Marketing is the bitter pill you must swallow after…
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I have a great international marketing background and I sell about 60% of my books overseas. However, I firmly believe that all people (especially millennials) are reading way less. The other complaint I have, along with all writers, is that only a very small percent of readers bother to leave reviews on Amazon. 😢
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True. Sometimes we don’t know what to write or don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings. Other times we don’t have or want to take the time.
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I went to an Author’s Panel on Publishing last year. Very good, and eye opening. But the best quote was “There’s writing brain and then there’s marketing brain.” It definitely is two different skill sets.
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Having now read or skimmed all the posts in her series and having followed a link to this post on “The Ugly Truth” of publishing (https://leonahenry.wordpress.com/2015/01/07/the-ugly-truth-about-book-sales-3/)
I think I’m going to stick to poetry. Die in obscurity. And be celebrated post-humorously. 🙂
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Love your idea of fame after you pass. Definitely two different places sets of skills marketing and writing. Both require require creativity.
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Thanks for reblogging, Pat! And yes, I quite often find myself thinking “Well, there’s always posthumous success.” Or maybe post-humorous!! But let’s not lose our sense of humor!
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Great article Audrey. Pleased you wrote it. Post humous or post humerous-quite clever
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