/lit/ - Literature

https://www.amazon.com/ESKETIT-quindelin-_/dp/B0863V2KCT/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

I learned that publishing is a business like any other, just P's and Q's. Most books (and thus, publishing houses) don't turn a profit at all.

Worst case scenario I sell none and my friends and family can remember me by my art. Most people and species are dead anyway.

>>17683972
I wrote this, it's been going decently and I'm very proud of it.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TGBGGF8

>>17684077
Did you write a novel about lil pump?

>>17684098
lil pump was the muse to begin with

i found him the perfect crystallization of what went wrong with the west, and thought it would be interesting if a character actually dropped out of harvard to become lil pump

none of that happens in the book exactly, however that was the starting premise

>>17684092
>I wrote this
Are you a ghost?

Currently editing my novella and now. Gonna try to shop it around next week to some publishers

>>17684128
Of a sort.

>>17684098
>he does it for free

>>17684077
kek, nice work anon. I'd read it if I didn't have half the Western cannon to finish first

>>17684092
readers also read..

>>17684171
>>17684092
uhhhhhh.
what's this bobk about, exactly?

What's preventing us from running a publishing house together

>>17684189
>>17684171
>if you google the author's name, the first result is an abituary listing his date of death as the day BEFORE the ebook was published.

glowing hard imo

I want to self publish and don’t give a shit about making a profit, but I feel like self publishing gives you zero exposure compared to going through a publisher. I supposed I could buy ads on 4chan

>>17684197
It would probably require negotiating with Fag Gardner. He probably has a monopoly on meme books at this point.

>>17684290
Does this book cover look like a meme to you?

>>17684313
Uhh....depends on what you're going for. Are you trying to go in the F Gardner style?

>>17684330
I'm just trying to draw people's attention with a small budget

>>17684336
Seems neat.

Why does 4chan like the crocodile book so much

what even is the call series

>>17684492
A series of horror books you can read in any order.

>>17684496
That sounds like an interesting idea.
Reviews say there's a mess of grammar/editing errors and shitty writing.

>>17684313
looks kinda like Prophet by brandon graham

>>17684500
The writers an anon from here who have them out for free. Hence troll reviews.

>>17684501
Its based on a military base that does research like super soldiers but it's more about whether technological advancement can satisfy man's search for meaning

>>17683972
PEWDIEPIE GARDNER COLLAB WHEN

I've got two and a half books out there at the moment. Had a book deal before COVID hit, so I had to change things up and release them myself. Takes a lot more work than you'd expect to generate regular sales.

>>17684789
With or without a publishing house?

>>17684846
Without. The publisher I was with had to drop a lot of their projects last February, so I was forced to come up with an alternative. (We had no idea how long COVID would stick around.) I wanted to be a writer, but I ended up having to become a businessman as well. But now I own my own brand, so there's that.

>>17684922
Yeah marketing and management are difficult. I have a business minor and I appreciate the mental work required to make money

>>17684945
Oh, for sure. It's not as glamorous as everyone makes it out to be. Most of the time, profitability in this industry seems to simply come down to time put in once you have your product. Look at the faggot Gardner for example. He's grinding as hard as possible.

>>17684964
>simply come down to time put in once you have your product
As in marketing? I'm thinking about buying some Facebook ads but if you have any tips that'd be appreciated

>>17684982
I've experimented with FB and Insta ads before, but unless you have some sort of promo going on or you have a way for people to buy direct from your website, they're not great for much beyond exposure or gaining followers. You can see how many people visit your profile, click through to your website, etc., but unless you're using Shopify or something, you can't actually tell how many sales have been generated from your ads. Amazon ads are, in my opinion, way more effective, as you get to see all of your sales, right down to, in some cases, where in the US the people bought your books.