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13269029 No.13269029 [Reply] [Original]

>Get published
>Self-Publish
>Upload to the internet
Which is better?

>> No.13269047

>>13269029
Upload to the net until you have enough clout to publish.

>> No.13269056

>>13269047
The whole book or just some chapters?

>> No.13269124

>>13269029
>make money
>make money
>don't make money

Your choice.

>> No.13269128
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>>13269124
>It's not easy to get published
>Self-Publishing will cost you money and it's pretty hard to get any recognition
>It's free and you can get many readers

>> No.13269218

>>13269124
if you only wanted to make money why would you be a writer

>> No.13269251

>>13269128
It's not easy either to get many readers online.

>>13269218
I'm just describing the economic result of these actions desu.

>> No.13269539
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>>13269029
Get published or follow the greentext and self-publish.
>start instagram or twitter.
>post memes relating to some niche, (could be literally anything but all relating to one theme)
>Build up a few thousand followers.
>"Hey guys, I self-published my first novel. What do you think? Free copies to all my followers.
>If it's not shit, you're in.

>> No.13269572
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13269572

Aside from Amazon, where can I self-publish my novel? Amazon banning "offensive or controversial" material fucking sucks.

>> No.13269708

>>13269572
there was Barnes and Noble, but that was just sold to a hedge fund company for $500 million

>> No.13269743
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13269743

at least with traditional publishing your book goes on a shelf in a store where people will see it.

with self-publishing your book goes on a webpage no one will ever see, buried under all the millions of other self-published trash

>> No.13269775

why is publishing such hell pleease read my fucking book aaaargh

>> No.13269853

>>13269029
Upload as an obscure link on /lit/ before committing suicide.

>> No.13269875

>>13269572
Stick it on your own website along with whatever else you write. Then print a few hundred physical copies and leave them around in touristy spots, youth hostels, train stations, etc. Make sure to print on the title page your website and instructions to hide it again after reading or to pass it on. Hipsters love that shit and you may build a cult following.