/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.13655263]

I have just gotten my book published. I published it via my own pocket and ordered 100 books to sell. The service I paid for will see to the selling of the books. I just realized that no one will probably buy it. Its pretty expensive since self-publishing is expensive and it only has around 40 000 words. And you know what? Im fine with that. Im fine that no one will buy it. I have included my email in the book so if one person does buy it I will probably get an email. Dont think that will happen and thats totally fine. Im done with self-publishing. The process was a grueling. Im just happy. I am happy because i just found out my book will be in a library. That is just very exhilarating. That makes me happy. Just wanted to tell this to someone. If you read this far thanks anon.

[Anonymous No.13655278]

>>13655263
If I wrote a book I'd self-publish by just leaving copies around wrapped in brown paper bags neatly and hope people pick it up

[Anonymous No.13655287]

What did you write about? You could probably donate copies or leave a copy here or there in one of those "community library" things.

You shouldn't give up on writing either. Lots of people didn't succeed on their first book or even in their lifetime. Or their first book was great but wasn't discovered until way later. You should keep being open to new ideas and inspiration.

[Anonymous No.13655298]

>>13655278
>tfw the bomb squad keeps controlled detonating my fucking magnum opus

[Anonymous No.13655313]

>>13655263
Congratulations, my friend. It clearly means a lot to you, and I'm very glad that you're happy :)

[Anonymous No.13655317]

Hell yeah fren!

[Anonymous No.13655319]

surly you should be doing some marketing on social media

[Anonymous No.13655329]

/lit/ has charts for nearly every genre of books, so I’am sure there are charts of books for marketing strategies. Maybe you should check it out if it exists.

[Anonymous No.13655341]

>>13655287
thanks anon. This was a very personal one. I was depressed and I kept reliving my school days. I went to a shrink and I freaking hated it. It just felt very disconnected. So I decided to write down my feelings and thoughts and have myself as my own shrink who followed up with questions. After I had done that I just wrote more and made a story around it.

Im working on a new script actually. This time Im trying the fantasy genre and is kinda trying to create this world and a conflict. But its going really slow and i lost motivation a couple of months ago. Right now I feel like wanting to write again so Im going to pick it up where i left of hopefully

[Anonymous No.13655384]

>>13655313
>>13655317
Thanks anon. Means a lot. I dont really have any friends. I have one friend I consider a true friend. We hang out probably once a month or something. It never get weird around him. Even he dont know.

>>13655319
I thought about it but I really dont know. I thought about paying some influencers or people with a following to read and review my book but I dont really want to. I will lose more money than a gain so yeah.

>>13655329
Will look into it anon.

[Anonymous No.13655412]

>>13655263
How much does this cost?

[Anonymous No.13655425]

>>13655412
I bought a service and they take of everything. They but up my book in every major site that sells books in my country and they are the ones putting my book in the library and what not. My books are also stored in their storage. It cost me a total of 969 dollars

[Anonymous No.13655428]

>>13655263
congratulations anon, you're immortal!

[Anonymous No.13655439]

>>13655263
If you give me a link I will purchase a copy.

[Anonymous No.13655457]

>>13655298

[Anonymous No.13655469]

>>13655428
Thanks anon.

>>13655439
I really appreciate it anon. I wrote this in my native tongue so its not in English.

Fun fact: I wanted a pseudonym and asked /lit/ for one. Whoever got dubs decided. One anon got double dubs so my pseudonym became John J. Johnson. I decided to go with J.J.J. So it says "written by J.J.J."

[Anonymous No.13655504]

proud of u bby,
im glad that ur glad :)

[Anonymous No.13655540]

>>13655504
:)

[Anonymous No.13655564]

>>13655263
Good job, Anon. I am proud of you. as long as its not furry erotica

[Anonymous No.13655582]

>>13655564
Thanks anon. Nope. Who think people actually would pay for that?

[Anonymous No.13655595]

>>13655263
Congratulation, you have basically achieved something comparable to what Gilgameš did. You have in a way immortalised yourself and your story.

[Anonymous No.13655617]

>>13655595
Thanks anon. Yeah. Words never die. Dont really think my work is anything special. Its special to me and maybe it will be to a few

[Pessoa No.13655633]

>>13655263
Share it with us, anon. NOW.

[Anonymous No.13655636]

>>13655263
Publish on Kindle.

You can do it for free.

And chances are more people will see it that way than via hard copies.

Good luck.

[Anonymous No.13655642]

>>13655263
I'd love to read it, fren. Can you link the book, or give me some way to contact you and find it?

[Anonymous No.13655653]

>>13655263
Congrats anon

[Anonymous No.13655665]

>>13655263
>probably get an email
Yeah, from AI advertisements.

[Anonymous No.13655700]

>>13655636
Thanks anon. I would do that but since its in my native tongue I dont think it will really fit in on Kindle

>>13655642
Sure would anon. I would link it to you for free if it was on English.

>>13655653
Thanks anon.

>>13655665
That would suck.

[Anonymous No.13655703]

>>13655700
What language is it written in?

[Anonymous No.13655732]

>>13655703
Swedish fren

[Anonymous No.13655811]

>>13655732
Well, I can't read that, but I'm still proud of you, fren.

[Anonymous No.13656616]

>>13655732
I could read it fren, skicka en länk.

[Anonymous No.13656618]

>>13655263
I'm never gonna make it
No, I'm gonna make it

[Anonymous No.13656669]

>>13655263
Very groovy!

[Anonymous No.13657167]

I don't know if Sweden has these, but in the US we have little "take a book leave a book" free library stands. If you put one of your books in there, and it eventually disappears, someone is reading it.
Congratulations on your dedication anon.

[Anonymous No.13657460]

>>13655425
That's pretty fucking cheap dude. Less than $1000 for a hobby is cheap as fuck.

[Anonymous No.13657473]

>>13655732

Anon. I have a dare for you. Take a copy and send it to the Swedish Academy. Just do it.

[Anonymous No.13657496]

>>13655263
You are in the top 1% of /lit/ posters by virtue of this accomplishment alone. Congratulations, my friend.

[Anonymous No.13657580]

Congratulations Swede friend

[Anonymous No.13657666]

Write a blog about your experience with writing it and publishing it. Would read that if it was in English.

[Anonymous No.13657685]

>>13655263
congratulations my friend for you have done what i have failed to do in utter years

[Anonymous No.13658032]

I send you my regards, lovely almond.
These are exciting times.

[Anonymous No.13658260]

>>13655263
What the fuck is wrong with all you people? How is this something to be proud of? Self-publishing just means that you actually failed. Paying a 1000 bucks to publish your "book" is not an achievement at all. Fuck you all, faggots

[Anonymous No.13658285]

>>13656616
Tack anon. Det värmer att du vill läsa den.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1uWYdKHd-UJA1Ixz7FkfJxs_qiQl25CFq

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1BV2C6LVFId5pyET8W3VvRpNYN55oYl9h

The language is pretty crude for one of the characters sometimes. I feel very childish for writing like that but since the character is a teenager I think it fits in. Sorry about that.

>>13656618
Believe in yourself anon. You can make it. Its just publishing it which is the hard part. But follow through!

>>13656669
I feel groovy when I think about it.

>>13657167
Thanks anon. I dont think we do. Well it has been a long time since I went to the library but i dont think we do. Will look into it.

>>13657460
I guess so anon. It felt pretty expensive to me since im still a student trying to graduate and only have a part time job.

>>13657473
Lol i dont know anon. I dont think this is their sort of book. Dont really think its unique or anything. Plus dont think they offer their hands to read your book voluntarily since everyone would do that if they did.

>>13657496
>>13657580
>>13657685
>>13658032
Thanks anon. It feels weird since no one really said "lets publish this". To be fair I sent the publishers a rough draft and not the finished product which I regret over. Oh well. The rough draft was pretty bad. I cringed when i proof read it and corrected some things. I made some major changes and know I think its good. This is pretty exciting times.

>>13657666
Maybe I will do that anon. It will be good to vent. Should I use wordpress or another site?

Sorry anons for late response. I got tired and went to bed. Thought this thread would be dead when I woke up. I have gotten so many heartwarming comments from you anons. It really makes me happy. And Im happy that I have some awesome people I can share this to :)

[Anonymous No.13658378]

>vanity press self-publishing

[Anonymous No.13658398]

>>13658260
At least he did something man

[Anonymous No.13658520]

>>13658285
.........hur gammal är du

[Anonymous No.13658553]

>>13658520
20. Det märks va. Jag vet att den är barnslig. Men jag behövde bara släppa ut saker

[Anonymous No.13658559]

Den biten jag har läst var faktiskt bättre än förväntat, bra jobbat

[Anonymous No.13658594]

>>13658559
Tack anon :)

[Anonymous No.13658614]

Nice one fren. Have you considered publishing digitally (e.g. google play books are something now). My favorite local writer was once a small time writer in local newspaper, writing his thoughts on certain hot subjects. Now all his books are published digitally.

[Anonymous No.13658630]

>>13658614
It's on digitally anon. It's just in the swedish market. I paid for a service. They took care of everything.

[Anonymous No.13658644]

>>13655263
self publishing means failure. gtfo this board.

[Anonymous No.13658796]

>>13658553
jag förstår anon. är svenska ditt modersmål? vissa bitar har en märklig uppbyggnad, men det kan också bero på att man fått hjärnan stekt pga vuxit upp på internet och blandat svenska och engelska under tonåren. jag har samma problem

de två första kapitlen är de (överlägset) bästa, särskilt det första på svenska. det är ett helt annat driv i språket, fritt från guppiga utfyllnader som:
>Jag tar upp telefonen, tar ut hörlurarna från väskans ytterficka, sätter den vänstra öronsnäckan i vänsteröra och den högra öronsnäckan i högeröra. Jag sätter hörlurspluggen i hörlursuttaget, går in i musik-appen och öppnar ett album.

det där första kapitlet har något! likaså början av kapitel 12, det om flickan. stilen påminde om en roman jag läste nyligen, älskaren av marguerite duras. om jag fick ge dig ett råd vore det att försöka förfina och utveckla detta

berätta anon, vilka är dina favoritböcker? och vilka är de klassiker du ratat enligt efterordet?

[Anonymous No.13658880]

>>13658796

Helvete anon, har du läst hela! Jag är född och uppvuxen i Sverige så svenska är det språk jag kan bäst och jag ser det som mitt modersmål. Som du har förmodligen insett är jag inte etniskt svensk.

Jag har försökt läsa igenom den och jag kan inte. Du har helt rätt. Den är märkligt uppbyggd. Jag skrev den här för två år sedan. Direkt efter gymnasiet var klart. Det kan vara anledningen då jag känner mig mer mogen och mindre utbränd både socialt och med skollivet.

Jag skulle nog säga att jag lider av det också. I barndomen och i tonåren den främsta media som jag använde mig av var på engelska. Svensk media jag använde mig av var böcker och nyheterna som Svenska läraren tvingade oss att titta på. Jag slutade läsa böcker typ under hela gymnasiet och försöker läsa mer idag.

Hahaha, jag håller med om att hörlurar meningen är konstig och alltför detaljerad. Det var dock meningen. Vet inte varför jag skrev sådär.

Kapitel 12 om flickan var ganska känslosamt för mig då det var en tjej jag faktiskt kände. Jag ville att boken skulle vara mer dialog-driven och jag anser att det gick bra ändå.

Mina favoritböcker borde vara de som har fått mig att reflektera över mig själv. Det här kommer verka weeb-aktigt men jag läste Welcome to the NHK och älskade det. En annan bok borde vara Om en pojke som jag hittade på bokhyllan. Den tredje är ännu en weeb-aktig bok och det är en svensk utgåva av No longer human.

För några månader sedan försökte jag läsa räddaren i nöden och jag absolut kunde inte fortsätta läsa den. Den var i mina ögon så himla tråkig och presenterade inte en självreflekterande aspekt i de 3 eller 4 kapitlen jag läste. Det jag har förstått är boken känd som en bok som relaterar till tonårs-frustation. Så det var en besvikelse.

Jag försökte också läsa Franz Kafkas Slottet. Den var enligt mig tråkig men jag förstår att det är en klassiker och Kafkas stil är en smak man måste vänja sig med.

Anon det är så himla coolt för mig att du har läst boken. Jag kan inte läsa den. Jag försökte läsa den igen och hela min kropp försökte pressas samman till en ärta. Jag vet att det finns rum för utveckling men jag tänker bara släppa det. Ingen mer självpublicering för mig. Nu ska det bara vara en hobby. I dagsläget läser jag om Djingis Khan erövring av Kina. Sen finns det en bok till om erövringen av arabvärlden. Efter det ska jag nog hitta mer självreflekterande böcker att läsa igen.

[Anonymous No.13658889]

Sold 3,000 copies of my first book in the first month lol

[Anonymous No.13658920]

>>13658889
Damn anon you must be well off. So a publisher decided to go with it? What is it called?

[Anonymous No.13658957]

På ett sätt ville jag hjälpa mig själv. Ibland önskar man att man visste det man vet idag under tonåren. Så jag skrev med den mentaliteten och presenterade musik och tankar som har hjälpt mig

[Anonymous No.13659658]

My Swedish is pretty bad so I probably won't be able to finish it successfully, but I'll still give it a try.

T. finnjävel

[Anonymous No.13659750]

>>13659658
Tack finnanon, skäms lite över den. Har ganska barnsligt språk

[Anonymous No.13659931]

>>13655732
Länka!

[Anonymous No.13659941]

>>13659931
Såg att du redan gjort det. Ska åtminstone skumma igenom den.

[Anonymous No.13659964]

>>13655263
Where can I read it?

[Anonymous No.13660109]

>>13659931
>>13659941
Tack anon. Hoppas den inte lämnar en dålig eftersmak.

>>13659964
Sorry fren. Wrote it on swedish. The prologue is in English tho. But it's more my thoughts and less about a story

[Anonymous No.13660149]

>>13655263
Good job anon. I will not think of suicide today because of your blessed post. Thank you.

[Anonymous No.13660170]

>>13660149
Thanks anon. It has been really heartwarming the congratulations I got from all of you. It feels good to have people acknowledge your accomplishments.

[Anonymous No.13660210]

>>13660149
You kind of have already by talking about not doing it artemis anon, but whatever.

[Anonymous No.13660478]

Congratulations, Anon. It's not small deed to self-publish a book. Hopefully it sells well so you can at least get your investment back. However, don't give up on writing if it doesn't; you can say writing is a gift in and of itself. Best of luck with your next work!

[Anonymous No.13660509]

>>13660478
Thanks anon. I'm very humbled by you guys. Have already begun my next work but it's going very slowly and I think of it as a hobby :)

[Anonymous No.13661167]

>>13655278
Maybe leave copies in cafes and stuff if you visit there.
People are more likely to read them there.
Donating to libraries helps as well since people can request books by an author at a library.