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>finish scifi novel
>edit it a dozen times
>create minimalistic but aesthetic book cover
>Invest some money into advertising and marketing
>10 months later
>100 sales

>> No.17568170
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>The truth is...

>> No.17568188

>>17568166
Shit anon, for being a 1-man house, it's not so bad desu. You distributed only by Amazon, I presume?

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>>17568170
>The game was rigged from the start.

>> No.17568230

>>17568188
I knew that fiction pays shit and that scifi is especially unpopular, but still expected more sales. I published via KDP

>> No.17568239

your sci fi story has gay lasers right?

>> No.17568245

>dude, you should self publish, imagine letting some bigshot publisher take most of your profits, it's bullshit, you should cut out the middle man!

lmaoing @ your life

>> No.17568251

>>17568230
Anon, having sold 100 copies from an unknown writer with probably non-segmented marketing and in the shitshow market that is KDP in less than a year is not that bad. Call an agent and tell him you did that. He might want to see your shit.

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God, I wish my novella would sell a single copy.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TGBGGF8

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>>17568166
>>17568230
Did you shill for your work indirectly and discreetly? I hear that makes a difference.

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pick related sold 10k copies
you just have to get better at gorilla marketing your products

>> No.17568445

>>17568230
It's all about marketing my dude. My Mom sells microwavable heat bags shaped like blobs with faces printed on them, for $40 each. Attaching a song and pushing for some social media presence with it made her go from 300 sales in an entire year to about 100~ sales a month.

>> No.17568743

>>17568166
Congratulations I hope you make more sales. It motivates me a bit more to see you succeed.

>> No.17569081

>>17568743
What genre are you writing in? Thought about giving thrillers a try

>> No.17569094

>>17568166
Congrats on publishing anon. I know you want more sales but I presume you will get more of you publish more books.

>> No.17569097

>>17568166
Just shill it here like that other crocodile anon

>> No.17569250

>>17568319
I knew what it was just from the link

>> No.17569331

>>17568166
first book? just continue publishing

>> No.17569678

Are self published books copy right protected?

>> No.17569729

>>17568166
That's self-publishing for you. No idea what you expected, a hundred sales is probably not even that bad, compared to the average.

>>17569678
Yes.