tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post495713816011609316..comments2024-03-18T06:16:18.802-05:00Comments on A Newbie's Guide to Publishing: The Myth of the BestsellerJA Konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08778324558755151986noreply@blogger.comBlogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-77858220029325546842013-12-27T04:58:28.852-06:002013-12-27T04:58:28.852-06:00I've been thinking this for a while but hadnt ...I've been thinking this for a while but hadnt seen anyone verbalise it until now. No more hoops. The system may be bloated but it's been democratised and that is an amazing thing worth marvelling over.abdul j.http://abdulj.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-23019814353209869312012-12-04T14:08:48.797-06:002012-12-04T14:08:48.797-06:00Thanks for the encouragement and perspective. You...Thanks for the encouragement and perspective. You're the Bob Lefsetz of writing!David Laffertyhttp://www.amazon.com/David-Lafferty/e/B00A7DCA3A/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-68578275189167385402012-08-10T00:26:38.287-05:002012-08-10T00:26:38.287-05:00I love the Indie Publishing Revolution, and I love...I love the Indie Publishing Revolution, and I love how open and supportive you are to your fellow Indie community members. I self pubbed for the first time in 2009, and I love the extra income. Thanks for taking the time to keep me plugging away at this side job. And thanks for personally responding when I wrote you a while ago when I was fresh on the scene writing naughty tales. You absolutely Rock, Joe!Katlynne/Ms. Downlowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01430652795188204035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-19137235183009305932012-03-30T14:05:16.076-05:002012-03-30T14:05:16.076-05:00hooray, joe, hoorayhooray, joe, hooraywarren murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06793623109238579958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-51021433001649867822012-03-30T14:03:35.138-05:002012-03-30T14:03:35.138-05:00good work, joe. it's always reassuring to know...good work, joe. it's always reassuring to know that you are on the job. warren murphywarren murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06793623109238579958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-54473456446742808832012-02-25T23:01:48.687-06:002012-02-25T23:01:48.687-06:00Very, very good.
As long as you have enough to li...Very, very good.<br /><br />As long as you have enough to live your life while doing what you like the most, who cares if you're not in the bestsellers list?<br /><br />Where is that "Like" button?<br /><br />:-)<br /><br />C.A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-74984776811315622452012-02-06T15:59:21.263-06:002012-02-06T15:59:21.263-06:00It's too easy to get downcast when others are ...It's too easy to get downcast when others are apparently doing better.<br />But the midlist is a funny place whether you are self-pubbed or with one of the Big Boys. Selling a thousand books is a big achievement there, and if you've done it all without a budget and a team of promoters, well all the better.Lit fic has never been a massive seller, but it still has a niche for those who read it or write it.<br />That was just the cheer I needed.<br />VivVivhttp://zenandtheartoftightropewalking.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-12697027565270659582012-01-31T20:41:52.169-06:002012-01-31T20:41:52.169-06:00Thank you. I've been so close to giving up. ...Thank you. I've been so close to giving up. But now, I'm just about to finish writing another novel, I'm going to start self publishing them. This post has given me hope.Mercy Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07692365669725392422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-49739521547526603502012-01-30T16:19:05.621-06:002012-01-30T16:19:05.621-06:00Thank you. I've been having debates with a fri...Thank you. I've been having debates with a friend, who is very much in the Traditional Publishing camp. For him it equates to notoriety and prestige. <br /><br />I'd rather be my own success, than place it in the hands of a publisher who could botch it all.Jeffrey N. Bakerhttp://jeffreynbaker.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-52651190068553728352012-01-30T04:27:28.205-06:002012-01-30T04:27:28.205-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.electricianmasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18128599026311797232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-25829762207828281292012-01-28T15:27:14.587-06:002012-01-28T15:27:14.587-06:00I'm happy to see your blogging hiatus is over....I'm happy to see your blogging hiatus is over. I look forward to your posts. This one was definitely an inspiration. And the comments are always full of interesting ideas too--like, I could move to Thailand, write books about dog sleuths, and supportmyself in style while regularly making a best-seller list...Michael E. Walstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13191163988056684060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-36103618373593351882012-01-27T16:23:03.677-06:002012-01-27T16:23:03.677-06:00Thank you. You'll never know how much I needed...Thank you. You'll never know how much I needed that encouragement today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-45913520250809439702012-01-27T15:41:45.182-06:002012-01-27T15:41:45.182-06:00@evilphilip said... Talk about every little bit he...@evilphilip said... Talk about every little bit helping! <br /><br />Tell me about it! Our dog had to have surgery to have a (possibly cancerous) lump removed. Cost us $800. My first two Amazon KDP royalty checks will cover the majority of that vet bill.Rosemary Frythhttp://www.rosemaryfryth.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-49540495839502911782012-01-26T23:07:58.272-06:002012-01-26T23:07:58.272-06:00Success will be defined differently by each indivi...Success will be defined differently by each individual. Some aim for best-seller status and will be disappointed with anything less; others aim to just share their work and do what they love, regardless of popularity or income it provides.<br /><br />When I sold 4 copies the first day my first novelette was available, I felt successful. I had taken a leap and shared my work with the world. I'm doing about 15 copies a day, over about two weeks that it's been available.<br /><br />I define "being successful" as doing what you love and being happy.smoberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09901670574133915346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-1475488041614965672012-01-26T14:43:02.312-06:002012-01-26T14:43:02.312-06:00Amen. Hallelujah. Praises. Candy. Cake. Confetti. ...Amen. Hallelujah. Praises. Candy. Cake. Confetti. Let's hope some of the bloats in NYC are actually reading your posts.jenniferlaurenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331319367717631916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-74439980951629894982012-01-25T14:56:12.698-06:002012-01-25T14:56:12.698-06:00Kathryn Stockett would disagree with Joe, I feel.Kathryn Stockett would disagree with Joe, I feel.Coolkayaker1https://www.blogger.com/profile/16480679419271233314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-23915736451538815942012-01-25T12:52:11.147-06:002012-01-25T12:52:11.147-06:00Konrath, the beer diet is making you smart to poin...Konrath, the beer diet is making you smart to point of being a white Confucius man! Excellent post, will definitely buy Burners (already bought Origins but I paid for it... LOL) and as always, you dispense the gospel according to Konrath. I made a little over $800 in 2011 (not bad for a chick who released an unedited series with shitty covers back at the end of April). Most of my money was made in the second half of the year. Scratch that, I didn't make any the first part of the year.<br /><br />I'm looking to doing so much better this year. By May, I should have an additional three more books on the market (all proofed and edited) and one of them is the sequel to my vampire saga which is doing well in a market that is dried up with tales of nosferatu.<br /><br />I live for this blog and am so happy I read it today because I could definitely use a pick me up and this did just the trick. Better than a shot of Jack any day! Keep smiling, keep writing and keep making them Benjamins... you deserve it! ;-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17624296734028156426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-38417184373958030142012-01-25T07:44:54.887-06:002012-01-25T07:44:54.887-06:00Just cracked Amazon's Top 100, Joe! #99 overal...Just cracked Amazon's Top 100, Joe! #99 overall, #91 Kindle E-books, #2 Children's Books and #6 Children's E-books. It was one year ago to the day that I read this blog for the first time and decided to dedicate myself to e-books. I owe you a beer (for your beer diet, no less).Scott Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11276077650234517880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-7225571737133755682012-01-24T19:19:24.387-06:002012-01-24T19:19:24.387-06:00Haven't heard anything yet on the Origin "...Haven't heard anything yet on the Origin "experiment" but I noticed that Origin punched into the top 100for a time, #62 in all fiction I saw it at, might have gotten higher. Sitting at #100 this second.<br /><br />Am I guessing the experiemnt was "look how easy it <i>can be</i> to engineer a "bestseller" given the right conditions...hence...fuck bestsellers?"<br /><br />Just thinking outloud.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.1writersjourney-dvshooter.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Writing Trip</a>David L. Shutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08357694121376734716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-4229161490457905042012-01-24T12:47:55.554-06:002012-01-24T12:47:55.554-06:00"It's the diet..."
Go swimming--it b..."It's the diet..."<br />Go swimming--it burns a million calories and you have some wiggle room. Plus it tones your whole body. Sounds like a commercial, but it's true!kathleenshoophttp://kshoop.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-58399812255900335072012-01-24T12:45:17.936-06:002012-01-24T12:45:17.936-06:00It's such an exciting time for self-publishing...It's such an exciting time for self-publishing. I am thrilled to be in that group that is selling books every day, making money, even if I'm not in the kindle top 100. It was a thrill to be there for 3 weeks this year and it's a thrill to still be on some category bestselling lists (or maybe I'm off...I have't looked in a while).<br /><br />But more than anything, it's knowing that I have distribution, that I can put my work out there that gives me a sense of contentment. My next novel comes out soon and I'm excited all over again. <br /><br />I just hope there continues to be shelf space that leaves room for every writer, self-pubbed or not. You are so right, being hung up on rankings/huge sales isn't helpful. Writing the next book and the next is where our energy should be. <br /><br />I am forever amazed at the people who comment here that have found success in so many different ways and that's what matters--having access to readers, writing the best thing we can, and measuring success in ways that make sense for each of us. <br /><br />Congrats to all here who have put their work into the world! And thanks to Joe and others for your support--indirect or otherwise.kathleenshoophttp://kshoop.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-66745494060840949852012-01-24T12:06:40.708-06:002012-01-24T12:06:40.708-06:00Here is a Facebook discussion that everyone should...Here is a Facebook discussion that everyone should check out. Lots of great talk about the validity of self publishing. http://www.facebook.com/stephanie.starr3/posts/10150503274696451?notif_t=likeA.R. Wisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14848895060244306645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-66097658303723463082012-01-24T05:11:42.173-06:002012-01-24T05:11:42.173-06:00Thanks for posting this! I really need to hear thi...Thanks for posting this! I really need to hear thisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-21782863721927589332012-01-23T22:09:44.963-06:002012-01-23T22:09:44.963-06:00Great points all, Joe. I have you to thank along w...Great points all, Joe. I have you to thank along with my own damn stubborn tenacious self to now call myself a success. Great post. plan to share it on my FB wall and Twitter.<br /><br />Rob Walker<br />"What Mioves Kindle Bks. off the Shelf" = kdp Community threadrob walkerhttp://www.robertwalkerbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-91864914470723748762012-01-23T20:43:28.410-06:002012-01-23T20:43:28.410-06:00You are doing real good in the real world for real...You are doing real good in the real world for real people with your blog. Cheers to you.John Daultonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14025421836196668002noreply@blogger.com