I Set a Trap for a Book-Marketing Scammer(rwwgreene.substack.com)

3 pointsby rznicoletil y a 7 mois1 comments

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I Set a Trap for a Book-Marketing Scammer

https://rwwgreene.substack.com/p/i-set-a-trap-for-a-book-marketing

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boznzil y a 7 mois

Half my spam folder is currently from the same group of people, with similar sales pitches, though one also promised 25 five star Amazon reviews for $200 which is scary if true. The whole blog post just about sums up an indie writers journey, having to become a reluctant marketing person, and fighting the algorithm for recognition; the meme nailed it.

Luckily I came to realise after my first book that writing was not about the sales (though that was the starting goal), but about finally putting all my ideas into a bunch of characters and having them live the life and fantasies I never could in a world I created. I got an email out of the blue this week from somebody who read my free sci-fi novel and liked it, such small things really makes the journey worth it.