Review: great for first time published books and those wanting bigger audiences
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 28, 2013
This is a book that gives you 40 writers stories of how they self published and have begun or are established writers now. I got the book for 1 particular writer as I like his having went through about 4 transformations to become a successful fantasy writer.From reading this I gather that one major pitfall of having a publisher is they do not usually compensate well for kindle/epub sales and negotiating to keep them yourself is hard unless you are well established (and thus past the help of the book). If, as a newish writer, you do not learn at least a handful of tricks to garner more sales and at least a bit more of those sales then you will undoubtedly stumble upon your own path or be happy that you have an audience that likes your work. Not being a writer but having a thousand books or so, and having broken bread and drunk some beer with 8 or 10, I know what I like and what I do not. In my mind pacing is 60% of the battle so take it from a multi subject reader that early success is no more an indicator than it is to an actor. Get the book, read the stories and sell more books...shu