I wrote my book with an American publisher in mind, and kept getting rejection letters. I dropped the manuscript off at a Thai publishing house. I am very happy to say that two years later, the book is going into its sixth printing. If I had just relied on Random House for getting published, I'd still be sitting on a manuscript. It's a tough business.
Every aspiring writer is met with indifference and rejections from publishers and agents.
And then once the book is published, that indifference continues, only this time from magazines who don't run reviews of it and bookstores who can't be bothered to carry it. But I still get rejections, negative feedback still stings, and I am still far from my dream of retiring wealthy. My publisher is too small to cram the book down the throats of Barnes and Noble, and for every person on this planet who has read, or even heard of my book, there are millions who haven't. And all this can be yours. Sure, one of us may be the next John Grisham or J. K. Rowling.