Self-published authors don’t have a marketing problem.
They have an attention problem.
You’re competing with: • Netflix • TikTok • Every other book on Amazon • People’s actual lives
I’m on a mission to solve this puzzle. Join me.
I agree! One wonders if that article was written by AI as it shows such poor understanding of human endeavour
This seems a strange way to describe someone who fought at the Somme, who lost nearly all his closest friends in battle, who drank the nectar of ancient poetry with C. S. Lewis, who wholly & irrevocably re-invented the fantasy genre.
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Self-publishing isn’t the hard part.
Getting people to notice your book is.
Most authors pour everything into writing… then whisper about the finished book and hope the algorithm is kind.
It isn’t.
Unpopular opinion.
Most people who say “I don’t have time” actually mean “it’s not a priority.”
The ones who get stuff done treat time like the non-negotiable it is.
This applies to EVERYTHING, not just writing ✍️
Agree or disagree?
In old Western movies, the hero wore a white hat. The villain wore a black one. Simple visual shorthand so the audience knew who to root for.
That same shorthand jumped into hacking culture:
• White hat = the ethical hackers. They break 1/2
John Grisham’s Gray Mountain
Wall Street lawyer Samantha Kofer loses her high-powered job in the 2008 crash & ends up in a tiny legal aid clinic in Appalachia.
What starts as a temporary gig turns into a fight against Big Coal, mountaintop removal & some very dangerous secrets
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