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I wrote, edited, and published-as-EPUB an entire fiction novel. It made about $22, before taxes. I then decided not to bother publishing it in print, due to o
by logfromblammo 9y ago
I wrote, edited, and published-as-EPUB an entire fiction novel. It made about $22, before taxes. I then decided not to bother publishing it in print, due to obvious lack of demand.
It didn't really cost me anything but my leisure time, though. I'm still working on a second one (but I don't feel quite so motivated to finish it in a timely fashion).
If I cared at all about making money off of it, I'd have to hire someone to market it, and then maybe also hire a second person, so that I never have to interact with a marketing/advertising person directly. Making things is fun. Selling things is horrible torture. I pity those startup founders that have to do both, even if only for a short time.
- LaundroMat 9y agoIs the novel still available?
- logfromblammo 9y agoYes, but I don't feel that HN is an appropriate venue for promoting it. More importantly, I don't want to definitively link this forum handle to a real name, as I prefer to post strictly pseudonymously. If you can figure out who I really am on your own, go right ahead and read the book, but there's no way I can tell you exactly how to find it without spoiling one of my principles for this forum.
- roryisok 9y agoThe majority successful authors don't get their first book published, or their second, or sell any copies of their third. This is normal, please don't give up!
- logfromblammo 9y agoGive up? The goal is to write, not to sell. I already won. I just didn't get extra gravy on top by getting paid for it.