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What are your options if your book is going to take years of work and you don't already have a following?
by Zonulet 7y ago
What are your options if your book is going to take years of work and you don't already have a following?
- Cerium 7y agoStart with something smaller or find an interested wealthy patron. Same options as if I wanted to start a business that will take years of development to achieve traction. How does anyone get a following? You build it over time.
- Zonulet 7y agoI can assure you there are a lot of great books that would not have been written if the authors first had to either 1. become beloved enough on the internet that they could crowdfund their income for five years or 2. somehow secure a "wealthy patron" who wanted to finance it (I can imagine a pretty fierce competition for that pretty rare beast).
- Scarblac 7y agoHow does copyright help with that scenario?
- falcolas 7y agoAll of the authors I currently follow did exactly this. Word of mouth, some basic marketing, utilizing their contacts and their followers. The internet doesn't only support zeitgeists, they also support niche communities which spring up out of nowhere.