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I'll add to that and say that a very large portion of the best authors likely built an online audience long before they published any books. It was the existing
by charlie0 2y ago
I'll add to that and say that a very large portion of the best authors likely built an online audience long before they published any books. It was the existing fame that made their books sell rather than a book making them famous.
- pavlov 2y agoSomehow I find this proposition surprising and even shocking because it seems to assume that the best authors are young enough to have started their careers within the past 15-20 years when the internet has actually been relevant enough that one could build an audience there first. I mean, maybe it's true, and I'm just stuck reading books by the old farts.
- odyssey7 2y agoAlso, getting a book to be a “bestseller” can be planned [0], further limiting the article’s statement that “in some cases, an author might get a small advance but make a lot of money via a surprise bestseller.” [0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2013/02/22/heres-how-you-buy-your-way-onto-the-new-york-times-bestsellers-list/?sh=249786fb3a7b https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2013/02/22/heres-...