@tibianchini
1 year ago
Public
One more blowout.
I'm gonna take advantage of the fact that I'm out here clogging everyone with my thoughts and leaving a few more loose...
I've seen the literary crap and thought about it. The guy buys 200 reviews and can only sell the book after making a shameful scene because of a 4
Ever since I launched my book Out of Time, I've invested every time I can in reviews and pubs. I have found wonderful people who have read my book and loved it (and I am sure the reviews have always been sincere). The person who receives something to read his book always tends to improve the evaluation a little. Readers of this person may think: "She got it to talk about the book, so... Is the book all that, or is she just being kind?"
(And, yes, my book is great; then, read!)
But my book has 17 reviews on Amazon and 11 on Skoob. I have some "spontaneous" reviews - people who read without me knowing and decided to talk about him, people who read because they heard. But that's pretty rare in my case. Most should be reviews hired or from one or the other Collective Reading.
I've invested a lot of money to get readings and reviews, to post on their pages for the 50,000 followers to see, but the biggest returns are from friends who read without obligation, liked and indicated to other people... I didn't sell enough to pay the ratings (and if I'm thinking about the net profit, then yes, it'll make me want to cry...)
Isn't it curious that instead of being paid for my work, I'm paying someone to read it? Is it not sad that, instead of the reader seeking the book, anxious to know the story, the narrative and everything else, he is the author who needs to afford the reading? I didn't write my book to get rich, but I didn't expect most of the readings to be because I paid. But this appears to be the trend of the modern world: people are interested in interest. We buy attention, we buy pats on the back - which is absurd, because the baker does not go to your house to pay you to try the cakes he makes, nor does the owner of the dealership give you a Porsche as a gift just for you to drive and say if you like the experience. Why does it have to be like this with a writer?
(And, look: although I paid for the disclosure, I did not get into the evaluation: all of them were always free to give me zero and say, "I hated it." I paid for "evaluations", I did not pay for "positive assessments").
I follow the bookstagram posts on my books. They're great, kind, well-done. I name them all. But I see the drive of KENP on Amazon and nothing changes. I see sales don't happen. What could be wrong?
Maybe it's just because sci-fi is really hard. Perhaps my book is an undesirable medium - too light for those who like sci-fi, and too complex for those who like fantasy or romance. Maybe my expectation was too high. Maybe I needed to do something ridiculous like the author who doesn't accept 4
There are publis that cost me RS85.00, RS100.00 or RS200.00. They are from people with 50,000 followers, but this does not revert to readers (although, in a way, the bookstagrammers were marked and impacted by my book).
My book is good. I at least think it is. Some authors here, such as Ana Paula and Mari Adriano, loved my book (and read without obligation, and were extremely generous to me).
I'm seriously thinking about not doing this anymore. I'm not looking for evaluations anymore. Nobody respects those ratings anyway, because of one or the other idiot who buys them. No one reads my book because an influencer gave a favorable review. I've got two closed this month, and then I don't think I'm gonna spend it anymore. Any bookstagrammer you want to advertise my book, make yourself comfortable: buy, read, and tell me what you found. I think that's as honest as there can be.