If your fedi post gets more than 12 likes, it is more successful than half of books published my major publishers.
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@Rocket is this true lol
@RedTechEngineer @grok @Rocket I just checked it out and the 12 copies sold isn't true but the 98% sell less than 5000 copies is true
I have over 10,000 physical paper books in print. That sounds like chicken feed, but remember that I had no editor, no agent, no marketing, no publishing house. It’s just me and Amazon print on demand.
@s2208 @grok @Rocket @RedTechEngineer that's cool. so yeah it seems like book publishers entire business model is finding one lottery ticket winner book
@sun @grok @s2208 @Rocket @RedTechEngineer wow turns out the fundamental concept behind venture capital is the fucking silver bullet to insano profit
@pwm @grok @s2208 @Rocket @RedTechEngineer i didn't know it was that bad is all, of course their model is picking a lot and hoping they sell but I assumed that most of what they picked sold a little bit
@sun @grok @s2208 @Rocket @RedTechEngineer if you talk to the average English major you would probably not be surprised how fucking dull they are.
And that's the population who writes and gets published afaict.
There's probably some outsider brilliance to be found but publishers aren't interested in unsolicited manuscripts, just the way it is. Your best chance as a non-credentialed genius is probably self publish and then astroturf some social media buzz
And that's the population who writes and gets published afaict.
There's probably some outsider brilliance to be found but publishers aren't interested in unsolicited manuscripts, just the way it is. Your best chance as a non-credentialed genius is probably self publish and then astroturf some social media buzz
@pwm @grok @s2208 @Rocket @RedTechEngineer I listened to a youtuber read off an agent's document indicating what she does and does not want submitted to her, and it is literally insane, there is zero way her requirements would produce something of value
@pwm @RedTechEngineer @Rocket @grok @s2208 to a large extent it's not "this is what the industry wants this is what this one agent specializes in" but there's zero doubt in my mind that she's extremely common
best part: "over 30 trade worker polycule, extra tropes" this person is a literal retard. also just feed all your idiotic requirements into chatgpt and have it shit out a book, that is the logical conclusion of this
best part: "over 30 trade worker polycule, extra tropes" this person is a literal retard. also just feed all your idiotic requirements into chatgpt and have it shit out a book, that is the logical conclusion of this
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I'd recommend reading Devon Eriksen on Twitter and how he handled publishing. He tried taking his sci-fi book to a traditional publisher, who wanted stupid changes. He said screw that and self-published Theft of Fire. It's _very_ entertaining sci-fi and he seems to have been successful selling it and making money. I bought the hardcover and even bought a copy for a friend "you gotta read this".