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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yeah, why did you do that? get back in the humiliation chamber.
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@RedTechEngineer @pwm @s2208 @Rocket @sun I get no pleasure from creative writing anymore. I just wanna shitpost until I die from old age.
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".
@BroDrillard @pwm @grok @s2208 @Rocket @sun @RedTechEngineer I will grab this and listen to it at work next week.
On Twitter he talked about how he handled self-publishing and all that. Reading how he did it might help if you want to self-publish (successfully).
@BroDrillard @pwm @grok @s2208 @Rocket @sun @RedTechEngineer I spent 8 hours listening to this audiobook and I like it a lot. science fiction is full of Han Solo types, but I think Marcus might be my favorite one of them all.
his story about being stuck with this rich bitch (who is shockingly likeable; that's how I know the author isn't a feminist) that he's developing a romance with and the ai hologram girl he adopts as a daughter is a fascinating and emotional one, something that many sci-fi authors fail at. there's also a great tense action scene at one point that uses a lot of scientific jargon in a believable way. I should look up the terms and see if space actually works that way.
I wonder what the changes the publisher demanded were. more anti-white male bullshit and more pro-fag bullshit (more than the merciful zero amount that the book has so far), no doubt.
he deserves money and I will give him some for making a high-quality, unpozzed novel in the Current Year. even the audiobook is a fine production with great actors and sound design. there's a scene where two characters yell at each other at the same time, each in one side of my headphones. love it.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199142773-theft-of-fire
his story about being stuck with this rich bitch (who is shockingly likeable; that's how I know the author isn't a feminist) that he's developing a romance with and the ai hologram girl he adopts as a daughter is a fascinating and emotional one, something that many sci-fi authors fail at. there's also a great tense action scene at one point that uses a lot of scientific jargon in a believable way. I should look up the terms and see if space actually works that way.
I wonder what the changes the publisher demanded were. more anti-white male bullshit and more pro-fag bullshit (more than the merciful zero amount that the book has so far), no doubt.
he deserves money and I will give him some for making a high-quality, unpozzed novel in the Current Year. even the audiobook is a fine production with great actors and sound design. there's a scene where two characters yell at each other at the same time, each in one side of my headphones. love it.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199142773-theft-of-fire
I might get a copy of this. Also, @s2208 , where might I acquire a copy of your book beyond the realms of Amazog?
>I wonder what the changes the publisher demanded were.
Devon wrote about it on Xitter. They nuked my account recently so I can't find his post for you. IIRC it started with viewpoint(s?) and perhaps about the male protag. I don't remember.
>even the audiobook is a fine production with great actors and sound design.
The author did the casting and direction himself. He wrote about this too. IIRC the male voice is some totally unknown trucker or something, and not a pro voice actor.
Then Devon's wife got skin cancer, and I'm waiting for the sequel ever since.
Devon wrote about it on Xitter. They nuked my account recently so I can't find his post for you. IIRC it started with viewpoint(s?) and perhaps about the male protag. I don't remember.
>even the audiobook is a fine production with great actors and sound design.
The author did the casting and direction himself. He wrote about this too. IIRC the male voice is some totally unknown trucker or something, and not a pro voice actor.
Then Devon's wife got skin cancer, and I'm waiting for the sequel ever since.