Comments on: Why I won’t buy your self-published book https://buildbookbuzz.com/why-i-wont-buy-your-self-published-book/ Do-it-yourself book marketing tips, tools, and tactics Thu, 07 Dec 2023 21:35:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Sandra Beckwith https://buildbookbuzz.com/why-i-wont-buy-your-self-published-book/#comment-19973 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 18:20:10 +0000 https://buildbookbuzz.com/?p=12233#comment-19973 In reply to Marc.

Heh-heh.

Sandy

]]> By: Marc https://buildbookbuzz.com/why-i-wont-buy-your-self-published-book/#comment-19972 Wed, 14 Apr 2021 18:32:36 +0000 https://buildbookbuzz.com/?p=12233#comment-19972 Love how most of the comments on “why I won’t read your self-published book” are “please read my self-published book”.

]]> By: Sandra Beckwith https://buildbookbuzz.com/why-i-wont-buy-your-self-published-book/#comment-19971 Tue, 12 Jan 2021 15:50:16 +0000 https://buildbookbuzz.com/?p=12233#comment-19971 In reply to Abigail Juwah.

Abigail, it’s hard for us to judge our own work, but I love your confidence and hope your readers agree with you. It’s wonderful that a friend’s experience inspired you.

Sandy

]]> By: Abigail Juwah https://buildbookbuzz.com/why-i-wont-buy-your-self-published-book/#comment-19970 Tue, 12 Jan 2021 15:40:08 +0000 https://buildbookbuzz.com/?p=12233#comment-19970 Sandra, thanks for the interesting counsel. I literally had to judge my work to ensure I wasn’t guilty. I’m a first time publisher. I published my first book on Kindle in October, 2020. The title is “A Voucher for Her Heart”. The best part of my book is the connection to each character. My book was inspired by a friend’s true life story; so, when penning down the characters, I literally had a picture in my head. Readers
can actually feel the life in each character. I think it’s great cos when a story feels relatable, it’s difficult to drop. My book gives hope to teen mums who have to raise their kids alone. It’s a romance novel and I would really love if you could check it out. Thanks

]]> By: Sandra Beckwith https://buildbookbuzz.com/why-i-wont-buy-your-self-published-book/#comment-19969 Fri, 08 Jan 2021 19:22:25 +0000 https://buildbookbuzz.com/?p=12233#comment-19969 In reply to Gemma.

You’re welcome!

Sandy

]]> By: Gemma https://buildbookbuzz.com/why-i-wont-buy-your-self-published-book/#comment-19968 Fri, 08 Jan 2021 16:09:19 +0000 https://buildbookbuzz.com/?p=12233#comment-19968 ]]> In reply to Sandra Beckwith.

Interesting ideas, Sandy, thank you 😊

]]> By: Sandra Beckwith https://buildbookbuzz.com/why-i-wont-buy-your-self-published-book/#comment-19967 Fri, 08 Jan 2021 00:26:01 +0000 https://buildbookbuzz.com/?p=12233#comment-19967 In reply to Gemma.

Gemma, do you think you could barter some services? For example, perhaps in exchange for a cover design, you could write some web copy for the designer. And perhaps you could edit one author’s book in exchange for that person editing yours. (Agents don’t cost anything, by the way.) What do you think?

Sandy

]]> By: Gemma https://buildbookbuzz.com/why-i-wont-buy-your-self-published-book/#comment-19966 Sat, 02 Jan 2021 15:17:12 +0000 https://buildbookbuzz.com/?p=12233#comment-19966 Hi Sandra,
What advice would you give to someone who would like to publish their work one day, but who simply cannot afford to? That’s not to say that I would not be willing to invest money in my writing, it’s that I have none to invest. Editors, cover artists, agents etc are well beyond my scope. (Self doubt and an unwillingness to blow my own trumpet don’t help either, but that’s another conversation.) Should I be content to simply write for myself?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

]]> By: Sandra Beckwith https://buildbookbuzz.com/why-i-wont-buy-your-self-published-book/#comment-19965 Mon, 28 Dec 2020 15:23:36 +0000 https://buildbookbuzz.com/?p=12233#comment-19965 In reply to Debra Wright.

Good luck with your book, Debra!

Sandy

]]> By: Sandra Beckwith https://buildbookbuzz.com/why-i-wont-buy-your-self-published-book/#comment-19964 Mon, 28 Dec 2020 15:18:24 +0000 https://buildbookbuzz.com/?p=12233#comment-19964 In reply to D. J. Irvine.

Fixed! Thanks for the help!

Sandy

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