JK Rowling famously published crime novels under the pseudonym Robert Gabraith in a bid to stay under the radar.

When I ask people the second question, there’s usually a stunned silence, and then the inevitable answer: “Wow.The BEST strategy for a book, the one that led to all those success stories I told you about, is to reach a niche audience. Those actually hold up pretty well despite traditional wisdom you find in a bunch of blogs, and I have the hard numbers on that. Because even if you just tell your story, that story will matter to someone—and you should tell it for them. Some Authors go into the process of writing a book thinking their book will sell millions of copies.

This is because hitting the New York Times Bestseller List is expensive, time-consuming, and an immense amount of hard work. That STOPS you from being authentic, open, and vulnerable for your audience, which are all the qualities that make a book great. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.If you read through all the costs and benefits of writing a book and you’re still interested in moving forward, that’s fantastic! There are not many authors that don’t enjoy credit and praise, so it can be a tough gig to stay silent. Gomez wrote his book, The Cilantro Diaries, to encourage young people who don’t have the means for a college education to believe in themselves and find their own path forward. So, yeah—book launch has come and gone, book is deader than whatever joke of the week we beat into the ground, and I want to talk about why the book is so dead. At the time there was a climate where if you published too often, your work was considered to be subpar because you were obviously writing too fast.

This post lays out all the costs and benefits of writing ( and publishing) a book—to help you understand what to expect—so you can decide whether writing a book is the right choice for you. But writing a book needs to be your choice, and you can’t make that choice if you don’t have all the information. But I wasn’t really aware of it until I launched the book, so I’m listing this under as a fuckup because this is important information.Purple Parrot Press FRIEND I Wrote This Book About YOU: Prompted Fill In The Blank Journal For What I Love About my FRIEND. Total US book sales in 2015 were only 256 million print copies, and that includes all adult non-fiction categories combined.

I have a library full of books just from Scribe alone, and many of those Authors have made a lot of money because of what their book did for them professionally. He’s sold hundreds of thousands of copies and impacted thousands of lives just by telling his story. Depending on the business you have and the way you’re using your book, it’s entirely possible to make millions of dollars from it.It’s a perfect gift for your partner if they feel rubbish about themselves or have low self esteem / confidence. Sweet, fun, and lighthearted, I Wrote a Book About You is designed to be filled out by you and given to someone you like a lot--a spouse, a best friend, a sister, or even an awesome co-worker. Based on our bestselling title I Wrote a Book About You, we ve added two new options that offer charming, personalized ways to delight Mom and Dad.