Post by account_disabled on Jan 3, 2024 3:35:55 GMT -3
Leaving aside considerations about whether or not it is possible to make a living writing novels , any published book has, potentially, the same chance of being successful as another . By success I mean good sales and good public reception . The fact that some negative reviews arrive is something to be taken into account. After all, Manzoni, Dante and Tolkien also had them: who are we not to have them? In an article on Problogger, which spoke in general about products and the success that can be achieved, Darren Rowse listed 3 elements on which the success of a product depends : its quality the possibility of diffusion the power of marketing And these three elements are specific to every type of product, therefore also for a book, novel or essay. What does this mean? What should it suggest to us? That, perhaps, it is possible to build the success of a book from scratch . That is, making sure that a book has an announced success . No security, obviously, but only being able to obtain high probabilities of success , sales and appreciation.
Product quality Some time ago we saw how it is possible to improve the quality of a book . Among the ways I had listed there was also that of dreaming of success and here I am basically saying Special Data that we can almost establish it a priori. But let's consider another aspect of the matter. Remember the horrible covers of self-published ebooks ? In retrospect, can't we say that they were announced failures? And couldn't we have said it a priori, too? Do you remember Obbobbrio's awareness campaigns on the poor quality of self-publishing books? And the many posts published in other blogs, including this one, against those authors who did everything themselves without caring at all about the quality of their manuscripts? Can't we then do the opposite reasoning, or rather create a reverse work path ? If, from now on, we all know very well what can lead to the failure of an editorial project, don't we perhaps know what can lead to its success? The quality of an editorial product, a novel, a book or ebook is generally given by only two figures: the author , who knew how to write a good story the publisher , who was able to enhance it (read: good editing and good packaging of the book-product) Quality has very specific characteristics.
Audience size Why do those who are successful continue to be successful? Because it has a huge target audience , which is growing more and more. Unless he does something stupid, he will continue to ship successes. What is the audience for a book? If we have 10 people to sell our novel to, we can sell a certain number of copies. If we have 1000 available, the number of copies we will be able to sell will be significantly greater. But who is this potential audience to whom we can sell our book, or who can go to the bookshop and choose it? The book's user base : every novel, every essay, every manual has its own niche of enthusiasts . However small, it exists. If we write an urban fantasy, we are sure that there is an audience of readers who love the urban fantasy genre. Ditto for horror, for detective stories, for love stories, for any other narrative genre. The larger this user base, this potential audience of readers, the more copies we could sell of our book. The author's network of contacts : and here's the thing! Yes, because we return to the usual discussion on the importance of having a blog and at least one social profile , again on the topic of the hermit writer who must disappear from the 21st century, because he is now anachronistic. What is networking? Let's be quick to say it.
Product quality Some time ago we saw how it is possible to improve the quality of a book . Among the ways I had listed there was also that of dreaming of success and here I am basically saying Special Data that we can almost establish it a priori. But let's consider another aspect of the matter. Remember the horrible covers of self-published ebooks ? In retrospect, can't we say that they were announced failures? And couldn't we have said it a priori, too? Do you remember Obbobbrio's awareness campaigns on the poor quality of self-publishing books? And the many posts published in other blogs, including this one, against those authors who did everything themselves without caring at all about the quality of their manuscripts? Can't we then do the opposite reasoning, or rather create a reverse work path ? If, from now on, we all know very well what can lead to the failure of an editorial project, don't we perhaps know what can lead to its success? The quality of an editorial product, a novel, a book or ebook is generally given by only two figures: the author , who knew how to write a good story the publisher , who was able to enhance it (read: good editing and good packaging of the book-product) Quality has very specific characteristics.
Audience size Why do those who are successful continue to be successful? Because it has a huge target audience , which is growing more and more. Unless he does something stupid, he will continue to ship successes. What is the audience for a book? If we have 10 people to sell our novel to, we can sell a certain number of copies. If we have 1000 available, the number of copies we will be able to sell will be significantly greater. But who is this potential audience to whom we can sell our book, or who can go to the bookshop and choose it? The book's user base : every novel, every essay, every manual has its own niche of enthusiasts . However small, it exists. If we write an urban fantasy, we are sure that there is an audience of readers who love the urban fantasy genre. Ditto for horror, for detective stories, for love stories, for any other narrative genre. The larger this user base, this potential audience of readers, the more copies we could sell of our book. The author's network of contacts : and here's the thing! Yes, because we return to the usual discussion on the importance of having a blog and at least one social profile , again on the topic of the hermit writer who must disappear from the 21st century, because he is now anachronistic. What is networking? Let's be quick to say it.