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I have come to the following conclusion.
Not all books that hit the charts are good.
A lot of excellent books never sell.
You can become a NYT bestseller by targeting carefully and working the system.
What is the difference?
Marketing – which equals getting your book/s out there and VISIBLE, really VISIBLE.
Now before you read any further don’t think for a moment that I am whining. I applaud and admire those people who have the marketing skill. I may or may not write good books, depending on your point of view (you can see them below!) but I ain’t got the marketing skill, nor do I have the money to pay some person or organisation to do it for me. I cannot even railroad DH into doing any of it either. (you may say aaaah here)
I receive dozens of blogs each week telling me how only Facebook…
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Nutsrok 
Great article. I decided just to be pleased that anyone reads any of my books ever.
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Me, too. I write because I have to.
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It’s definitely a marketing “game”…a really close friend of mine and I were recently talking about one of my “favorite authors” and how her latest book is PURE garbage…..And believe me, I love this author too pieces, but her latest book got published (in OUR humble opinion) simply because of WHO she is. The book is a weak, sorry piece of writing…oh well…it is what it is…..
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You are right!
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It’s a tough nut to crack, isn’t it!
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Sure is!
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