I was concerned, upon publication of Blood In Trust, that the previous work I offered for free, such as The Last Girl, would be preferable to readers because there was no charge. Over the last week, I've noticed that my free work has soared in downloads as compared to Blood In Trust. The book has only been available since April first, and is hardly expensive at $4.99, but anyone with some extra time can download a free book in minutes. However, if a book interests me enough, I'd pay a reasonable price for it. To be honest, I still go to my local library. I don't own a Kindle or Nook, although I'll most likely own one in the near future. When I go to Facebook or Twitter, I'm making an attempt to reach millions of people, and I've seen the power of social networking with my first published novel, Karma House. I was surprised at how kind and supportive people could be and I pushed past my own morbid shyness to connect with potential readers. Of course, for every nice person you meet, there's that one troll who accuses an indie author of spamming. I suppose there are people who get irritated over unwanted messages, but just ignore or delete, don't report the sender, considering that the reporter could be accused of the same thing by someone else. We all move in circles, like Google +. No one owns social networking, even Mark Zuckerberg, but I think it's interesting that you can report someone for 'spamming' but not for being a sarcastic bitch. If that was the case, Twitter would see a drop in membership because it doesn't take talent to be an asshole in 140 characters or less.
I do not plan on becoming wealthy from my writing, most likely never. Nowadays, the appeal of electronic publishing is too strong for many authors, but these people often find themselves lost at sea, swimming with all the millions of other fish.
I was concerned, upon publication of Blood In Trust, that the previous work I offered for free, such as The Last Girl, would be preferable to readers because there was no charge. Over the last week, I've noticed that my free work has soared in downloads as compared to Blood In Trust. The book has only been available since April first, and is hardly expensive at $4.99, but anyone with some extra time can download a free book in minutes. However, if a book interests me enough, I'd pay a reasonable price for it. To be honest, I still go to my local library. I don't own a Kindle or Nook, although I'll most likely own one in the near future. When I go to Facebook or Twitter, I'm making an attempt to reach millions of people, and I've seen the power of social networking with my first published novel, Karma House. I was surprised at how kind and supportive people could be and I pushed past my own morbid shyness to connect with potential readers. Of course, for every nice person you meet, there's that one troll who accuses an indie author of spamming. I suppose there are people who get irritated over unwanted messages, but just ignore or delete, don't report the sender, considering that the reporter could be accused of the same thing by someone else. We all move in circles, like Google +. No one owns social networking, even Mark Zuckerberg, but I think it's interesting that you can report someone for 'spamming' but not for being a sarcastic bitch. If that was the case, Twitter would see a drop in membership because it doesn't take talent to be an asshole in 140 characters or less.
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