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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
It obviously works for some... but not others. As usual, those who shout loudest get the most attention, but that has little to do with quality... just the persistence of one's personal fan club. It is a very haphazard and unreliable way to promote ebooks--not that any promotion is "reliable", but Google ads would probably be more likely to deliver sales.
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I think there's something of a cap when it comes to potential customers / revenue when dabbling in indie publishing. As there's so many indie books now, the chances of breaking out beyond the few hundred people or so that frequent the various boards is very slim.
Indie publishing is fantastic if you just want to sell a few hundred, maybe thousand copies, get your book read by like minded individuals and receive constructive criticism.
Become a top selling author in the tens or hundreds of thousands and make a living doing it? .....er, not so much
