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Originally Posted by Moejoe
Oh, here we go again, the paying the bills argument.
Okay, if you were actually serious about paying the bills with writing why would you write that DRM-laden thing you're trying to flog on here? Even a cursory glance at the market (now or in the last thirty years) will show you that your work is too quirky and does not have any obvious place on the shelves. You're not a celebrity, you have no status in literary circles, and the background story, although interesting, does not transfer to the likes of Tesco and Asda (where a lot of books are sold).
You're defending a system you'll never be granted access to. A system that would reject your work out of hand. They don't want quirky. They don't want individuals. They want series, young adult novels, paranormal bullshit and sentimental romances with a dash of time travel on the side, ghost-written stories with the names of bean-brained ex-glamour models plastered over the front.
Seriously, have a look at that industry you want to be part of and then take a look at what you're producing.
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First off, I don't quite know why your getting so hot under the collar...we've just got a difference of opinion, that's all.
Second, I didn't know what DRM meant when I posted the book up and of course Amazon won't let you go DRM free unless you republish the entire book again - which is a real winner of a procedure, I don't think.
The very fact my book is quirky and doesn't have an obvious place in the market is precisely the reason why I chose to self-publish it. It's also not the only thing I've written.
I stand by the argument that to be a successful author - at this time - you need an agent and a publisher.