Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
Winning awards isn't necessarily the same thing as winning over readers. One of the comments in the article was telling:
There are some (note I said some, not all or even most) writers who are highly contemptuous of readers. The reader is the customer. If the customer doesn't want your product, they aren't wrong for not buying it. The writer doesn't have to give the reader what they want, of course, but they legitimately can't blame readers for not reading it.
If your books aren't selling, it might be that the book isn't marketed right, or it isn't what readers want, or it just might not be very good. Believing that your book is great but those %$#^&^* readers don't want it won't help you a bit. No one is entitled to having their books sell. If you're books aren't selling enough, you need to either find a way to sell more books, cut your expenses or get a day job.
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