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First that any comments made there will presuppose that there is indeed something wrong - otherwise, why would you be having problems with sales? Whereas it may be that the book is actually selling as well as it is likely to in the circumstances (type of book, author recognition, marketing effort etc.), in which case the comments made on the list will be based on an invalid assumption. Second, and as a result of the first, the comments will be directed specifically at what is believed might be wrong. It's not much help to tell an author: it all looks good to me, I don't know why it's not selling. So the comments there will be looking for anything that might explain why the book is not selling as well as you want. Posting your book there is asking for people to actively search for reasons to criticise the book. Search and ye shall find: there is something wrong with all books, in the eyes of at least some readers (which harks back to my previous post). The first part of Lord of the Rings is too slow (perhaps), some people never get through it. Might it have sold better had Tolkien rewritten that first part to make it more exciting? Or might it have sold worse by not having developed the atmosphere and characters as well as it does? Too late to find out now. In that light I think the criticism was fair (though, as noted earlier, I has issues with the way it was expressed). It may indeed be that some readers could be put off the book by the writing style, but changing that might put off readers that specifically like the style. And, in between somewhere, is a space where you might find the place that satisfies both (or puts off both ![]() |
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Actually, the most helpful comment I got was, it's selling as well as can be expected, given the genre, the target audience, and the fact that it's unillustrated.
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