Being an author is really a tough task

What happens when someone writes a book, usually he gets rejection letters of renowned publishers until unless he doesn't want to pay a hefty amount for publishing. If you spend, they will make you bestseller within a fortnight.

Then, the author goes for self publishing. Publishing is not an issue but the marketing is. "Words of mouth" is a great strategy. In my case, I distributed approx 200 free copies of my first independent work "Kathputli" and asked my facebook friends to read it and write a post or to make the cover page their profile pic for few days. To my surprise, hardly 20 friends came forward, online 4-5 posted reviews on goodreads, only 6-7 friends posted on Facebook, only 20 made their profile pic out of those max changed it that evening itself.

I started adopting some more strategies and Kathputli was a news in print media. I am of the opinion that in India people don't care for a free gift, don't try to understand author's ordeal. They want Hindi to grow but never get bothered to recognize author's efforts. I don't know what treatment an author gets in European countries but being a Hindi author is just like to finish the dream.

"How I got ISBN for "Kathputli" .... In next blog.
Thank you all for reading me.