The most difficult part - Marketing

My book has been out two weeks and sales have been ok. A little lower than I expected. I realized though that I shouldn’t have been expecting anything. I’m a new author with a new book that few people knew I was writing. I did my best to spread the word while I was scratching the pen to the paper, but my focus was almost entirely on my book. Now that it’s done, my focus has been pulled towards marketing and I feel like an ant that’s been given the task to walk the Great Wall. Fuck.

Still, I have done everything I can think of to promote my book. I built my twitter following to nearly 50,000, I have sent nearly 200 emails to book bloggers, joined many sites, held giveaways, among other things. I have turned into a salesman and I’m not very good at it. I just need to get over that feeling that I am inconveniencing people by asking them to spend $4-$12 on my book. 

Fear. Fear is why I hesitate. It’s why I don’t put myself out there. The truth is that FEAR is just False Evidence Appearing Real. I create scenarios in my head that have no merit. So what if someone says no, if I don’t put myself out there, I will never reach the people that will say yes. So this ridiculous fear of inconveniencing people will have to go away, because I know that the product I am selling, my book, is great! They will enjoy it. 

As will you!

So get your copy here: http://bit.ly/GeneSys