Low tolerance for low sales

[Nik]

Maybe a little strange - but among most important features, required for being an indie author would be patience, resilience and so on..
If ever, recognition may not come momentarily and it takes time, sometimes years to get noticed. The problem is that even after years one may still remain unnoticed -:) Moreover, just sitting and waiting is not enough. One usually needs to actively increase exposure and pitch his/her book to potential readers through ads and other means.
I mean - magic happens when with relatively minimal effort a book picks up, but the rule is probably this - not very encouraging results despite serious promotional efforts.
Do you have a years-long patience and hope that one day a recognition will come or would you not bother much, if nothing much happens during some reasonable period of time?
Do you have a plan for a peaceful resolution of a Syrian crisis or at least - for promotion of your book?

[Ian]

Re Syria, no. But as for book sales, yes I am patient, largely because I don't see much of an alternative. I have yet to find a promotion method that returns more than it costs (apart from the free advertising, which usually returns very little). If anyone has a magic formula, I am all ears.

[Nik]

Would you fight for recognition or shrug and move over?

[Ian]

Fight? Somehow saying, "Buy my book or I'll punch your lights out," does not seem to me to be a very good sales tactic :-)

Persist, yes, I am trying, and if "move over" means try something fresh, yes, if I could think what it was.

[Nik]

Ian wrote: "Buy my book or I'll punch your lights out," does not seem to me to be a very good sales tactic :-).."

Where persuasion fails, coercion may help -:) In response to this kind of offer, many might opt for buying

[Graeme]

I will persist and keep evolving and growing my skills and assets until I get the results I'm after or I can no longer write.