Let's Get Visible Quotes

“the majority of readers discovered their favorite author by getting a book for free,”
― David Gaughran, Let's Get Visible: How To Get Noticed And Sell More Books

“Neil Gaiman originally took a strong stance against piracy. However, he noticed that in the countries where he was being pirated the most, such as Russia, sales were increasing, rather than decreasing. With some difficulty, he convinced his publisher to make American Gods a free download from their site for a month. Sales of that title through independent bookstores, which was the only data they could get, increased by 300%.”
― David Gaughran, Let's Get Visible: How To Get Noticed And Sell More Books

“How do we get noticed without driving ourselves crazy or crossing our own ethical boundaries? How do we make our books visible without spending so much time on promotion that we have nothing left for writing?”
― David Gaughran, Let's Get Visible: How To Get Noticed And Sell More Books

“probably the biggest complaint authors have in this brave new world is not sales (or the lack thereof) but the constant promotion that eats so much into precious writing time.”
― David Gaughran, Let's Get Visible: How To Get Noticed And Sell More Books

“I see self-publishers as the canary in the coal mine. Thousands of us, all around the world, are trying new things all the time and sharing the results. We are mostly one-person operations, so we can make and implement decisions on the fly. As such, we’re always a step or two ahead of large publishers.”
― David Gaughran, Let's Get Visible: How To Get Noticed And Sell More Books