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A few weeks ago I bought a paperback to read on holidays. On the cover there were two words printed in bright blue text: BESTSELLING AUTHOR.
And that made me think. Our world is so competitive. Have you every seen a SECONDBESTSELLING AUTHOR's work for sale in an airport book shop? Nope. Authors are either BESTSELLING or JUST ANOTHER RANDOM MUG NOBODY HAS HEARD OF OR GIVES A TOSS ABOUT. Ouch!
And that made me think. Our world is so competitive. Have you every seen a SECONDBESTSELLING AUTHOR's work for sale in an airport book shop? Nope. Authors are either BESTSELLING or JUST ANOTHER RANDOM MUG NOBODY HAS HEARD OF OR GIVES A TOSS ABOUT. Ouch!
posted by pip @ 1:43 pm
2 Comments:
At 1:12 pm ,
Lisa said...
No way Pip! Don't you start pandering to popular opion... maybe those "second-place" authors haven't sold bucketloads of books, but they've been faithful to their dream. And I think in your case, whether you write a best-seller or not, it is going to have an impact on people's lives not just their intellectualising or fantasising.
And really, there only can be one "best-seller" and we all know what that has been to date (and the IKEA catalogue doesn't count because it is free).
All other efforts don't come close.
Keep writing, mate.
At 10:07 pm ,
pip said...
Nice tips & enc. Thanks Lisa!
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