This book-promotion stuff is like a political campaign. You work your butt off, and at the end of the day, you can't tell if it's made a damned bit of difference.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It's all about people. It's about networking and being nice to people and not burning any bridges. Your book is going to impress, but in the end it is people that are going to hire you.
My books didn't fit a marketing niche.
Writers say many true things about their own experiences with publicity and promotion.
I always have had a slightly jaundiced view about people who promote books about themselves.
I've never been interested in self-promotion and that side of politics; and if that means people judge that you're less prominent than others, that's a choice I've been willing to make.
I think that business book reporting, it's all Jim Collins, it's the story of victory; it's success bias over and over again.
I think afterall, a promotion video is a piece of work in it's own right.
Having a lot of people suddenly depending on me to get the job done was a marvelous motivator. The book and movie deals seemed to flip a switch in my head, and off I went.
I think I'm more marketing- and sales-oriented than others, and the notion of selling books continues to interest me.
Self-promotion has never been a point, and I'm incredibly inept at self-promotion.