I'm in an odd place.
On the one hand, I'm enthused. Since putting puppet | STRINGS on sale, it has been read and reviewed by several people. The reviews have been overwhelmingly positive (I'll post a few on the blog soon).
On the other hand, I'm depressed. I have worked hard to publicise the book, yet sales have been very poor. I have run Amazon advertising campaigns (both in the UK and the US), discount offers (via 'Hello books' and others) and heavily posted on both Facebook and Twitter. I have literally spent every spare penny I have (and more), but currently my return is a fraction of a fraction.
Before deciding to take the self-published route, I had queried literary agents in the UK but met with very little interest. This is, I believe, par for the course, but still demoralising.
However, in the light of the positive reviews I have had, by belief in the book itself has been thoroughly rekindled (no pun intended).
I've decided to pull puppet | STRINGS from sale on Amazon, Kobo, B&N and Google and go back to querying agents again.
Wish me luck - things could get bumpy!
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