Monthly Archives: September 2014

All are welcome. I meant FEEDBACK for my book (borrowed loosely the movie title from Clint Eastwood) My editor Geoff warned me repeatedly to refrain from defending myself in particular to non-positive feedback. He said, rightly so, that even the bestsellers received negative feedback from time to time. So take a deep breath; use a […]

High fixed costs can be a “killer” if you don’t have them under control.  It sounds obvious, but this point hit home from my first-hand experience.  I would emphasize the marketing cost since we self-publishers need to do promotion ourselves. For example, printing a postcard of decent quality costs 10 pence. To distribute it to an […]

At a social event last night, I managed to sell 2 copies of my book (Please don’t start avoiding me. I am still sensible and will back off if my potential book buyer is not interested). I told someone that my books are sold out for the night. Technically correct – I only carried 2 […]

My sister told me last night that she wanted to learn Korean. She said she was motivated to understand the Korean TV soap opera which apparently had taken the world by storm. (My French friends in Paris told me that the Korean TV soap opera is popular there as well.) The conversation with my sister […]

Today I asked the owner of the Dose café James if I can put my book for sale at his café.  He kindly said yes and there we are – You can now purchase my book there. Many thanks James. Hopefully it is only the first of many places that would sell my book :>

May I just set the record straight? There is no reviewer copy if you are not a journalist or a book critic. If you are a friend and would like to support me (will be greatly appreciated), please purchase a copy from me. Please note that printing a book is not free and as a […]

It is because Prince Harry officially turned 30 last night. I was not invited to his party so I only heard it from the news this morning (not that I would have time anyway :>). I should have discussed it before, but now is a good time to mention it. The target audience of my […]

It is to strongly “persuade” your friend to BUY your book! It was a close call for me last week. I got 200 copies of my book delivered to me last Tuesday. Out of over-excitement, I contacted a good friend of mine who had promised to buy a copy from me (she will remain anonymous […]

Yes, my colleague Andrew told me yesterday that he had read my entire book! He gave some feedback verbally which I would not mention it here. No, not that was bad! That is not what I meant, people (stop giggling now). Listen, it is because he promised me to write a PROPER review. You see […]

Some people asked me what my expectation on the sales of my book is. My next milestone is 1,000 paid copies in the first year. Then I would consider the book as a success (in my opinion as an unknown author). That is the sign that I have sold my book beyond my circle of […]