I’ve only just produced the Kindle format of my story. Learned I actually had to download an app in order to make it available on Kindle, which is with regards to Amazon and though I’m quite displeased with the royality payment (a pititatance I won’t receive until a couple of months) am okay with my book finally being available and the positive feedback I’m getting. I’m still in the process of getting it on other platforms in the hope of prolificating my work. Starting off second with Google, which I’ve uploaded and awaiting for them to check my account, which can take up to 16 business days. It is ridiculous how long someone has to wait. I’m losing patience as I uploaded in on the 18th March 2021. It’s now Sunday the 21st and I’m still waiting. Have checked with the agents on Google and they state the same thing with verifying accounts. Amazon is quicker therefore they get my vote. That’s enough with boring you with all the details on my progress.
Whatever positive feats you achieve in your life, whether that be writing or creating a new product, anything for that matter then there should be one constant. Your fanbase or supporters should be those closest to you or related to you in some way. So your mother, father, uncles, aunts, brothers, sisters, cousins, friends, spouses, girlfriend, and even work colleagues should all be the first in line to at least be helping you in some way. They don’t necessarily have to purchase your book and you shouldn’t feel obligated to hand a free book over. The support that those closest to you can be in the form of a word of praise congratulating you on this achievement. This is all assuming you’ve made the step to at least tell them that you were or have written a book, and if this is the case then they should have at least been encouraging you. If they’re not within your vicinity then a call or text will do. It should be then expected that they will either call or text you back, sprinkling a few positive words.
What Kind of Reaction Did I Get?
Due to this pandemic I wasn’t able to conduct a book launch and this is something I wanted to do. So I had to utilize social media and text messages to communicate I had published my book and it was available for purchase. I got a lot of kudos from my contacts and friends stating they would buy it. I was even shown proof by one cousin that they’d made a purchase. My sisters were amazing in all of this with their support. I was even surprised that people, I weren’t necessarily close to, had bought my book. The experience was very encouraging and I was relieved to have finally finalized this. Other friends even went out their way to announce to others that I had done a book and because of this I was able to generate more sales. This helped me a lot and I was grateful.
Know Where You Stand With Others
What had disappointed me was the lack of any response from those who are supposedly my friends and family. Worse still I had some of them saying they would buy my book once it’s out and once I publicised the news on my book they suddenly fell quiet. This has shown me the type of characters they are and that they don’t have my back. Since I didn’t receive anything from them I made a decision to delete some contacts from my phone, including family members, as they’ve proven time and again they don’t give a damn. Others I kept but I won’t be communicating to them again as their silence or lack of interest and feedback is communication enough that they really don’t have my back or want anything to do with me. Overall, and frankfully speaking, my family and some friends have been a massive disappoint for me, due to their behaviour. This is the way you should deal with this. There should be no need to repeatedly call or text them your achievement. One call or text should be enough. Anything else is just harassment and spam. Don’t do it.
This is the art of developing a thick skin and goes beyond book publishing. You need to be ruthless and professional. Ruthless in the sense that you cut-off those who continue to ignore you and you persevere in your business regardless of weather you get support or not. Weather you’ve been promoted, started a business or created a new product then those closest or related to you should be the ones actively encouraging you and praising you. If they ain’t then there’s clearly something wrong with them.