Love In The Time Of — Self Publishing Torrent

“It was the age of infinite backlist titles; it was the age of zero discoverability. It was the epoch of believing in a five-star rating; it was the epoch of the one-star review from a stranger who DNF’d at page two.”

This is the applied to the heart. When there are a million versions of “the one,” does anyone feel chosen? The Algorithm as Matchmaker In the old days, you met a book because a friend handed it to you. Now, you meet a book because “Also Boughts” and “You Might Like” algorithms decide you have a type.

So, close the Kindle store. Turn off the “Also Boughts.” Pick up that obscure indie novel with the cover you almost scrolled past. love in the time of self publishing torrent

Stop chasing the wave. The wave is a tsunami of mediocre copycats. Instead, build a lifeboat . That lifeboat is your direct relationship with 1,000 true fans. If you write for the love of the thing—the specific, weird, beautiful thing only you can write—the right readers will swim through the torrent to find you.

In the middle of the torrent, love becomes because it has to fight for attention. “It was the age of infinite backlist titles;

The torrent cannot wash away . It can only wash away convenience . How to Love (and Read) in the Torrent If you feel overwhelmed by the flood, here is my advice for navigating love in this chaotic era:

When an author sends a handwritten postcard to a random subscriber who left a comment... that is love rising above the noise. The Algorithm as Matchmaker In the old days,

There is a famous opening line about the best of times and the worst of times. But if Charles Dickens were alive today, typing furiously into a Scrivener file, he might rewrite it like this: