I’ve been self-publishing for a little over a year now. I don’t pretend to be an expert, but at this point in my career, I’m comfortable sharing what I think are a few pieces of bad self-publishing advice– though I think the fact that they’re bad self-publishing advice is common sense in some cases! 1. Publish your first draft. The faster you publish, the better you do in self-publishing, right? I’ve heard the same things, but realistically, your career is hardly going to take off if you publish a book before you’ve smoothed out the plot inconsistencies. Readers won’t want to pick up your next one. 2. Post your book on KDP and other platforms ~stealthily.~ Let the algorithms do the work for you! Not so much. At a certain point, with reviews posted, a backlist, also-boughts kicking in, and the right keywords, new […]