One downside to selling your book on Amazon is that you don’t have the readers/buyers’ information. You don’t know who bought your book, and you can’t communicate with them. This isn't an issue exclusive only to them if you sell through other distributors. (Where Should I Publish My Book?)
Amazon keeps the emails of everyone who shops with them, and they are not sharing. It would be irresponsible of them if they did. The only access you have directly with buyers and readers is the one you create. Amazon does allow you to create an author page. Part of your funnel can start there.
Am I the only one who used to believe being an introvert meant that you hated people? (Please tell me I wasn’t😅)
Because the internet was still emerging when I was growing up and I just had the voices and adults around me tell me what they thought it meant.
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It depends.
If you’ve ever heard of self or indie (independent) publishing, then you probably know about Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). Amazon’s platform is a massive, global marketplace and Kindle Unlimited, their e book exclusive program. Between the two of them, they are the first and second biggest bookstores in the world.
You can publish a book with them in a day.
Tl;dr yes
If you are online and building a business around writing and being an author, eventually you’re gonna hear about newsletters and email lists.
Here it is. This is that moment.
But what’s the point? Email is dead, and no one reads those.
Actually no, people do, but only ones they want are giving them valuable content.
People have strange misconceptions about what being an Enneagram 5 is like -- even other 5s do. We are the type most likely to lead from logic which makes sense because we're centered in the Head Triad. Everything is thought through, even our feelings.
We don't, if you reference the Enneagram diagram, have a direct link to either the Body Triad which leaves us a bit disconnected. There is a quote I've always loved -- yes, love, a genuine feeling -- from Sherlock Holmes or Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, whichever you like.
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