Authors and readers: you don't need to promote famous people

Indie authors are underestimated and our life is hard. When someone hear you are an independent author publishing on Amazon, a person will say: "Oh, well you are not a real author. You don't have a publisher, you have self-made covers and you are not famous."

That could be partly true, but a real talent could be hidden under millions of books on Amazon. Why should not we give it a chance?

Some authors on social media make the basic mistake of promoting books of famous authors on their pages.

They will share, retweet, or brag about "Fifty shades of grey", "The Stand" or "1984."

We all hear about these books. Their authors sold a million copies, movies are based on books, and extra promotion is unnecessary.

Why do people do this?

Remember high school. Girls wanted to date popular guys, to be seen with them. That guy needs to be more intelligent, but he has the fastest motorbike. He is not an intellectual type, but he is famous because he is a playboy, a big deal.

Now, you heard about Stephen King and you want to share the book in your groups, to brag you read it.

You do it because this is trendy. If Stephen could notice you, why not? Or, do you want to say how you read popular stuff?

Imagine that your friend is an indie author. Would you leave a review? Would you buy a book? Would you share and recommend a book?

That is the so-called sheep syndrome: if everyone likes it, it must be good.

Pushing only famous books and famous authors will not refresh the market. New, better ideas are coming from unknown authors, to refresh the art.

One day the unknown author can sell a book in millions of copies. Then, suddenly, everyone is his friend. "Oh, I know him. He was my friend on social media. I read his stuff before. "

While they are not famous, support people because they will never know if your affection is real.

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