I’m feeling a little bit bitter today. It’s not a feeling I enjoy, so I’m gonna write it out. Here’s my issue. We’re getting hosed. I have literally smeared the internet with words – and 90% of them do nothing for me monetarily. I have one novel on Amazon: Joe Café. I have gotten 25 reviews and the book is rated at 4.5 stars. Cool. I got a review a while back that started “Well written & compelling.” Good, right? Then it said the ending was abrupt and that it was “worth it” as a .99 cent book, but the reviewer saw that the price had been raised to $4.99 and it was not worth that much.
Bad reviews come, and I have enough good reviews that the fact that some random guy thinks my book ends abruptly (a conscious choice) doesn’t bum me out much. What gets to me is the economics. I am not a greedy person. But here is what pisses me off. If you thought the book was “Well written & compelling,” then it was worth $4.99. Do you know how much a sandwich costs?
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