{"id":2899,"date":"2017-04-02T15:23:11","date_gmt":"2017-04-02T15:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.genzpublishing.org\/?p=2899"},"modified":"2017-04-03T15:24:08","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T15:24:08","slug":"give-people-time-read-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genzpublishing.org\/give-people-time-read-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Give People Time to Read Your Book"},"content":{"rendered":"
By GenZ Founder Morissa Schwartz<\/em><\/p>\n When authors write a book, they tend to think that they\u2019re going to have instant success. I was one of them. Right after I self-published my first book in high school, when I didn\u2019t have people knocking down my door, I thought I was a failure. I would never write again (That lasted all of two days).<\/p>\n When I had my first book traditionally published, I tried to have a book signing in town at an arts center. The venue said \u2018no,\u2019 and I thought I was a failure. I assumed that they hated my book and that my book was awful. I thought I knew that this meant no one was going to read my book, that my book was a failure.<\/p>\n But things take time. A few months after the venue declined, \u00a0I got an email from a local library, and they wanted me to do a feature reading there. They made posters and had a whole event dedicated to just me and my book. There were a good 50 readers there, and it was amazing. One of the people there was a manager at Barnes & Noble. And she asked me to do a reading there. \u00a0Now, that had been my dream, to do a reading at Barnes & Noble, since I was eight years old – when I saw the author of my favorite books doing a reading there. Then, I got to do two Barnes & Noble book readings, just from that one opportunity.\u00a0 Those readings were MONTHS after my book was released. Many authors make the mistake of thinking that everything must be done WHEN your book is released, but really, book readings and promos can happen at any time. In fact, focusing on readings after your book is released is better, because focusing on it before can get in the way of the creative\/publishing process.<\/p>\n Instant success does not happen with a book for the simple reason that it takes some time for people to read a book. Even if someone purchases your book the day it is released, the majority will not read it right away (and the majority will not buy it the instant it is released either). So as much as you may want people to read your book and get those glowing reviews right away, it just doesn\u2019t always (or even often) happen.\u00a0 Life gets in the way and you have to understand your readers.<\/p>\n