Why Most Self-Published Books Quietly Fail

Most self-published books fail, no spectacularly. There are no bonfires of Goodreads reviews. They simply appear, make a small polite noise, and then disappear to live out their days alongside abandoned blogs, unused Pelotons, and the author’s brief conviction that the launch just needed “a bitmore time.” Here’s why that keeps happening.

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