That might have been the case twenty years ago, but it’s no longer true at all. “Most people who self-publish do so because no one else will do it” We all appreciate you so much for all you give to us that the least we can do is read your books and love them. I didn’t realize it was so soon! That’s going to be so fantastic that you’ll have another runaway best seller, I’m sure. Knowing there’s a deadline for Ruby Fever makes me happy, too. This is so far ahead of the curve on being a good book that the others can’t even see the dust of its passage in front of them. Your worst is better than the best so many others produce that seeing you on best seller lists does not surprise me in the least. I like you for being humble enough to know that you’re only as good as your last book, but you really should understand that we know your books will all be fantastic and we’ll give you a pass if something doesn’t work out perfectly.

Most people who self-publish do so because no one else will do it, but your audience is already here, salivating for the next morsel, and I’ll tell you truthfully that if you were running off copies of your books on plain paper and sending them out in paper binders from Staples, I’d buy one. I like that you control it all yourselves.

When some authors I like have changed publishers who changed prices because they figure it’s an automatic best-seller, I have skipped those books entirely. Since there is no publisher to do an announcement, I will have to take a stab at it. It was all you and online ebook retailers. We didn’t have any publisher-backed advertising or marketing. You bought, you reviewed, you posted about it. The term is kind of ridiculous – the book is a bestseller or not – but it sounds impressive. BLOOD HEIR is what the industry calls an “instant bestseller,” a run away first book in a series that shoots up like a rocket against all expectations. It is definitely our fastest selling self-published book ever. It might be our fastest selling book ever. It’s not a totally fair comparison because MT came out in hardback and was a final book of a popular series, while BLOOD HEIR was competitively priced, but an unknown commodity, but I don’t care. BLOOD HEIR sold more in the first week than MAGIC TRIUMPHS sold in the entire release month. BLOOD HEIR sold significantly more than either of them. All books, hardcovers, mass market, fiction, non-fiction, all books. Last week, we had #2 bestselling book out of all books published in US.

Blood Heir by Ilona Andrews