tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post1752892541679462994..comments2024-03-09T05:53:59.542-05:00Comments on Oz and Ends: Proof: The Power and Pitfalls of Self-MarketingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-79864604277550902832009-11-08T20:23:37.861-05:002009-11-08T20:23:37.861-05:00That reminded me to put my “self-publishing and ot...That reminded me to put my “self-publishing and other ways to lose all your money” tag on this post. <br /><br />I’m curious to see where CLE’s writing career goes from here, now that his first two-book contract has been fulfilled. He got a fair amount of press with his own story for book one, but I haven’t seen it make a splash literarily.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-11597201731734246552009-11-08T19:38:15.485-05:002009-11-08T19:38:15.485-05:00For every story like this of a self-published, sel...For every story like this of a self-published, self-promoter finding themselves a traditional publisher, there are hundreds of stories of self-published, self-promoters who didn't. Unfortunately, those stories don't seem to be getting much press coverage--probably because, being more common, they're not newsworthy.<br /><br />Good for CLE, but I feel for all the people who are going to read about what he did and go right to self-publishing thinking that they'll be able to do it, too.Gail Gauthierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673131515563387968noreply@blogger.com