My wife releases her 5th book today!
As a proud husband, I wanted to share that my wife's new book is officially released today! We both knew nothing about publishing books before this journey and now she is independently publishing her 5th book and first in a new series. She writes romance, so not my normal choice of material, but I have read all of her books and really enjoy them. There is just something cool about seeing my wife bring characters to life, especially since I do not consider myself a creative.
She did have a photography business before Covid, which fell apart thanks to the lockdowns. That's when she got into bookstagram and eventually decided to write her own books. Its been a wild ride since and she has met a ton of great people. It sure doesn't pay the bills, but that seems pretty par for the course. AI slop isn't helping that either.
Anyways, if you have Kindle Unlimited you can read it there for free. Or you can find her book on Amazon if you want. Sadly, its the best place left for indie authors.
Yay, congrats to your wife!
As a side note, I read somewhere that Amazon actually loses money on books. They sell them as a way to lure in customers to buy other stuff so they can turn a profit. But it isn't a bad move to buy a book from Amazon if you want their business to suffer.
If that's still true then bonus! My wife makes the largest margin from them, so hurt them/help her at the same time!
Big congratulations to her, 5 books is no easy feat!
As a writer, though I've never written a whole book, major props to your wife! Even the "simpler" books are a ton of hard work that people don't appreciate, because a lot of folks imagine writing as "just sitting down and typing away".
Congratulations!
True enough. Editors, art work, beta readers, etc. She definitely puts a lot of work into each book. It's never been easier to publish your book and it's never been harder to get that book noticed.
Beautiful put and so real.