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comment by AshShields
AshShields  ·  4159 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Best way to organically spread my writing?

Have you considered the self-publishing route? It's what I've done with my first book (no idea if I'll do it with the one I'm currently working on, I'll see how it goes) and for the extreme lack of effort I put into publicising it outside of social media, it's done alright. I was never expecting hundreds of sales, but I've sold about 20-30 copies now, which I think isn't terrible for where I am and the effort it took.

Self-publishing is a lot of work, but I really like the amount of control it gives me. I would seriously consider any publishing offer, for sure, and with the amount of work university etc gives me at the moment, I'd probably take it, but I can certainly see myself self-publishing other works in the future.