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How did you market the book and how much did you spend on marketing?

Imo marketing is the biggest road block.

On X and Reddit, for free.

I basically gave bits and pieces of each chapter away as content - then funneled interested readers into DMs and profile visits with link to my ebook.

You wrote a book about a topic that you are very much into, and although it's only 60 pages, you were all about the contents, not the process or the readers. Often, authors just want to "write a book" or "be a writer". That rarely results in interesting books in my opinion.

Agreed. Much like a founder building a company for the sake of being a founder.

Rarely makes good products.

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