: Re: Is it true that good novels will automatically sell themselves on Amazon (and so on) and there is no need for one to waste time promoting? This is what Dean Wesley Smith teaches in his articles

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Coca-Cola is the worlds biggest brand, you would think they are enough of a household name that they don't need to promote but the reality is they spend more on their ad campaigns than any other company in the world.

The link between quality and success is also strange. You don't really need to write anything of substance to make money of a book. 50 Shades of Grey has about as much literary merit as a hustler but still remains the second best selling book in history. As it turns out appealing to the sexual urges of women is a great idea for a successful book.

Another great example is the Da Vinci code, it at its heart is a novel about how Jesus had a child and how someone wanted to trace his lineage. There is absolutely no evidence of any sort that Jesus ever had a wife or child but that does not stop Dan Brown from parading his tripe as history.

You don't need any sort of quality in any of your writings, as is the case with many art forms the prophet is rarely acknowledge in his own generations. Many authors, just like many artist find no success in there own lives and only years after they die do people actually realise how good there work was.

Your writing should be a mirror image of yourself. You should write for yourself and be the best writer you can be, leave the rest to fate.

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