Allen, for my first book published by Kelsay, "The Ayterzedd", three Eratosphere members kindly agreed to write the blurbs. As far as I can tell, the book sold no more than a rather meagre dozen copies, but I am convinced that without the splendid blurbs, it might have been only one or two.
The problem, of course, is that blurbs may be useful to get the attention of people browsing in a bookshop, but since Kelsay Books are marketed on Amazon, how is anyone going to read the blurbs before they've actually bought the book?
I am told that what is really needed is a "marketing plan", but I wouldn't know what one of those might be even if it bit me in the ankle.
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