Books and Blogs · 8 March 2025
Just because you have books out there, does not mean that anybody will buy them. Or maybe that is just me.
I have more than two dozen books out there on Amazon. And I would venture to guess that I have sold about that many books. Total. It is not discouraging or anything like that. It is just interesting. Well, I suppose not that interesting even. After all, I do not do that much promoting or anything like that. I can barely even tell people I have known forever that I have books out there. Okay. Maybe I tell them. But I just do not push myself on anybody.
I suppose that is the thing. In order to sell books, you need to tell people that you have books for them to buy. You need to be a self-promoter. Which is not me. I just do not know how to do it. It is not that I am humble or anything like that. (I try to be.) It is just that I do not know how to do the whole self-promotion thing.
“Hey, did you know that I wrote a book. Several, in fact.”
“That’s nice.”
“Wanna read one?”
“What’d you say?”
That actually sounds like a self-promotion conversation I would have. Even with myself. Still, if I am going to be a self-published author, I ought to at least do a little self-promotion.
I suppose that is what blogs are for. They are for writers to just get stuff out there. Show people that they have bodies of work. Or maybe that is just me. I suppose that I should promote my writing more with my blog. Maybe with posts like this one. (Hey! Did you know that I wrote some books?)
I also need to write and write and write because to not do so would be to deny the gift that God has given me. Even if nobody reads my stuff, I must write. Besides, writing is like breathing. Breathe in. Write. Breathe out. Write.
At any rate.
I had a nice thing happen at school the other day. The kids on the morning announcements promoted my book. Not my latest book, but perhaps one of my best books. (I am not sure since not that many people have read it.) The student held up the book (we have video announcements) and said that she was thankful (thankful Thursday) for talented staff who share their talents. Well, I may or may not be talented. That is for others to decide. All I do is write and publish. Others can decide whether what I have written is worth anything or not.
Well, I am not sure that I have said anything here. I may have just reiterated something I blogged about before. Which is that I am not much of a self-promoter. Or that I need to do a little promotion of my books on my blog. So here is my pitch.
I have lots of books out on Amazon. At least a couple people have reviewed a few of them. Maybe you should buy one too and give it a review. Ooh. Maybe that is an ad campaign.
“You should buy one too, and give it a review. You should buy one too, and give it a review.”
Nah. Too silly. And what does the “too” refer to.
Maybe it should be:
“You should buy one or two, and give them a review.”
Nah. That does not match the subject and object. One is plural and the other is singular. Ah well…
Well, I hope that I have not been too much of a self-promoter. But I do hope that you get a book or two of mine. And whether you like it or not, give it a review.
© 2025 Michael T. Miyoshi
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