Um so
We set a tentative goal for the number of advance readers to send my book to & have......10x'd it??!
This is the REAL 10x effect right here
"Given the enthusiasm we can aim for more" is what my editor just told me about how many advance readers I can pick 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎
I'm trying to be cool about it but I'm just 😭😭. Please keep sharing. It's also giving me incredibly helpful feedback about what matters to you in my work. Your generosity is a lot. Thank you.
@grimalkina
Great that there is so much interest, but 10 x "a handful" sounds like you are getting up into the _several tens_ of reviewers...
Do you really want that many or is the expectation most readers won't make it through the entire thing and quantity is how you get quality?
@tobychev ... relationship as part of it, like often an executive at a company has an arrangement with a publisher to engage in joint marketing. As an independent researcher and creator I do not have anything like that, which means I'm not giving away books to customers or clients so investing in pure, public audience
It's really interesting, like some publishing presses explicitly would not even consider my book proposal without a company behind it.
@tobychev I can't send copies out to that many people at the moment but it does create a pool from which I can try to do some give aways and other future promotion!
Basically everything is very additive and cumulative with book stuff, like all evidence of enthusiasm makes investing in more marketing more possible 😄 so quantity is super good for me but also I care a lot about quality in reaching people to whom this is most relevant.
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