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Old Jun 13, 2020, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by newtus View Post
I should celebrate victories and whatnot in between everything going on with me, but it’s hard.

But a couple good news...

I got a barcode from Bowkers, which is the official company of the U.S. ISBN Agency, for books. So my last book is officially in the US system of ISBN/books.

Along those lines, I’ve partnered with a company called IngramSpark which is a book distribution company to distribute my book to stores, like Barnes & noble, etc, libraries, schools, universities, etc all over the world including the USA. Which, I had to pay a flat fee for, but it’s because I’m self publishing, instead of working with a publisher ATM (at the moment) who would pay me a flat sale price to publish my books, market them, etc.

But idk I feel not accomplished still. I feel like a fake cuz I’m self publishing.
Michael Crichton was rejected by 30 agents before he got one. He used to carry around one of those letters as motivation. Apparently, he had no talent. Ditto, JK Rowling. She will never amount to anything. Literary agents are not very good at identifying talent. Obviously.

Congrats on the ISBN number. That is awesome.
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