If you believe in your book I would suggest you to get some help from Corey Gladwell. He's on my fb, you can search him up! and his website http://coreygladwell.com. He's a early 30's chap but has been doing businesses since his 20's. So he knows well about marketing and stuff. He's written a couple of sell outs! Check him out & do peep into my profile once in a while!
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I suggest you to write more of the short suspense stories like O Henry(my favourtie writer) does... With all the experience i've had on this field, people like reading suspense and fantasy stories more than love or stories of any other genre. Once you get the true nature of this field, you will surely succed....
All the best for future....

One part of marketing that seems to get over looked is real radio, and real newspapers. Do you have a real local radio station  near you. One that covers your local issues, reports on local events, and local news. If so try to get their book reviewer or celebrity reporter to do an interview, you may need to give them a copy of your book, and a brief who I am thing to them so they have some background around which to ask questions. Get your local newspaper entertainment person to do a bi-op piece on you. Then take those interviews save them on-line if able, and then start hunting down on-line book reviewer people. There are a couple on steemit that do youtube reviews.  Get your name and book out there however you can. I found your page through an OCD Daily: Issue #36, (not a direct link to you), via a bit they did on @petemaguire. I found you via him. So you see, you just need to get the name out and people will find you.

Failing to thoroughly edit, polish, etc., your work is not going to get you a good reputation out of selfpublishing. Many authors make this mistake. When you self-publish, you need to do an even better job than if it went through a publishing house!

there are definitely pros and cons to self-publishing versus hoping your book gets picked up by an actual publisher. as someone who's been writing and publishing for over 20 years now, it's not something that necessarily gets easier. 

https://steemit.com/writing/@bucho/self-publishing-your-book-kinda-sucks

There are indeed complexities in writing work. I have not suffered personally but a close friend of mine was suffered, Especially this marketing and the final sales are really hectic thing. You have t market your stuff all over the internet. Good reads is also a good website for the same. But in the end, I would say I respect all the writers, writing is not easy neither it's whole procedures.

Excellent post

I have no experience with this ... yet. But I think you'll probably have to do both. Read about about doing better marketing. I'm personally trying to grow an email list and followers so that I have "fans" before I even have my book finished. I'd research and learn all that I could about marketing your book and start now. (This post was the beginning.) And then when you think the book is ready and that you've started gaining a following, go take that book to a publisher or 3. See what they say. Make sure it's edited well. Also go on the PAL discord channel and find the #fictionworkshop . Those people are gangsters and can really do a good job answering questions.

Great job writing a book! Mines still in the works!

I am also a self published author, I wrote two novels. It's difficult as hell to promote :/ I organize signing sessions in libraries and shops, but since I'm not well-known, people don't really stop by to even just chat.
My first novel was edited, so I know how it works when you are promoted by an editor, and it's not easy. You get paid like shit and they make profit on you. I quit them and now am self published.
Patience is the key !

Good good and good pos

Yes, you need to work on your marketing skills. There are ways you can market on kindle (a good place to be by the way) without compromising your integrity.

Have a look on some marketing forums and you'll learn more. Making your book free for a limited period, for example, will get you some reviews.

While I have no ambitions wrt making writing and self publishing more than a hobby that pays enough to cover editing, cover art, web hosting and t-shirts for beta readers, there might still be some worth in my hobbyist experience. 

One, every e-book publishing channels has its own distinct public. Don't tie yourself into a single channel. Smashers can help with pushing to a number of channels, and then there is Google play, but that one is a bit of a pain.  For my speculative fiction novelettes, Amazon ended up being responsible for less than 5% of sales.  I am currently working hard on a first Novel sized work, and decided recently to write my book out in the open here on steemit. Posting second or third draft chapters in order, giving Steemit a first view of my work while gathering some funds for future editing costs, etc. So far it's going quite OK. I wouldn't get to hung up about a paper version.  Very few indie authors seem to have significant revenue streams from printed when compared to  e-books. Sure, it's great to have something in print to hold and be proud off, but as source of income, just try out the different channels for e-books and don't discard Steemit being just marketing. Post your chapters, get us hooked, 40 chapters times a 0.05  upvote is about 1.99 as well and the royalties from Steemit sure are better than from Amazon.

Thank you for sharing your experience, it was fascinating. I've tried writing/blogging before and I got burned out. It turns out, I really just have to write the things I love. 

Now, I am on my probationary week as a writer on a gaming website. It's a volunteer position and it's okay for me not to get paid, what's important is that I will learn how gaming journalism works as I don't have any formal education about writing or journalism, just the passion but sometimes passion is not enough, we have to keep on learning.

My dream is to become a writer on games, one that really writes story for upcoming games and hopefully become a self published author too. I wish you well in your endeavors and keep on chasing your dream and don't give up. I guess the only advice I can give is embrace your mistakes and forever grow your knowledge.

When creating content, for me it wasnt writing it was creating videos it was 25% joy and the rest is work. Research: kinda fun, Scripting: not so much fun Audio: not so much, Shooting: a little bit fun. Marketing: No fun. Yes there are a lot of things around the core, especially when you want to make a living out of it. I guess writing is similar.

I tried the E-Book route one time.  Never tried to publish an actual paper copy of anything.  I found that even an E-book was much harder than expected.  And I didn't make more than a few bucks from it.

Thank you for sharing your experience and congrats on having the courage to decide to pursue what you love. 
I have been thinking to become a writer and motivational coach myself. I started looking around and I admit it kinda looked bleak. 
If it is any help, I suggest that you keep going and not give up. But probably you may want to think seriously to start with having a publisher that will estimate your work and do the marketing for you (while you work on increasing your own marketing knowledge and skills). Use your best manuscript for that. This experience will have many advantages among which you will get you a push start to catch the attention and have a place in reader's minds. You can then use that publicity when you move to self-publishing since you will be known and sought out.
Good luck :)

There are some pretty good E-books about this very topic. But a friend of mine, who is actually a pretty well-known horror writer had told me most of his success came from self publishing. It helped him find a publishing house. If nothing else, at least you're writing which is the hardest part!

I am also in favor of your opinion. I have also written a fiction romantic thriller book and published it on Amazon Kindle, but I didn't get any sale from the website. Then, one day a publisher from UK offered me to publish my book for 2500 pounds. I was happy and sad at the same time because I could not afford that much amount on my first book. I would suggest you to first publish some books for your friend circle and family members from an on demand publishing site like CreateSpace and provide them to read it and return it to you, so that you can give it to someone else. Many earlier famous authors like Shakespeare and Tolstoy have done this same thing before publishers finally considered their work.

As with any beginning endeavour,  there are ups and downs before it eventually takes off. Do you have a mentor who can show you the ropes? Maybe give you some tips and tricks to get your out there. Good luck, and you can become as big or bigger than J.K. Rowling.

Last year I was trying to send my book to publisher house, but none get my idea.  Was had a consultation about self-publishing with my fellow writers. Too complicated for me. I must pay the editor, design cover, etc. etc. Publishing a book isn't easy. I talked with some famous writers here and their suggestion to me is to keep writing everywhere. let people see your work.