Ebooks and (the Lack of) Success

I love my books, both paper backs and ebooks, some more than others, but I do have feelings for all of them. However, I may feel the most for my ebooks as they were written and designed without the interference of editors or publishers. To write and create them gave me a feeling of freedom and creativity that was quite seductive.

Because I liked the process so much I kind of "forgot" that the mechanics of the book market do not favor books that haven't been through the ordinary marketing processes. My books never had the chance of becoming well known because I never had the reviews that creates fame. However, some of my readers have published favorable reviews of some of the books, which of course made me proud like a mother of her kids who are doing well in school

OK, fame begets fame, sale begets sale, etc., etc. and I couldn't afford a literary agent or had social connections to the press. That's the weak spot in this kind of publishing: The book may be all right - or even more - but it's "invisible" which means that one only sells a few and that it's forgotten before it's time - so to speak .... Still, I love my books and feel that they are worthy of being published. However, that's how all authors feel and it isn't in itself a proof that one is right. If I read them some years from now I may find that I hate them. I don't think so, but it may happen ....