Felicite Lilly's Blog - Posts Tagged "pulling-a-book"

I recently released a new book in a genre that I know is overrun with writers. However, I decided to go through with it. Turns out my editor didn't do his job well enough and I am now getting a lot of negative reviews. I will say the only reviews I've gotten back from it were from other authors, so they are more susceptible to picking up on the writing nuances than maybe other readers. However, I am now at a cross roads. I am going to have someone else edit the book and I am going to rework it. But do I pull it from the shelves? Do I leave it for now?
My books are like little children to me. I don't want to pull their plugs! It's okay to make them better, but what if I pull them...maybe something happens and they never make it back out there.
The life and love of a book is not to be diminished. They are so important...to all of us.