Book Sales Quotes

“It’s rare that I hear the author blame the real culprit: themselves. It’s hard to admit but it’s the first step toward selling more books and understanding who bears the true responsibility for selling books—the author.”
― W. Terry Whalin, 10 Publishing Myths, Insights Every Author Needs to Succeed

“Here's the truth, simply stated...bookstores are suffering from a serious crisis of falling sales. Don't believe a single zero of all those editions claimed to be 100,000! 40,000!...even 400 copies! just for the suckers! Alack!...Alas!...only love and romance...and even then!...manage to keep selling...and a few murder mysteries...”
― Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Conversations with Professor Y

“Sell through multiple channels. Readers like plenty of choice when they go to purchase their books. Your book should be available in a variety of formats such as every type of Ebook paperback, hardcover and audiobook.”
― W. Terry Whalin, 10 Publishing Myths, Insights Every Author Needs to Succeed

“. . .In a heartbeat, you will fall right into that novel, that poem, the story that you are most in love with right now. When you learn to be able to decide in the moment to take breaks from your internal voices—even though it’s only for a split second—you will be taking your first baby steps toward the full-out exhilaration of living in the midst of the wholly realized writer’s life.

Then all the negatives—yes, even your cherished writer’s block ego trip—will fade into background noise, then you will find silence, and your story will take over. Before you know it, you will be working calmly and clearly for hours, rather than for a couple minutes.

1 hour, not 1 second, 2 hours, not 2 seconds, 3 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours of allowing your mind to come to rest from the horrid, every day, mental chatter we lock ourselves up with—a time to anchor within the natural spaciousness that you already know instinctively, know from deep within will make you feel full inside. . . .”
― Terry Kennedy, The Zen of Marketing Kindle Ebooks: The Publishing Guide To Selling Ebooks On Amazon

“. . .You are preparing to make it possible to live in the writer’s dream, by learning to market your writing skills, your wonderful books.
All it takes is believing in yourself for an instant, believing your power as a storyteller full, completely, absolutely without question. AND, letting go just long enough to create, to break the dam that’s holding you back.
Just a little rupture so your energy starts leaking out, and you start learning to quit dwelling on any the thoughts related to your mental roadblocks. . . .”
― Terry Kennedy, The Zen of Marketing Kindle Ebooks: The Publishing Guide To Selling Ebooks On Amazon