How to be a bestseller Author

I have written a book. Approximately 2 years ago. And it was an utter failure. It was an eBook, sold in amazon for 7 pounds but it did not sell. I was wondering, it is not valuable, experience of a lifetime to be written on paper. But recently I noticed what was the problem. I did Zero promotion, did not do any online presence, did not talk with any salesperson. Mediocre results for Mediocre effort.

Mark Manson, Best "Seller"

Recently I came across a story where a writer faced a similar problem. A novice writer did his first novel and wanted to be successful. With hopes, he spent whatever from his pocket to print his book and to make it a successful one. Yet, he did not find success, he did not make any sale. And he seeks advice from a "best seller author" from NYK. Straight away this author showed him an introductory sales course. Now the novice had questions. He asked "Hey, I am supposed to be a famous writer, why should I be a salesperson?" And the second author far away in his game replied, "Listen my friend, I am going to show you to become the "Best-selling author" Not the best author. Do you see the difference. Selling a book is part of the art. It is different but I would say the most important part of the "Writing career" As a book which is not sold would not give you any profit, no matter how good the material in it is.

It made me realize, what I have been doing wrong, expecting sales with 0 effort in marketing. One thing I should have done is enroll in a sales course rather than start writing books. Otherwise, hire someone to work for me on that end. After all, any author would be happy only when they have fans, reaching out to give a comment on their work. Luckily for me, I started a blog in parallel to the eBook. Although it took years, made me realize, even a blog, to be able to reach some actual people, we need to put massive Effort. Hours and hours of endless optimization of the articles. So, anyone who likes to become an author, I have a warning, "Be good at marketing first". And for that end I have written plenty of "Philosophy" for better experience in sales.

Shop. A good place to start.

How to be a bestseller, Author.

You can start by learning "What is a shop." or "How to build a skyscraper" More even you can deep dive into philosophy of Values, how they are generated. In human consciousness each and every passing second. I think learning it is fundamental to be "rich" in lay terms. Or to be wise in more mature terms. So, becoming a Bestseller Author, doesn't say anything about your writing skill. It just say that you are good at resilience, of the world which rewards, the people who grasp the fundamental laws that it is build upon. Unless you know some philosophy, our egotism has nothing to do with this.

So, here I will invite you to be, the "Best selling version" of whatever you are doing right now. Drop your ego and learn the craft. After all nobody carries anything to their graves.