2/ Coming from a history of starting companies (two), and running A/B ad campaigns, my failures have ALWAYS come from being too bold and doing too much work before getting feedback from the market, NOT from being too timid and asking for feedback too soon.
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3/ A series of small bets, gathering data in between bets, is a MUCH safer strategy than pushing your entire stake into the pot before turning over any of your cards.
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4/ The disconnect between Nick and myself could stem from a couple of different areas: * maybe Nick is lucky - everything he's randomly chosen to write so far has happened to have an audience out there * maybe Nick is skilled - he's got an unerring eye for the market
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5/ * maybe Nick writes at a quicker clip, or has a different trade off between writing and non-writing gigs, so he can write a full series, publish it, and what I would consider "one huge multiyear bet" is - FOR HIM - "one small or medium bet". Not sure which it is...
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6/ ...and would be curious to know. I certainly think that Nick knows what works for him, and am not second guessing that. I'm just providing another perspective, and arguing that HIS method may not be the best method for all. Thoughts?
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1/ I think @NickColeBooks is right that from a financial point of view, three shorter books in a series delivered in rapid succession will be more profitable than releasing the same output as, say, two longer books with a long delay as you write the second.
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2/ But it also depends on what *kind* of story you want to tell. My current series is longer, intricately plotted, complicated books that take a year or more to write. When I finish with it, I' m planning on shorter books.
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