Beyond THAT, there's a *stack* of books I haven't yet bought whose authors are friends, or which are written by people I want to support, or which just sound really cool. But my time is finite: with the best will in the world, I *physically cannot buy and read all of them*.
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So, yeah: when I see someone saying, in essence, "failing to buy the books your friends write for ANY REASON, failing to come to their events or read their works for ANY REASON, makes you a BAD AND TERRIBLE FRIEND WHO DOESN'T LOVE THEM," I am gonna be PISSED.
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Fuck right off with that insecure, emotionally blackmailing nonsense and take a seat, and possibly several deep breaths. Your sales don't hinge on friends; they hinge on *strangers* - on whether or not random people with no investment in you, personally, actually like your book.
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I get that this is terrifying to contemplate as a naked fact, because it's out of our control, whereas friends and family are, if not beholden to us, then demonstrably easier to influence than a faceless, as-yet-unknown readership. But bullying won't buy you loyalty.
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ANYWAY. That's it from me; I need to have a bath and read my review book - which, thus far, I am enjoying. FIN.
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I feel similarly about art. My friends don't all buy my art, and I don't expect them to. It's a wonderful bonus if they do, or if they even come to a fair/market to say hello.
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