I got my first review from someone I don't know yesterday. I was hoping for some kind of actual review, some analysis of my work by someone who'd read it--no such luck. It was a "not my cup of tea" review--didn't even leave a star rating. I'm really irritated by this, but the issue with this particular reader was that it was a sci-fi story and they don't like that genre. Of course, if they had taken the time to read the description on the book's page, or the genre tags that label it "cyberpunk" there would have been less confusion. It seems reasonable to expect a potential reader of fiction to fucking READ the book's description.
Regardless, I made some changes to how the book is labeled (making the primary tag cyberpunk and the secondary hard-boiled detective). I also made some quick changes to the short description to reflect the science fiction setting.
The more experience I have with this internet publishing, the more I become convinced it's not for me. I hate having to hang on every little movement of the book, which I spent countless hours writing and polishing, just to find out that people still aren't reading it. Honestly, it might as well still be sitting in the dark recesses of my hard drive, never to see the light of day. It doesn't make much difference.
I guess now I should focus on creating something full-length and getting an agent/publisher. The ups and downs of epublishing are killing me. Just can't take it.
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