Why Your Book Isn’t Selling (Yet) — And What the Smartest Authors Are Doing Differently
You did it!!! You finished your book. You published it. You waited for that boom moment, sales, reviews, recognition. Instead, you got silence. No buzz. No algorithm love. No validation. Let’s be real: it’s not your writing, it’s your visibility. According to Bowker’s data on self-publishing trends over 1.7 million new titles hit the market every year. Most vanish into digital noise. But a small group of authors, the smart ones, keep getting readers, sales, and recognition. At Wolfox Global Publishing we’ve studied and worked with hundreds of authors worldwide. The difference between the invisible and the unstoppable always comes down to strategy, not luck. 1. They Don’t Just Publish — They Strategize Publishing a book without a marketing plan is like launching a rocket without navigation. It might take off, but it won’t reach orbit. The smartest authors know this: publishing is 20% creation, 80% positioning. They start with research, analyzing genres using...