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RE: Is Steemit the Future of Self-Publishing? (A Veteran Author’s Opinion)
As long as you can get the traffic, and subsequently active readers, then I think Steemit is a great place to launch a variety of written works. The feedback can be invaluable, but only as long as it pans out into people reading your content. It also helps that you're a heck of a writer too :)
Huge compliment, man, I appreciate that. Yes, you're spot on, you must build a readership base before you attempt a book launch for it to be successful. I know it can be tempting for authors to release a completed book right away but if you have patience and build that following first it pays huge dividends. Thanks!
It's best to worry more about the feedback and critique, than the votes and monetary reward. At least from an author's standpoint. Steemit success will come as long as you're sincere and working on something that entertains, inspires, enlightens, etc. But Steemit can be a valuable means of building a long-term investment and providing funds for taking something you create here to the next level.
Absolutely correct. The feedback I received during the beta reader phase of this book project was so good that I didn't even need to hire a professional editor. Just the act of having an incentive to write every single day makes you a much better writer. Each word you write pays long term dividends.
Success and failure on Steemit can be a confusing endeavor. The mistakes I've made in the past has been to post a new storyline with only the first segment ready. Then I've allowed the votes and money to cloud my judgement and not continue on with what might be the makings of a good book or short story. A good idea might be to have 3 to 5 parts ready first and release them daily. Then look for the positive and negative from what transpires.
This is all over a year old now. There's been so much great yarn spun in that time, it's too bad someone doesn't come up with a brilliant idea to funnel some of it into the right channels and get it published for real. The authors always have the means to do it themselves, but maybe some good ole fashioned publishing could help the writers, as well as shine the light on how great Steemit really is.
Loved this thread. I'm very interested in how all this will play out in this space, and I have the feeling we're just starting to see the possibilities.
You could pimp out your account to other indie writers who do not have a following on steemit and host their content chapter by chapter. Better yet, create a new account that does exactly that, produce content that is only chapters of indie writers.