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Re:Why most non-fiction authors don't make any money by krmmalik on Saturday April 17, 2021 @06:45PM (#26848099)
I gave up marketing the book two years ago after trying for nearly 3 years. SSL certificate I will check out. That must be recent as the site has been running fine for years.

You might have a point about the promise of the book, but that depends on whether your muslim or not. Most muslims who come across it, understand the premise immediately, but still, you might have a point there.

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Re:Why most non-fiction authors don't make any money by rjyoungling on Monday April 19, 2021 @07:02AM (#26861295)
Did you use beta readers? This is just one of our posts.

We talk more about the mechanics of useful books here.¹

Unfortunately, if it's not organically growing, it's not getting word of mouth, and if it's not getting word of mouth, it's just not that useful.

Either people don't have the problem you think they have, your book doesn't solve it, or the audience isn't right (in which case people don't run into people they can recommend the book to.)

Notes ¹ https://writeusefulbooks.com/resources/designing-nonfiction-...

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