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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

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[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lots and lots of anecdotes online about aspiring authors being denied publishing because they don't have a pre-established following. It's a sad state of affairs

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Isn't the publisher's job to advertise the book, get people to know it?

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 12 points 1 month ago

That sounds hard, just have a popular YouTube channel or Insta or something.