These things are true:
Many published authors in the Philippines find it difficult to sell 300 books in a year.
Many published authors don't have 100 passionate readers.
Many published authors will have mostly family and friends at a book launch and maybe 10 real fans or less.
Let's face it -- you reading this? YOU ARE ALREADY DOING BETTER THAN MANY PUBLISHED AUTHORS. Mas marami ka nang readers, at potential buyers ng libro mo. Yes, maybe not as much as the most popular authors here, but any traditional publisher will be willing to work with you. Because kung business decisions na rin lang naman, ikaw na ang safer bet. Kahit 1000 lang ang reads mo. Eh ano kung hindi 1M ang reads mo? Mas marami pa ring bibili ng book mo, compared to a non-Wattpad author with ZERO readers.
"Akala ko ba quality [of story] dapat over quantity [of reads]?"
Compared to an average non-Wattpad author, you the Wattpad author are automatically MORE POPULAR. Ikaw ang "QUANTITY". Hindi ko sinasabing hindi QUALITY ang story mo ha -- ang sinasabi ko lang ay kung ang choice ay between one non-Wattpad author and a Wattpad author, ikaw ang may stats, ikaw ang may readers na, so you already have QUANTITY on your side.
Napapansin ko kasi na may mga authors na sad dahil hindi sila kasing sikat ng iba. Hindi kayo kawawa. (Or not as kawawa as you think you are.)
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Publishing and Self-publishing: Advice for Writers
Non-Fiction[FILIPINO/ENGLISH] Advice for writers based on my experience self-publishing (more than 20 novels as of now) and traditional publishing (more than 10 novels with a traditional publisher, and consulting for other fellow authors). Read and learn, but...
