Why Authors Fail: 17 Mistakes Self Publishing Authors Make That Sabotage Their Success

Is a hidden error quietly undermining your efforts to sell the books you have self-published? This guide argues that a single overlooked gap in an otherwise solid plan can wipe out your results. Rather than offering tactics for marketing, sharpening prose, or the mechanics of publishing, the author outlines underlying principles that successful independent writers tend to share. Topics include why many would-be authors undermine themselves before drafting a word, how to make a book stand out among a crowd of similar titles, how to finish projects when motivation runs low, and how to build a catalogue that keeps earning for years. The book promises practical steps for avoiding the pitfalls that keep promising writers from the careers they want.