And bookstores and publishers are notorious for missing huge potential audiences. Write it yourself and make all the $$
The Great Gatsby got rejected THREE times...and that was by white male editors. It takes force of will & now self-pub.
The industry bias is an opportunity for authors--to make good work and OWN it
Who buys the first 1,000 copies? Answer that question and you can publish anything--permission not required
The main bias is not cultural or race. It's inability to see new trends at all
actually have a potential advantage in terms of first 1k copies. Writing for "everyone" is a mistake most authors make
When the book is good, it spreads. When people buy, publishers/authors follow. 50 Shades of Grey was self-pub
Authors ALWAYS have to force their books down people's throats to start--especially when they are doing something new
Authors think they compete with each other. Really they compete for attention period. Really you need outlets to promote
Books sell on self-interest (word of mouth) not because publishers. The answer is there
But my point is like EVERY good book ever had that said about it
The people who tell you that are just guessing. The sales will come from your effort alone
One of my clients (a white guy) who sold 4M books was rejected by 25 publishers. Nobody knows. So push ahead
The other problem is people forget foreign markets. You don't have to write for America. China is pretty big
Publishers publish what they think will sell. Problem is they're wrong a lot. It's on authors to fix bad assumptions
Wrong a lot AND hard headed. But that's good: look at Tyler Perry, he owns his own studio because no one got it
There's good money in foreign editions too.
