Somebody had told me once, it is easy to write a book but it is extremely difficult for a new writer to get a publisher. It took me around eight months to write my book, except of course the time taken for the editing, but for last two years I was unsuccessfully searching for a publisher. The day I had completed my book the enthusiasm level was very high, when I received extremely positive feedback on it from three people the enthusiasm reached its peak, but with each rejection it started declining. I saw the writer in me dying bit by bit every day. Whenever I felt very depressed, I gave the book to a friend asking them to approach anybody who can be trusted and who can read the book and give feedback. I took feedback from five unknown people and the positive feedback from them kept the decimated hope alive for a few more days. It continued like this for months when I finally realised that there is no taker for my book.
Around three months back I decided to publish my book even if I am asked to pay money to a publisher. I had almost finalised a publisher and the talks had gone to the level of signing the contract, but on the day I was about the sign on the dotted line and remit the money, a realisation dawned upon me. Even though I was paying the money for the publication, I was losing the entire rights on my own work. Somehow I felt like I was signing the adoption paper of my own child. I retracted.
The only available avenue in front of me was Kindle Direct Publishing. So here I am. Finally my book has been published and it is up for sale. You can grab a copy of it here Amazon.com or here Amazon.in.
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Waiting for your reviews and feedback.