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It's the best blog post ever, and it's not even my blog post!
It's from Joe Konrath (JA Konrath as he is known on Amazon.com).
I took John Locke's advice on how to become a successful eBook author and Locke's advice set me back about two months. Maybe more. In a nutshell, John Locke's advice is Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter. But what worked for Locke has no chance of working for anyone else and Locke knows this, but he's trying to make more money by selling something that's worthless for $5. Locke sold more than a million eBooks in 5 months by peddling his writing on Twitter and using hashtags to do it. Maybe Locke was the first to use hashtags properly -- I don't really know -- but now every Twitter post has hashtags and links and no one is selling anything. You could post a link in which you were giving money away and no one would visit it. Locke's advice is worse than worthless -- it's damaging. Follow his advice and prepare for disappointment.
If one wishes to know how to succeed as a writer, read Konrath's blog post. Live it, breathe it, experience it, and never stop writing:
http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2011/09/how-to-succeed.html
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