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The Reality of Self-Publishing Writing a novel is only the beginning of a long, often lonely, and deeply demanding journey. Publishing independently means taking on a multifaceted role that goes far beyond words: you have to manage the design, the layout, the promotion, and every single technical detail. All of that just to end up earning a minimal amount in royalties. Those of us who dedicate ourselves to this heart and soul do so out of sheer vocation, fully aware that maki

Are we selling literature or mere decoration? Yesterday, I saw a simple yet revealing experiment by a Booktoker: Instead of bragging about having read 25 books in half a year —a number that makes me wonder when these people find the time to work or if they even have a life outside of social media—, he decided to read a short excerpt from one of the books he was reviewing. The result was as predictable as it was painful: it was his least-viewed video. This small experiment hit