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Victoria J. Price's avatar

Thank you Charlie this was an awesome read! You mentioned early on you have lots of thoughts about readers not following until they do/will like your work and the use of free downloads/novellas etc to convince them - would love to hear your opinions on this ❤️

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Charlie's avatar

I will write more on this soon!!

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Lyssa Mia Smith's avatar

So much of these results were super encouraging, as they seem to boil down to: be yourself. But also, I am in awe of you and your willingness to tackle 1600+ OPEN-ENDED RESPONSES. You are a gem!

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Charlie's avatar

I'm just now seeing this Lyssa - thank you so much!! and LOL it was a labor of LOVE. I'm so glad this was a good read!

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Kris K Haines's avatar

I can’t even IMAGINE how much work this was to put together on top of your full-time job and keeping up with Booksta. Thank you SO SO much for your efforts - invaluable info! 💜🫶

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Charlie's avatar

Omg Kris 🥹 it’s my absolute pleasure to do this. It did take a long time, but every minute, I remind myself why I started doing this- as a huge “fuck you” to the “marketing experts” who charge indie authors for basic, Google-able advice. Spite is so motivating 😇😂

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Shoshana Rain's avatar

This was a fabulous and fascinating read. Thank you so much for putting all this together.

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Charlie's avatar

I’m so glad! Thank you!!

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Juliette Caruso's avatar

This was great, THANK YOU!

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Charlie's avatar

Ahhh I’m glad!! Thank you!!

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Allison Carr Waechter's avatar

Thank you, Charlie! This was so cool to read!!

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Charlie's avatar

Thank you girl!!! I am so glad!!!

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Elayna R. Gallea's avatar

Thank you so much Charlie!! This is invaluable information ❤️

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Charlie's avatar

Thank YOU!! ❤️

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