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nobody said it was easy!

A reaction to an editor of Bookslut.com, a website that reviews novels (yes, I get tired too sometimes).

"Thank you mr. Blackstone, I'll try Open Letter. Words Without Borders is considering a review too.
Forgive me for pointing the obvious out, but a book is good or it isn't good (or anything in between) - regardless the format or form. As the saying goes 'never judge a book by its cover'. A great metaphor. eBook is simply a format, like mp3 is for music. The song doesn't change.
Well, at least I'm trying, right? Honestly: I'm exhausted, but I just have to keep going. And truly, I wish I didn't have to be writing this email.
The US/UK market is not as open to international voices as you might think, unless they are bestsellers in their own country. There's quite a few statistics out there, and articles (even on Open Letter :), see beneath).
So I knew it was going to be hard.
It would actually be a good article to write for Bookslut. What use are foreign authors making of digital opportunities?

Kind Regards, the three procent problem

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