How to Politely Sell Your Books to Friends

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Many writers are introverts, most hate selling, and it is not always easy to develop strategies for approaching existing contacts. Yet established networks provide real opportunities to reach potential readers and should not be ignored. Whilst your circle of friends and readers will be different, there is no reason why they cannot overlap. There are unobtrusive ways of sharing and so long as you approach sensitively and keep sight of what matters most, the potential upside is significant and goes beyond simply selling your work. You are a writer, friend and acquaintance and these boundaries and underlying bonds need to be properly respected.  If you do so, you will find new readers and enrich existing relationships.

We share what is important to us with those that we are close to. There is very little that is more central to your identity then what you choose to write. My initial experiences made this an easier process to repeat with others than perhaps it had been to initiate. I have found friends to be interested in my writing process, the underlying story I have written and the fact that inevitably to write is to open up about yourself (irrespective of what your book happens to be about.)  Where the conversation goes next can be surprising and enriching. Often times, others have told me about a life experience, a project, or shared some other insight that mattered to them that I would not otherwise have learned about. Your book is more than a product, it is also a bridge. It can be amazing to discover what lies on the other side of it.

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