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Self published books are a rage. Recipe for publishing one is fairly straight. Particularly for the ‘staple’ kind. Reportedly most ‘staple kind fall in two categories- soft core romance to hard core erotica. Degrees vary in between. Many proudly claim that such books sell well. Vocabulary used in two extremes is also rather standard. All you need then, is a story plot. Story plots cover humans, vampires, zombies depending upon the mindset you had at the time of writing. You never know which author harbored ambitions of being a Dracula but failed to make the grade. And so on. Fact seems to be that authors seem to be letting out their innermost desires (which failed the test of reality) in such self published books. After all how come a 4 feet 4 inches tall & 200 lbs female(little Lotta) ever make grade with a 6 feet tall stud . So she gets to write a story-secretly imagining that she is that HW heroine.
Now,she dons a specs and declares that she is making authorship as a career. Whatever be the creatures that such authors portray ,as dialogging romance or erotica are extremely wholesome to look at. Female has the HW face that shines in anticipation and the male has 6 biceps errr may be 8, a short beard and a mustache to sport, a tall body ;in short they portray a stud. Formula for writing these plots is simple- male and female are shown at cross purposes(can be of a million kinds) and then they cross over by the middle of the book. The purpose is lost and ‘steam’ takes over. If this is soft core then vocabulary would be soft and if it is hardcore then it would be just suited. “Steam” simply wafts and readers seem to enjoy.
In rest of the book the two protagonists seems to do nothing but ‘make love’ day and night and sometimes even on 24/7 basis. These books can be written swiftly. I have been told by one such author that she would write five such books before day breaks and have their ‘launch parties on FB’ for the next 5 days. Exemplary titles include “Passion with John”, “My flight to Paris”, “Three days of Escape”, “His Biceps and my Steps”,”Lonely Nights”, “Dead Graveyard & Dancing with Martha Stuart(zombie)”,”Three days of dust in Tanzania”. These books are priced keeping the readers in mind i.e. at highly competitive rate of 99 cents or less.
Wow! what glossy covers such books have !
to be continued………
PS: It is very wise to manufacture what sells and this is just an observation of a trend. I do not know how many have noticed it and what comments/opinions they might have on it?
PS: No individual is on focus here and no book name is intended to match any real book ever. This is a general observation written only for the purpose of entertainment.
That was fun to read. I’ve run into enough of these ebooks to almost send me back to the stacks of paper books I have sitting around. At least I know some editor thought they were worth investing in.
Anyone with some money to spare can have a self-publishing book, and can call themselves writers or authors. Lucky for me, I have no interest in the two categories you’ve mentioned here..
Lovely.