I was listening to a podcast interview with Karen McQuestion the other day on how she got her start on Amazon. She mentioned that a reader, who had loved her book, advocated for her on forums and through social media. That specific reader was so enthusiastic about spreading the word about her book that Karen credits her for her start…incidentally, that book was later optioned by a major film production company. In the same conversation, Karen and her interviewer, Steven Lewis, reference the interview with JK Rowling, where Rowling speaks about the woman who read her manuscript—the first Harry Potter that had been rejected by agents time and time again—and insisted that her boss give the manuscript a chance because she believed in the story so much. The young woman’s insistence won over the protests of her boss, and the rest, we know, is a billion-dollar history.
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