What have these authors got in common? Thomas Hardy, Dan Brown, Catherine Cookson, John Grisham, Martina Cole, Stephen King, Lewis Caroll, George Bernard Shaw, Edgar Allan Poe, Rudyard Kipling. Answer. They spent years and years writing books before being published and many more years in the market place before the great book buying public sat up and took notice. The last six authors even resorted to vanity press just to get their books in print. John Grisham spent years in the wilderness frustrated at his lack of success that he resorted to giving tens of thousands of copies of his books away, such was his confidence in his ability. The rest, they say is history and Grisham makes an estimated twenty million + dollars for each book he writes these days. The key word then is patience. Patience and hard work and getting out there to promote your book. It's an old saying but true. The author is the best person to push his own book. Libros International will help, of course we will. But there's only so much we can do. We will send your books for awards and reviews and we will saturate the relevant internet sites with personal material relating to you and your book, feature your book in the relevant trade catalogues and keep knocking on the book shop doors. And we will all be patient and maybe, just maybe, we will get a little luck or a break along the way. However, don't forget Gary player's famous saying about golf. I quote. "It's a funny game golf. the more I practice the luckier I get." G Player Maybe. just maybe. if we keep practicing and be patient we'll get lucky?