Self Publishing Pros & Cons | Collab with Published Author Nour Zikra

[@NourZikra]

I had a lot of fun doing this collab with you! Thank you for having me on your channel, Alyssa! 😊❤️

[@AlyssaMatesic]

Thank you so much, Nour! It was such a pleasure! 😊

[@ellisannfox]

Thank you for this video. I have felt very comfortable with the idea of self-publishing, and now I feel completely confident about it! Marketing is not my strong suit, but now I know where to start. Thanks again!

[@absolutelycitron1580]

Omg I love Nour's channel!!! Aaaaaah! Yall are a wombo combo!!

[@etluxaeterna]

yes! i been hoping for alyssa's channel to start branching out and doing guests and other things of that nature so this is a great new step up towards the next level of the channel's future

[@SDHuston]

This was a very interesting video to see one self-published author's perspective and journey on her work. Thank you for sharing this collab with us, and I will definitely check out Nour Zikra as well as I've never heard of her channel before.

[@AlyssaMatesic]

Glad you enjoyed it! Nour is a wonderful person and channel to follow!

[@rowan7929]

You sure looked excited doing this video. As of having self-published three books, marketing is by far the hardest. And I lost so much money with Facebook ads and recently on Amazon, I had to stop them as I had no results. I was nearly broke because of them.

[@WTB_Acts]

Getting my first book out there. Was so stressful. I had to take a break away from it. My anxiety became horrible at points

[@stevstring]

Hello. I just found your channel through Nour. I've already checked out some of your videos. It looks like a really great resource.

[@AlyssaMatesic]

Thanks so much and welcome!

[@WTB_Acts]

I self published my first book. I'm trying to query the sequel. I also have a poetry collection I'd like to query. But it's hard to find agents who want poetry. At least for the moment

[@Gamble661]

Traditional publishers/agents won't touch self-published works unless said work is very successful, then they suddenly become very interested. Just ask Andy Weir, he originally self-published "The Martian". It's an extremely rare occurrence though.

[@mrtdiver]

Does Alyssa think that Amazon is only for eBooks? Does she know that you can do hard back, soft cover, or electronic?

[@michaelperrigo]

If you go with KDP or I think Ingramspark Amazon refuses to put your book in stores or in physical online. Can't remember which but I think the latter due to a lack of distribution exclusivity.

[@bookfanatic9955]

Is it good or bad, when a traditional publishing house takes longer to get back to you, after your submission?

[@rowan7929]

Nothing bad. They are just busy. I had a response after a year from some agents. Rejections of course. Few weeks ago I got a response from and agent after 6 months, her stating she was terribly busy. A rejection, unfortunately but at least I got a response. I had enough who don't. So don't be worried when you don't hear back from them any time soon.

[@bookfanatic9955]

@@rowan7929 thank you so much 💓

[@nathanwall2808]

I have no idea what she’s saying when she’s talking about her print distributor. Ingrams park?

[@absolutelycitron1580]

Ingram spark. Tho you probably figured that out by now lol

[@redplanet205]

Why is Nour jumping up and down? It’s distracting

[@michaelperrigo]

Because this is a fake interview that was spliced together and then the spliced part of Nour was heavily cut between takes lol. I guess she goes up on her toes each time she starts a take😂. Also talks way too fast so you know they're not real time, there's no synchronicity between their vibe

[@michaelperrigo]

Lol she looks like a video game character that keeps respawning 😂 good info though, just an observation

[@prepareforbattle2051]

sounds like she could not get a literary agent, that's why she self published.