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A writer friend posted on Twitter: “So I’m reading scary stuff like if your book doesn’t have at least 10 reviews by the end of the first week, it will disappear into a black hole, never to return. Is this true?”

This was my response: “As long as you keep marketing your book, it won’t disappear.”

I want to repeat this for the people in the back.

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