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Until the stars burn out. Your book will go up on Amazon with the other one million books self-published in the US alone every year, where it will sink without a trace. Statistically, you’ll se…   Top stories for {NAME} [Quora](   [If you are a new author and have written a really good book but have no following, how long will it take for people to notice your book, if you self-published it?]( Franklin Veaux, Published fiction and nonfiction author • [Answered August 10, 2019]( [Until the stars burn out. Your book will go up on Amazon with the other one million books self-published in the US alone every year, where it will sink without a trace. Stat... Read more » [View] 36.7K [Upvote] 351 [Comment] 14](   [What ever happened to Sly Stone?]( J. Danniel, studied Film Theory & Music History at Purdue University (1983) • [Answered June 7]( [Oh, Sly, Sly, Sly, such a sad decline. So much talent, so much innovation, so much waste. What a mess his life became. Lawsuits, drugs, drugs, drugs… He actually continued to ... Read more » [View] 188.2K [Upvote] 542 [Comment] 51](   [Is Japan more advanced than China or Korea?]( CaiLei, lives in China (1975-present) • [Updated June 24]( [Japan is seriously aging. Looking at Japanese society, we can see some clues. On the whole, there is no vitality, gloomy, and people's ideology is relatively conservative, a... Read more » [View] 170.9K [Upvote] 493 [Comment] 121](   [Why can't EXO, NCT, and ASTRO become famous? There is some great talent in those groups.]( Rachel Wang-Hamilton, Kpop fan for 20 years! EXO, GOT7, BTS, NCT Mostly my Bias • [Updated February 24]( [Eh what? All 9 of EXO are talented, all sing, rap, dance, act, model and many more not “some” great talent, maybe for the other 2 but not EXO. EXO are technically the bigges... Read more » [View] 42.4K [Upvote] 169 [Comment] 24](   [How do you tell a senior developer that his code is bad?]( Kurt Guntheroth, Software Engineer for 40 years, author of book Optimized C++ • [Answered July 24, 2021]( [- Better be sure it *is* bad code before shooting off your mouth (and subsequently your foot). If you just don’t like where he puts his curly braces, better sit down and stfu... Read more » [View] 107K [Upvote] 1.5K [Comment] 37](   [How did cannonballs actually work? I understand they were heavy balls flying at high speeds, but is that actually all that made them so effective? And if so why wasn't it ever improved on?]( James Lockland, BA Exercise Physiology & Political Science (2022) • [Updated September 12, 2020]( [So the misconception I often find when people talk about cannonballs is they think they explode. There are three common types of cannonballs throughout the majority of hist... Read more » [View] 894.9K [Upvote] 7.6K [Comment] 201](   [Are design engineers real engineers?]( Slack-Man, Manufacturing Engineer • [Updated August 23, 2021]( [Yes and No. Helps, right? Here is one thing to consider: in many cases such job titles are pretty fluid in their meaning. Same as R&D Engineer, Sales Engineer, or Quality En... Read more » [View] 12.4K [Upvote] 40 [Comment] 4](   [My iPhone is stuck on the Apple logo. Should I sell it?]( James Davis, iOS Systems Expert • [Answered May 9]( [No, you shouldn’t. In my opinion, selling your iPhone for this simple and common issue won’t be a wise decision. You can easily fix your iPhone on your own in just a few min... Read more » [View] 4K [Upvote] 78](   [Why would a narcissist ignore texts? Is it because he is done with you or because he wants a reaction?]( Vanessa Ramos, NPD Therapists and Coaches at Narcissistic Personality Disorder • [Answered February 27]( [From my personal experience, when this happened to me, it was my ex narcissist trying to play mind games with me. The narcissist wants you to think that he is thinking about... Read more » [View] 435.9K [Upvote] 177 [Comment] 7](   [How do you know if someone is mature or not?]( Omme Salma, SEO experts • [Answered May 21]( [Maturity is not measured by age, it’s an attitude built by experience. Here are 10 traits of a mature person. - Comfortable being alone: They are comfortable being on their own... Read more » [View] 59.4K [Upvote] 93 [Comment] 1](   [Is self-publishing a book really worth it?]( GJ Coop, Books? I read a few, and have written some too • [Answered April 28, 2017]( [Neil Pasricha, who wrote the 1000 Awesome Things blog that he turned into a series of best selling books, gives three reasons for writing a book. - Sales. You want to have a b... Read more » [View] 34.2K [Upvote] 70 [Comment] 10](   [Why did Freddie Mercury never use his real name as an artist?]( Asked in Classic Rock Cafe • Answered by Janet Ybarra-Nance • [January 23]( [Freddie Mercury emerged as a star at a time when ethnic celebrities of all stripes ditched their ethnic-sounding names. I mean, for crying out loud, the classic actor Kirk D... Read more » [View] 252.6K [Upvote] 5.6K [Comment] 151]( [Read more in your feed]( Never miss a story. Designed for readers on the go.   [Download on the App Store]( it on Google Play](   Missing out on Quora emails? Be sure to add us to your primary inbox. This email was sent by Quora (605 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041). 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