Thoroughly agree with everything written in the above post. Imo, if you're going to sell your book in sufficient numbers, you need a unique selling point. You also have to spend days/weeks at events manning your book selling stand, on the off chance someone wants to buy it.

Also consider the potential animosity you could generate if your "marketing strategy" exclusively involves spamming bike travel forums and Facebook groups. Authors like Sam Manicom and Chris Scott are very aware of how to market their wares properly. Others have annoyed me so much, I refuse to buy their stuff as a matter of principle (including unfriending/ unfollowing them on FB. Unfortunately I also have to unsubscribe from FB groups that still allow people to just appear, try to flog something, then disappear again without also giving knowledge to the community. Otherwise my newsfeed would just be wall to wall identical spam).

I also agree with the sentiment that if you want to share your words, pictures and videos it'll be a lot less hassle and cheaper to just have your own website and/or write a ride report on a travel forum like this one. People can choose to visit it if they want. Just because I can write in the medium of English, doesn't make me an author. Just because I own a camera doesn't make me a photographer of any note. When the mood takes me, I like generating content. For my memories. If others like it too, all the better.

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