Here’s a piece of advice I’m trying to take to heart myself:
Success is not a zero-sum game.Translation: If someone else’s lousy book does well because it was well-marketed (and likely because it was well-marketed to an audience that was already receptive to it), that doesn’t mean your lesser-known book now has had its audience mulcted from it.
Don’t worry about other people’s successes, even if they seem to be eating into your own. Odds are, they aren’t. Focus on making the best possible book you can. That’s challenge enough for any one lifetime.
Success is not a zero-sum game.
Translation: If someone else’s lousy book does well because it was well-marketed (and likely because it was well-marketed to an audience that was already receptive to it), that doesn’t mean your lesser-known book now has had its audience mulcted from it.