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Who benefits most of most of the self help books, the author or the reader?

Posted by admin on Mar 6, 2010 under Self Help


BOTH I would say. At some stage the Author in their life (if not born with this gift which I doubt), has had to come to terms with altering their own lives in a great way. If not then they were probably born with a deep understanding of compassion, and then went onto to study this subject in a very detailed way to be able to write the book.

The only ones who do not benefit are those readers that do not help themselves. You can take a horse to the water but you can’t make him drink. But generally I would say that equally both the author and the reader benefit from such knowledge.

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  1. Brad Said,

    more often than not its a win win.
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  2. BlueEyes Said,

    Readers. The author has the satisfaction of knowing they helped someone, but it’s not their life that’s changing (hopefully for the better) it’s the readers.
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  3. Billie Said,

    BOTH I would say. At some stage the Author in their life (if not born with this gift which I doubt), has had to come to terms with altering their own lives in a great way. If not then they were probably born with a deep understanding of compassion, and then went onto to study this subject in a very detailed way to be able to write the book.

    The only ones who do not benefit are those readers that do not help themselves. You can take a horse to the water but you can’t make him drink. But generally I would say that equally both the author and the reader benefit from such knowledge.
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  4. dream conductor Said,

    that all depends on quality… I would assume most authors gain something because I would assume most of those books are simply not real enough to be anything more than a sell out
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  5. small Said,

    Perhaps neither and the publisher may be getting away with the most!!
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  6. Dr pushpinder k Said,

    I think, it depends on the wisdom and the ability of the reader, because author gets fix benefits from the publisher.
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  7. Irony Man Said,

    The author become millionares and most of the readers are still losers ;-p
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  8. Laurentiu Said,

    if the book is good, everybody; if not, it’s a pity of all the trees cut down to make paper from them
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  9. Travis James Said,

    Man i am thinking this way too. Sometimes i think the writer is revealing things that may be the engine of the car, nice to hear someone relate, other times i feel you are a chess piece as soon as you read it, you are a part of the authors goals and not your own, could depend on the aurthor if he is not successful except for the book then i wonder.
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