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Thinking about writing a book in Hebrew?
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Thinking about writing a book in Hebrew? Rabbi Seltzer explains why the English market still has way more buyers - and how markets in Israel vs America really stack up. Rabbi Nachman Seltzer is an American-Israeli author, public speaker, and journalist known for his narrative Jewish books and inspirational storytelling. He’s written dozens of bestsellers spanning biographies, short stories, and real-life tales that resonate with readers worldwide.
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There's a big market of of yidden here
who are buying books who are who are
writing books who want to read books. So
yeah,
>> how do talking about the market Israel
versus the US writing the books in
Hebrew is a different book.
>> I say it's it's a waste of time. They
don't sell. Again, why are you writing
the book? If you're writing the book
because you have something you want to
say, you want to get it out there, fine.
>> Great. If you're writing the book
because you want to sell books,
>> they don't sell. And in Hebrew,
>> doesn't read.
>> They read libraries. They they borrow,
they don't sell, they don't buy books.
>> They're not seeing an ad. They're
running, "Oh, that looks
>> very little." I mean, again, compared to
what I do in America, it's very very
smooth.