Indie Author's Marketplace discussion

I spend two and a half years writing my book and enjoyed sitting down under the inspiration of Holy Spirit. I was surprised by the reaction when you tell someone you've written a book and they look at you like, "Who does this guy think he is. What an ego?" Some friends bought it, then never read it. I spent several hundreds of dollars advertising it and was blind to the response the ads were having. I do have a web site on Facebook with over 6000 likes. In the end, I believe I benefited and did what the Lord told me to do.