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> get a self-published novel noticed on booktok Can anything that's not young adult fantasy pornography actually get noticed on booktok?

• vintagedave 5mo ago
  Haha... mine is not that. It's scifi, 'weird' fiction, and a commentary on power in the guise of an adventure story, and I think there is room for that somewhere. But I cannot imagine going solo marketing it, especially for Booktok.
  • renyicircle 5mo ago
    To be honest I don't know anything about marketing or publishing books, but I couldn't imagine promoting anything on tiktok either. Thanks for the response. Best of luck with your book.
    • vintagedave 5mo ago
      Thankyou!
  • bombcar 5mo ago
    If it makes you feel any better/worse, a publisher is also likely to leave the marketing up to you, beyond making it available to purchasers and one or two half-hearted "marketing" actions that basically consist of sending you to a convention or two. Books don't earn out their advance unless your first name is a ball of initials.
    • dmd 5mo ago
      What does "a ball of initials" mean?
      • zootboy 5mo ago
        J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, etc.
        • bombcar 5mo ago
          G.R.R. Martin, etc. It's apparently a defining characteristic!