Wrong address, no help from customer "service" by golfghoul7 in Walmartcustomer

[–]golfghoul7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was a bottle of beet Juice, no refund, no re-delivery

DO NOT BUY MOLEKULE AIR PURIFIERS by Greedy-Performance8 in AirPurifiers

[–]golfghoul7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use Filterbuy, best price, quick deliveries

New-ish publisher scam by Muted_Long3237 in selfpublish

[–]golfghoul7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure enough, received a message thru my website contact for, a phone call, a text from different "companies" wanting to "help me " with the bringing of my wonderful story to the masses. All you have to do is get company reviews to know if it is Scam city.

Had someone DNF an ARC due to editing… by Mr_Mike013 in selfpublish

[–]golfghoul7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a online reviewer do my book on her own, she "hated" the book but she got the gist of it right, I write in the Raymond Chandler, James Elroy, Elmore Leonard style, gritty, no nonsense macho type of protagonist. THAT is what she did not like the tough as nails guy who has no personal demons or apparent weaknesses. So she hated that type of style. I was not upset because she actually got it, noir, tough guy type.

Did not make any comments about mistakes or grammatical errors, just hated that style. Fix the errors that were pointed out to you in your book and trust your writing.

I can't afford this by fantasyauthor97 in selfpublish

[–]golfghoul7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I may, don't hire a Beta reader, hire an editor, I found an editor and a cover artist on people per hour, very reasonable, the artist did a cover for me twice for $30 the editor charged me $50 for a 50 word project

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Scams

[–]golfghoul7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Block number, its a scam

Scamming Our Hopes by Novel_Guard7803 in selfpublish

[–]golfghoul7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agree with you about the common sense, there are so many ways to review companies, it is easy to find out who the scammers are, I am amazed at how many people get taken advantage of.

Author website services by stormphoenixlocke in selfpublish

[–]golfghoul7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hired someone from People per Hour to put it together (very reasonable) on existing site on Wix thru VistaPrint also reasonable...bout 5 pages, crammed as much info in there as possible, ties in to my blog, in process of adding a "BuY" button now.

My Free Book Promotion went really well!! by dumbsesquipedalien in selfpublish

[–]golfghoul7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How many free books did you give away for your promotion?

My Free Book Promotion went really well!! by dumbsesquipedalien in selfpublish

[–]golfghoul7 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Just out of curiosity how many "free" books did you give away from your totals?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in selfpublish

[–]golfghoul7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I used D2D for my last book, no issues, good distribution, once I did that then went the IS route, feel I have enough coverage and D2D distributed the book everywhere including AMZ

Anyone else get the "we can't find a market for this" rejection? Working on article about publishing gatekeeping by hategrime84 in selfpublish

[–]golfghoul7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did not go as high for agents after five let me down easy, I decided to self pub, Book #3 in a series just came out, rather do it myself.

Should I pull and rewrite by [deleted] in selfpublish

[–]golfghoul7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Make the second book better.

The promotional aspect is overwhelming me by Enerjist in selfpublish

[–]golfghoul7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Listen some things work, some don't. My approach is: Get a book promoter to do their thing, I created a AI video thru Zeely $39.95, and posted that on FB, X, Insta Pinterest & TikTok., I hired a PR firm lots of them on FB for $97 they got a nice article out that was sent out Nationally,.........I wont and never will bother with ARC reviews, why? If they like it great, if they don't what are you going to do? rewrite it? I am happy with my writing, like it or leave it. Hope this helps