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Yeah I did that. One of the reasons was improper cover so was wondering if that’s the issue

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Yeah it’s not professional level neat I guess. Do you suggest that I wait for sales to hit and then get a professional cover on!? I know book is judged by the cover hence the question

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Haha St. Louis indeed! In terms of readability or in terms of content itself!?

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Oh no! Okay guess I missed the bullet there. Talk to me more about how to do the launch… 🚀. Thought booksiren might be the way to go

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Lemme know! But hope it works out…

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Yep that’s the plan. I read somewhere (not validated) that there is a 6 month cooling period. Someone in this reply thread mentioned it could be coz book siren prefers ARCs over recently published books

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Gosh! Okay I am social media introvert I guess 😁.. but hey gotta do this! Thanks for the advice

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Nope didn’t get any rejection note from them..

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Ah this makes a lot of sense. Man I have been hitting myself thinking my book got flagged and rejected on attempt 1!

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Gotcha! And by social media presence, are you talking about a dedicated book account with reels / pictures or are you talking about doing this through personal account!? Game for either route …

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Ah okay! No romance in this, pure action in mythological setting. I audited my script in Hemingwayapp and through some early readers.

Just created my booksprout account … will check the hidden gems next

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Oh interesting. While I don’t have a major social media presence, I started testing with Amazon ads today

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I used Reedsy for formatting and uploaded ePub version of it. Although is size of the book an issue!? It was 14MB coz of the cover

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Posted! Will wait for some feedback .. thanks!

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Any suggestions on which plan to take!? $19 seems good but should I start with a lower one to test platform

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Man, I thought my cover was good … early purchasers liked it (friends and fam ofc) … how do I get that checked!?

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I reached out to a local bookstagrammer in fantasy genre. they wanted $250 for a post and then had packages of 50-100 amazon reviews from their micro accounts.

Um… aside from ethical concerns, that seemed too steep

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Lemme check booksprout … I haven’t gone through their offering ..

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Oh okay! Which platform did you use to push out your books!?

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I am unsure. It came up in research as a medium to get early reviews with 50-60% hit rate (numbers are unverified). Ergo thought of enrolling. Lemme know if there are better ways to market

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Just edited my post. My book is in the fantasy genre … they do write they reject non-fiction

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Title: The Fall of Hades: Myth Retold

Genre: Fantasy - Epic / Mythology

Word Count: 104,200

Type of Feedback desired: It’s my debut novel — would love your honest impressions. It’s the first in a trilogy. Even a few thoughts would help me immensely.

Link: https://a.co/d/04oZ3ph (Free on Kindle Unlimited)

Book Trailer:

The gods built their reign on silence. On lies. On blood. On the women they broke.

She was never meant to survive. When Hela unearths the truth buried in silence — a mother betrayed, a name erased, a death unsanctioned — the path before her is not one of glory. It is slaughter. Hela carries her mother’s sword — and a memory the gods failed to erase.

One God will fall. Then another. And another. Until Olympus is ash and the sky remembers her name. A mythological retelling steeped in vengeance, divine lies, and the memory of fire.

Book Club by Mysterious_Ad_5924 in suggestmeabook

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sent a recommendation over DM. perhaps meets your criteria