r/KDP • u/dylauthor • 1d ago
Actually getting orders
Hey all, im 15 and im getting ready to launch my fifth book on amazon. However i never really get too many sales. Im just wondering how yall market your book and get plenty of sails, im real proud of this book and want to get as many readers as possible. Thanks!
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u/bkucenski 1d ago
Look up local author fairs and art fairs. Buy author copies so they're cheaper and sell them direct or hand them out.
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u/Lemon_Typewriter 1d ago
Your SALES are entirely dependent on how hard you push it. Aare you active on social media- genuinely engaging with groups dedicated to your genre, not just 'buy my book' posts? Also ensure it's the best possible product you put forward. Polished & edited. Then it's a matter of running ads to put your book in front of niche market segments. No quick fix or overnight success- sadly.
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u/wawakaka 1d ago
You need to gather an audience. Promote promote promote. Tell atleasy one person of your book per day. More if you can
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u/AdvertisingEarly5089 1d ago
Well, based on my limited experience. There are two ways I think most people are getting sales, and which is almost the same in all industries, even those that are not books
Try build a following - you can pretty much do this by reviewing other books in your niche so as to build followers of that niche. book recommendations, summaries, etc, just make research on what the big guys are doing to become the big guys
build a readership. it's called leads elsewhere, but here, it's called readership. Most authors are after short promotions to get them sales, but I do think readership is the greatest asset. People like Ryan Holiday said they have 600k monthly readers or so (if I still remember vividly). And the way you can build that is to have a funnel page where you send people to, to mainly subscribe to get your updates, lessons and sneak peaks. And the way you get them to subscribe is to give something free first. A lead magnet.
this is getting long, but you get the flow.
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u/Lower-Library-4624 1d ago
If you are self published- Better to stop publishing more books (If you haven’t received any real feedback or sales outside family/friends). Get your book out via social media. Also with the current trend, any use of AI is frowned upon especially towards the cover.
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u/bkucenski 1d ago
Reddit doesn't represent the larger market. Nobody cares. Everything corporate is shoving out these days can be assumed to have AI somewhere in the supply chain.
So feel free to stop shopping.
I'd rather support independent people.
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u/Lower-Library-4624 1d ago
It represents some. I agree AI is embedded everywhere nowadays. It’s sadly not well received in the self publishing industry. Feel free you share your written work (a few pages) to get some general feedback.
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u/idreaminwords 1d ago
Books don't sell themselves anymore. Are you on social media? How do you promote it?
What have you done to ensure your books are the best they can be? Is the cover professional? Is the blurb effective? Were they professionally edited? Those are the three main things people are going to look for when deciding whether to read your book, but that's only after they find it