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I Just Sold My 500th Book. If I Was Allowed to Advertise It I'd Be Rich

22 点作者 4monthsaway超过 1 年前

9 条评论

joshstrange超过 1 年前
You lost me on the title of this post &quot;If X I&#x27;d be rich&quot;, without reading a single word immediately my reaction is &quot;that&#x27;s an incredibly naive or just plain stupid viewpoint&quot;. After reading the blog post my initial reaction was correct.<p>Heck, I&#x27;d probably be a billionaire if only someone had invested in my first startup &#x2F;s<p>See how silly that sounds? Also as others have pointed out Amazon is not the only advertiser on the planet, you just aren&#x27;t able to advertise on Amazon. I&#x27;m not saying being able to run ads on Amazon wouldn&#x27;t be profitable but without comparing or even trying other methods I find the whole &quot;but only if...&quot; tone of the post even more ridiculous.
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ecshafer超过 1 年前
The political satire for adults framed as children&#x27;s books is the most boring genre of books that&#x27;s become strangely prominent in the last decade or so.
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WendyTheWillow超过 1 年前
You actually tagged it as a children’s book, and not adult satire, didn’t you?<p>Would be funny if this was your fault the whole time…
scarface_74超过 1 年前
This is just plain laziness. There are millions of ways to advertise besides Amazon - Google, Facebook, relevant podcasts, direct outreach to relevant wwbsites for ads etc.<p>On the other hand, this was not a “children’s book” by any means
jonathanstrange超过 1 年前
I&#x27;ve self-published a number of novels that got organic 4-5 stars and positive reviews on Amazon, and unfortunately in my tries Amazon ads for books had negative ROI. On the other hand, Facebook ads had a very positive affect on sales, until some bizarre incorrect algorithmic decisions by Facebook made it too much of a pain in the ass to deal with their ad manager and I gave up on it.<p>In any case, if you&#x27;re really interested in advertising you should give Facebook a try. As long as they work, their algorithms somehow magically find people who will actually buy your book.
efficax超过 1 年前
I&#x27;m no trump fan but have you considered that your book is just bad?
kdamica超过 1 年前
Keeping junk like this out of their ads seems like a good choice for Amazon.
mtlynch超过 1 年前
500th <i>copy</i> of a single book. Clickbaity title.
c22超过 1 年前
It looks like the author has found a way to advertise their book after all.