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I'm new to publishing and would like to hear some real guidance on promos

I've gone thru enough youtube videos to learn that at the end of the video i will need to buy a course in order for me to sell my books.. i understand enough that you'll also need to run promo in order for the book to get in front of the readers, so i just wanted to learn from the gurus here if you've a simple guideline on what you normally do when you launch a new book, which platform you use if otherside of KDP promo.

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u/Which-Swordfish3486 — 4 days ago

I spent 30 years working in IT, so naturally I turned the trauma into three comedy books

Im new to publishing but not new to writing ,I'll be making one of my IT humour book completely free for 2 days on amazon until 10th Aug 23:59 , grab it before too late. If you like reading dry IT jokes like this , do drop me a 👍 , this gives me motivation to write more stuff like this in the future too. Have a great weekend !

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u/Which-Swordfish3486 — 12 days ago

Trying a dumb experiment with my book — help me see if this works

I published a small IT humor book and I'm making the Kindle version completely free on Amazon for Aug 9–10.

I'm not asking anyone to buy anything — I'm actually curious whether a bunch of free downloads can push an unknown indie book anywhere on Amazon's free charts.

If anyone wants to help with the experiment, grab it from Amazon for $0 while the promotion is live. You keep it permanently.

https://a.co/d/0i7dAYKV

It's basically short IT/help-desk jokes, so if you actually read it too, even better 😂

I'll come back and post the ranking/results if anything interesting happens.

I'm running this book free from 9-10 Aug , meaning you don't need to sub KU to read for free , you can buy it at USD 0.00 from this limited period ,

u/Which-Swordfish3486 — 13 days ago
▲ 12 r/IndieBookPromo+2 crossposts

I spent 30 years working in IT, so naturally I turned the trauma into three comedy books

I have been working in IT for more than 30 years, and after dealing with enough strange tickets, impossible users and printers that only break when someone important is watching, I ended up turning some of it into a comedy book called Hello IT.

The book is basically short IT situations that most normal people probably won’t understand, but IT people may laugh because we have all suffered through something similar.

Example:

User: The internet is down.
IT: Which website are you trying to open?
User: Excel.

I’m looking for a few IT people to test read it and give me honest feedback. You can tell me it is funny, not funny, too repetitive, too AI, or completely rubbish. I rather hear the truth before I start promoting it properly.

Not trying to hard sell here. Just hoping to find a few people who understand the pain.

It is now available on KU.Hello, IT...

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u/Which-Swordfish3486 — 12 days ago

Freelancers

Hi all, im actively looking for freelancing work lately , was on upwork for 2 months managed to only land a minor Ai test job, been spending more on connects and other hidden fees more then I can earn , plus the payout after the job is horrendously long I.e. after job is completed there is a 14days wait for client to approve follow by another 5 more days for upwork releasing the fund and another few more days to reach the bank , so I dont think it is sustainable unless the job is a major one but unfortunately I find it more of a disadvantages for newbie freelancer like myself to even survive. Not to forget the fees from upwork taking a cut up front on whatever the agreed fees and withdrawal. Any advice on any other reliable platform that malaysian go to?

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u/Which-Swordfish3486 — 17 days ago
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Just started on KDP , but i have been writing for years as a hobby

I spent years in the tech sector but i do enjoy writing , usually IT jokes and some true life experiences & i have recently started KDP because i wanted to see if i can start a side income biz for my retirement. I wanted to ask if there will be any market for this type of books or it is already over saturated.

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u/Which-Swordfish3486 — 18 days ago