u/sandleswagger

It took me a couple years, but I published a print version of my own Web comic. I say (proper) in the title here because I did previously publish a first book of it, but I messed up by letting the editor I hired do the changes that they did, also publishing with only 85 pages completed.

Now the actual first volume (titled Reap Act I: Death Observed) is finally out. It is a 228 page long supernatural sci-fi graphic novel that's fully in color. It's a little macabre, and does focus on the subject of death, so, you know, if you like the Addams family…

And because I published through Ingram Spark, it is pretty much available on whatever is your favorite bookstore, including Amazon, or Barnes & Noble's, or whatever you like.

Also, it's printed on A4 size paper, so it is pretty big, and the text is pretty big as well, so if you have trouble with small print text, you are good.

It's been out for a few days, I didn't post about it here until now, mainly because I didn't know that this subreddit existed until now.

I only just a few days ago published a graphic novel, so far only sold one copy, and I am pretty sure that that was just my parents.

I have no idea how to market it. I'm not so sure about having a Facebook ad for it, because it is a very macabre story, and Facebook isn't really the target demographic that I wrote for, so I think that would be a very big waste of money.

I have made TikTok shorts about it, but that's a whole other can of worms that basically boils down to, I have no audience there, and no one cares.

What type of person would she be with the skin off?

It is a full color graphic novel (print only, because it's adapted from my Web comic that already exists, so a e-book would be redundant(

I am using Ingram Spark

For just about the past month ever since I got my author copy I have been making a daily TikTok short and posting them on pretty much any site that will take short form content.

I have already contacted every local bookshop in my area asking them to stock it.

Is there anything else I can do to help promote the launch? Or should I just keep on doing what I'm doing now and focus more on marketing after it is public?