I'm not sure if using Ai is inherently bad, and I assume the vast majority may be in support of its usage, but it begs the question, what's yalls take on using Ai to write books. See I have been using Ai to optimize myself and try to guide myself and utilize my remaining years to achieve that which may be unfeasible, but in using it, I've wondered of my growing reliance amd contemplated on thoughts pertaining to the origin of these very thoughts. Yes I am aware that Ai writing is quite frankly visible and honestly, it may be easier to do so, looking past the tone and peering into the structure of the sentences and paragraphs.

Therefore I ask you, fellow Ai users, what is more important, the value you bring, or the Method in which you produce such value, I might even go as far as to say that, those that may oppose ai or its use are either incapable of producing the same, are insecure of the future due to Ai and have thus chosen to resent it, or are put off by the fact that Ai is able to do in five minutes, what they took five years to study and perfect. I've read Ai stories, and they were enjoyable, so therefore I say, what is your take.

I have a book coming out in July and want to juice up some pre-sales on Amazon. What I'd really like is to have it pop up as a recommended book next to other books that people put in their cart. Is that something you can pay for? Or is that Amazon's black box?

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I’m 29yr old Grown up Man, Hustling and trying to provide something to the family, failed multiple times, never got a satisfactory results.

One day, i thought of journaling and eventually i ended up writing an imaginary future, i saw somewhere about Kindle Publishing

After a while, i drafted the book properly and published it
A book which connects with Millions who are struggling, hustling, failing and someone who got up from nothing

I don’t know, if i can share the book link here or not, but i am not posting it here, i don’t want to get banned

I had been writing and illustrating books for almost 5 decades and was only selling books on local bookstores until most of them closed during the pandemic..Im from Baltimore, Maryland.. Most of my books has been sitting on my basement until my caregiver suggested to start my own website.. Surprisingly it was not that hard to start a website with the help of Wix website builder...Now im planning to start a Youtube live sessions as well to talk and interact with readers..

So far im enjoying this website thing and would be so happy to ask fellow authors and readers what else can I do to improve my website..

My website is www.thenancypatzbookshop.com ..

My youtube is Nancy Patz which I just started few months ago.

Hi there, I was planning on releasing my debut novel on June 1st and have built up a little buzz with friends and family. Only problem is I just got a email saying the kindle version is live now on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited. In my haste to get it sorted before I went on holiday I must not have selected the right date for release.

Should I let people know they can read it early, or say nothing until the release date. I'm away on holiday without my laptop so don't want to take it down incase I don't have time to upload it again before the deadline.

Most of my friends want to buy a physical copy anyway, so this could just be a bonus for the Kindle Unlimited subscribers?

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​I am just really trying to get some perspective or views: I've officially launched my first epic fantasy novel. It’s a project I’ve been working on for ten years, with the last three spent writing fully full-time. I would really appreciate any and all feedback from this community. Especially regarding plot or characters.

​For the last decade, I was a corporate executive working in SaaS sales. While most of my colleagues spent their time reading self-help books like How to win friends and influence people, I turned to fantasy and sci-fi worlds to escape. I wanted stories that showed the best and worst of humanity in all its variations.

​As an introvert, survival in that world required a bit of a coping mechanism. Imagining my bosses were dragons or villains allowed me to view the corporate ladder as a game, and ironically, that comfort started coming across as confidence.

​Eventually, those corporate "dragons" and scenarios became more and more real, ultimately transforming into a book. The characters in Breath Unearthed are all based on people I’ve met in real life—just wrapped in a gritty, cyberpunk-progression fantasy flavor.

​It’s an incredible and scary feeling to finally have Book One out in the world. Since I'm new to the publishing side of things, I'd love to know: for those who have made the leap from a traditional career to writing, what was the biggest surprise you encountered during your first launch?

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I am L.V. Lamont and I recently published Volume I of my debut novel, Remnants from Ravenwood: Whispers and Ruin. The first volume is 22 chapters of a massive 114 chapter novel that I spent 5 months writing and 2 months editing. It was quite the project. I originally began in July 2025, but then quit my job at the end of August to write full time. I was finished just after Thanksgiving and started editing immediately. I edited 2-3 chapters a day, every day, until late January. I'm happy to say that despite the book's length I don't regret a thing and am planning to release Volume II in 5-6 weeks. And I did it all on Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing!

Hi everyone! I released my debut novel six months ago and keep meaning to make a comprehensive post about everything I learned, but that will still have to wait. For now, I wanted to share the results of my KDP Countdown email newsletter promotions. I know many have shared their data before, but my book is not genre fiction, so I thought others who write literary fiction, or novels that don’t fit neatly into labels might find this useful.

Also note, every time, my book was marked down to $0.99 for these promotions.

(I know the predominant advice on this sub is to wait until you have multiple books, but I had to at least try.)

So, on the first round I already made the mistake of thinking promo stack, meant to stack them all on one day, and even worse, I picked a Saturday. Suffice to say, my initial stack of

• BargainBooksy (literary fiction) – Cost $30
• Fussy Librarian (literary fiction) – Cost $16
• Booksends + eReaderIq (literary fiction) – Cost $30
• BookCave (general fiction) – Cost $28

Netted me a whopping 7 sales and a KENP read or two. But since I’d stacked them all together, I had no idea where they’d come from. So don’t make the same mistake I made, especially on your first promo run, space them out so you can get a general idea of which ones work for your book.

Also important, my number of Amazon reviews did not change much from promotion to promotion, which makes the data a bit more interesting.

This was the next promo stack I did:

• Monday, Bargainbooksy (literary fiction) – Cost $30 – 0 sales - They did give me a coupon for a free mystery slot because of poor results.
• Tuesday, Fussylibrarian (literary fiction + mystery) – Cost $34 - 7 sales
• Wednesday, Booksends + eReaderIQ (literary fiction) – Cost $30 – 8 Sales
• Thursday, Awesomegang – Cost $10 – 1 Sale

This stack actually let me hit the top 100 in contemporary literary fiction which was exciting even if it only lasted for an afternoon.

And now, my current promo stack from this week, my book is still currently on deal, but I doubt many more sales will be coming from the newsletters, but this is the results.

• Tuesday, Bargain Book Mystery – (Cost $70, but used coupon) – 6 Sales
• Wednesday, Book Cave – Cost $28 – 2 Sales
• Thursday, Bookraid – Cost per click (16 clicks, so 3.20) - 2 Sales

So, all in all, after multiple rounds, I’ve sold 33 copies and maybe around 3 to 4 KENP reads, using these services. For genre blending literary fiction, I’m not too disappointed by the results, but still obviously would’ve liked for a bit more. Safe to say, I probably won’t be using Bargainbooksy again, despite their good customer service.

Obviously if I had read-throughs to other books, these services would be more worth it (fingers crossed, book two should be off to the editor soon), but I think if you set your expectations right, for some people the cost can still be worth it just to see a few early sales as a debut nobody. Just knowing some people were reading helped me to keep going and keep pushing.

I’m probably going to chill out on the promos for a while, but if I do run another stack, think Booksends, Fussylibrarian, and eReaderIQ are where it’s at for cost-to-value, and Bookraids is actually pretty neat with their cost per click model.

Hopefully this data can help others decide if promo stacks are worth it for their non-genre fiction.

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