r/IndieBookPromo

It’s my goal to publish a 16 story scary book I wanted to know how hard is it to get my book published and how hard is it to release it on Amazon I’m new to Reddit and writing but I been getting a lot of positive feedback on my rough drafts I have 8 stories so far and I’m taking my time please reply!!

First Line Challenge

Authors: Drop the first line of your book. No context. No blurb. Just the opening sentence.

Everyone else: Reply with whether you’d keep reading.

Curse of the White Salamander! All the stuff that makes America cool: guns, cigarettes, cults, Elvis, the CIA, Soviets, wizards, pro wrestling, ninjas, and Mormon Eldritch beings!

Celebrate what it means to be an American by spending money and staying inside!

Buy it today! And buy the sequel too!

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Welcome to this week’s community challenge!
Imagine we’ve just met in a bookstore. You have 30 seconds to convince me to read your book.
Your comment should include:

Title
Genre
A pitch in 50 words or fewer
One reason readers will love it

Bonus challenge: Don’t mention the plot twist. Make us need to find out.

Readers:
Browse the comments and reply to any book that catches your attention. Tell the author what hooked you or ask a question!

Authors:
Don’t just drop your pitch and disappear. Read a few others and leave some encouragement. The best communities are built through conversation.
Happy reading—and happy writing!

He has died for her more times than he can count. She has never once remembered why.

He knows her face before he knows her name. Prince Kael has lived this before: the arranged marriage, the receiving hall, the particular weight of a woman's gaze across a crowded room. He knows how it ends. He has always known. And yet, when Lady Isriel Vane walks toward him in dark green silk, sharp-eyed and entirely unafraid, he discovers there is something worse than dying for the woman you love.

Falling for her all over again.

Isriel does not believe in curses. She believes in debts, in political marriages, and in the careful work of cataloging one's enemies before they have the chance to become dangerous. She did not expect her new husband to look at her like a riddle he has spent his entire life trying to solve — or like a blade aimed directly at his chest.

When their hands join in the ceremony and something tears open underneath the ordinary moment, Isriel finds herself with a mystery she cannot explain away with poison or politics. And Isriel Vane does not leave mysteries unresolved.

A slow-burn fantasy romance told in alternating voices, The Lives Between Us follows two people across the complicated, gorgeous, devastating terrain of a first year of marriage — where honesty is a currency spent reluctantly, trust is built one careful conversation at a time, and a three-hundred-year-old grief is finally given the chance to rest.

Perfect for readers who love intricate court politics, emotionally intelligent characters, and romance that earns every inch of its resolution.

Not your blurb.
Not your cover.
Not your sales numbers.
Just one scene that made you sit back and think, “Yeah… I nailed that.”

Without spoiling your story, tell us:
What happens in the scene?
Why are you proud of it?
What emotion were you trying to evoke?
If you have a published book, feel free to mention the title at the end—but keep the focus on the writing itself.

Let’s celebrate great storytelling today.

Sins of the Cinder Prophet will be free for all to download on Amazon one day only, July 4.

You like wizards? Sorcerers? Warlocks? Zombie dinosaurs? Well you’re in luck, because this book has all of that and more.

If you want to read it earlier, it’s also FREE on kindle unlimited along with the sequel, Pact of the Nightmare Queen.

If you like it, leave me a review! If you hate it, you can still leave a review. Let me know what you think!

Are you really stoked about your cover art? Are you looking for inspiration from your fellow authors? This weekly thread is designed with cover art in mind. Feel free to share what you've got designed with the community here!

He has died for her more times than he can count. She has never once remembered why.

He knows her face before he knows her name. Prince Kael has lived this before: the arranged marriage, the receiving hall, the particular weight of a woman's gaze across a crowded room. He knows how it ends. He has always known. And yet, when Lady Isriel Vane walks toward him in dark green silk, sharp-eyed and entirely unafraid, he discovers there is something worse than dying for the woman you love.

Falling for her all over again.

Isriel does not believe in curses. She believes in debts, in political marriages, and in the careful work of cataloging one's enemies before they have the chance to become dangerous. She did not expect her new husband to look at her like a riddle he has spent his entire life trying to solve — or like a blade aimed directly at his chest.

When their hands join in the ceremony and something tears open underneath the ordinary moment, Isriel finds herself with a mystery she cannot explain away with poison or politics. And Isriel Vane does not leave mysteries unresolved.

A slow-burn fantasy romance told in alternating voices, The Lives Between Us follows two people across the complicated, gorgeous, devastating terrain of a first year of marriage — where honesty is a currency spent reluctantly, trust is built one careful conversation at a time, and a three-hundred-year-old grief is finally given the chance to rest.

Perfect for readers who love intricate court politics, emotionally intelligent characters, and romance that earns every inch of its resolution.

Also free on Kindle Unlimited!

What tool, app, or trick actually improved your writing process?

This thread is designed to help writers share what helps get the story written down on paper.

What it includes:

Writing tools (Scrivener, ProWritingAid, notebooks, dictation tools)

Craft tips (dialogue, pacing, worldbuilding hacks)

Software walkthroughs

“What I use to write my books” posts

Resource recommendations (books about writing, productivity tools)

Let us know what tools are helping you get your work written!