[vintagedave]

Haha... mine is not that.

It's scifi, 'weird' fiction, and a commentary on power in the guise of an adventure story, and I think there is room for that somewhere. But I cannot imagine going solo marketing it, especially for Booktok.

[renyicircle]

To be honest I don't know anything about marketing or publishing books, but I couldn't imagine promoting anything on tiktok either. Thanks for the response. Best of luck with your book.

[vintagedave]

Thankyou!

[bombcar]

If it makes you feel any better/worse, a publisher is also likely to leave the marketing up to you, beyond making it available to purchasers and one or two half-hearted "marketing" actions that basically consist of sending you to a convention or two.

Books don't earn out their advance unless your first name is a ball of initials.

[dmd]

What does "a ball of initials" mean?

[zootboy]

J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, etc.

[bombcar]

G.R.R. Martin, etc. It's apparently a defining characteristic!