Comment by renyicircle
2 hours ago
> get a self-published novel noticed on booktok
Can anything that's not young adult fantasy pornography actually get noticed on booktok?
2 hours ago
> get a self-published novel noticed on booktok
Can anything that's not young adult fantasy pornography actually get noticed on booktok?
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.
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.
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.