I have self-published 3 books, For A Reason, The Safehouse and The Safehouse II Justice For Jessie. The last book, published in June 2024 was self-published through Amazon Elite Publishers (not affiliated with Amazon). They have tried several times to get me to let them promote my book worldwide (?) at a cost of $14,000 for 12 months of promotion! They said it comes with a guarantee. What's the guarantee I asked them. If you don't get enough sales to pay for the promotion, we will extend the promotion for another 6 months was their response. That's no guarantee I told them! These self-publishing companies pray on a writers emotions because the writer thinks their book that they spent months or longer writing is the next best book to come along. Of course I told them no and that I would promote my books myself as best as I can.
Alina, I have people like this reaching out to me all the time. It’s quite confusing because I really do need marketing help, but the question is—whom can I trust to actually do the work and deliver real results?
None of them. Not a single one. If they were such fabulous marketers, they would not be spamming people on social media. If they can't market themselves, how can they market you?
I have self-published 3 books, For A Reason, The Safehouse and The Safehouse II Justice For Jessie. The last book, published in June 2024 was self-published through Amazon Elite Publishers (not affiliated with Amazon). They have tried several times to get me to let them promote my book worldwide (?) at a cost of $14,000 for 12 months of promotion! They said it comes with a guarantee. What's the guarantee I asked them. If you don't get enough sales to pay for the promotion, we will extend the promotion for another 6 months was their response. That's no guarantee I told them! These self-publishing companies pray on a writers emotions because the writer thinks their book that they spent months or longer writing is the next best book to come along. Of course I told them no and that I would promote my books myself as best as I can.
That number isn't just silly, it's obscene!
Alina, I have people like this reaching out to me all the time. It’s quite confusing because I really do need marketing help, but the question is—whom can I trust to actually do the work and deliver real results?
None of them. Not a single one. If they were such fabulous marketers, they would not be spamming people on social media. If they can't market themselves, how can they market you?