Comments on: Facebook book advertising on a shoestring budget https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/fb-book-advertising-shoestring-budget/ ARC Book Reviews and Author Services Fri, 09 Apr 2021 20:25:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Edita A. Petrick https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/fb-book-advertising-shoestring-budget/#comment-345642 Fri, 09 Apr 2021 20:25:09 +0000 https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/?p=8448211#comment-345642 The problem with this ‘category’ advice is that there are NO categories such as you advise to choose – you can write to KDP all you want, they will continue to advise you to pick from the ‘listed and existing’ categories – which are:

FICTION > Mystery&Detective> and a list of choices
or FICTION > Thrillers> and a shorter list of choices

It would be much more useful to authors to actually give an advice that is practical – and how to get your book placed in a non-listed category – or how to persuade KDP to put it in a category you devise on your own and which is unlike anything that exists on their list.

In conclusion, it’s a proven fact that nothing short of $15,000 spent on advertising with one of the super-charged ad agencies will get you that #1 bestseller or New York Times Bestseller stamp – nothing, but serious advertising money will help an author who has less than thousands a month to advertise and advertise everywhere, in addition to advertising five times on BookBub in a single week.

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