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Title: Marketing advice for pandemic novel
Post by: Hopscotch on June 02, 2021, 10:58:56 PM

Just released my pandemic novel, a cross-genre story for which I’d appreciate some cross-genre marketing advice.

Wrote The Prince of Cowards https://amzn.to/3ia7sbs (https://amzn.to/3ia7sbs) to relieve the boredom of quarantine and to fight off the frightfulness of daily dodging the covid angel of death.  A fantasy/space opera/sword&sorcery parody, ie, Conan stumbling through a Monty Python world.  Joins the universe of my Kipling space opera parody An Earthman Born which lost me a trad contract, cost an acquisitions editor his job and contributed to the collapse of a new publishing house.  I have somewhat higher hopes for Prince.
But I’m struggling to find a key to AMS-marketing for a story that crosses three genre and  :help.

Title: Re: Marketing advice for pandemic novel
Post by: notthatamanda on June 03, 2021, 07:44:18 AM

Disclaimer - I'm done with AMS, forever. Seriously guys, if you ever hear me say different hunt me down and kill me.

I suggest you start with what Amazon says are related items or also boughts, once they are up.

Title: Re: Marketing advice for pandemic novel
Post by: Hopscotch on June 06, 2021, 03:58:52 AM

I'm thinking the fine for my dancing naked in Times Square to draw attn to my books would be less than I lose on AMS, so may try it.

BTW, should mention The Prince of Cowards is free on the Zon this wknd.  But only for readers w/a taste for lunacies.

Title: Re: Marketing advice for pandemic novel
Post by: notthatamanda on June 06, 2021, 08:25:35 AM

I'm so old I remember when being naked in Times Square wouldn't have even gotten a second look.

I grabbed the book. Don't know if I will read it but happy to help your rank inch up a little.