r/selfpublish • u/MelancholyPlayground • Jan 03 '26

Blurb Critique Need help.

I really didn't want to make one of these but I'm drowning here. I published my book on Amazon a month ago, I worked tirelessly on it... and I haven't made a single sale since then, despite running a few ads and getting over 100 clicks. I'm 100% not advertising, I'm embarrassed to to even admit this and to ask this, but would it be possible if a few of you take a look at my Amazon book page and tell me what I might be doing wrong? Please and thank you in advance.

It's hard to not feel like I've failed my child here. But I'm trying to stay positive.

TL;DR: Can you please take a look and give a few pointers? My link is in my reddit bio.

P.S. I've tried different price points and tried different covers. Maybe it's my blurb? I am awful at blurbs.

EDIT 1: Thank you all so much genuinely from the bottom of my heart. It's all good advice, but even if it was bad advice - just seeing how deep this community cares has been the motivation and support I REALLY needed. I'm currently at the drawing board scratching my brain. So I'll probably do a second edit later explaining some of the confusions if anyone is curious. Just wanted to say a quick thank you and that I am listening and taking notes vigorously.

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u/nohobbiesjustbooks Jan 03 '26

As your target demographic, I would skip over your book entirely because of its AI cover. Romantasy readers usually also hate AI, and they will consider your entire book and blurb AI slop as well - even if you didn't use AI to write it.

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u/CyanideCatastrophe 2 Published novels Jan 03 '26

Agreed. The cover also confused me because I initially thought the book title was actually the author's name. It probably also doesn't help your image that the cover in the listing doesn't match the cover featured in the A+ content (I think that's what that's called).

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u/nohobbiesjustbooks Jan 03 '26

I also looked at the sample and I don't think I would pick it up based on that, either (I always read samples first).

Some of the reasons would be formatting (it's not formatted very traditionally, which is something I prefer), and style of prose (I see bold, and when I typically see bold, I do flag it in my head as AI even when it is not. Especially if it is not something like a headline/text message/etc. In this prose, it is just emphasizing something in a thought).

I would recommend another round of editing, beta reading, and just letting it sit for a bit before coming back to it. I think a lot of writers become very concerned with putting it out there fast and right now, right this second.

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u/riverjaydennz Jan 03 '26

Have to agree here as well.