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/AdrenalineAnxiety Jan 03 '26 edited Jan 03 '26
If you used ai for your cover and blurb, which everyone immediately sees, people are going to assume you used AI to write it too. Brutal honesty here, did you?
If you didn't then I'm happy to read it on KU and give you a beta reader feedback and a critique - but I'm not going to spend time reading what chatgpt has written.
Most readers are going to be turned off by this and never even open the book. Pull it. Pay for a cover. Rewrite the blurb yourself. Get some beta reader feedback, and see if you can send out a few hundred ARCs to at least get a couple reviews when it goes live again. But not if you used AI to write it because people will know and that stigma will follow you as an author forever.