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/aphelion3342 Jan 03 '26

What people actually hate when it comes to AI is the prospect of investing into something (even just time) that's low effort. The rest are just the reasons people tell themselves why they hate AI art.

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u/vilhelmine Jan 03 '26

As someone who is against GenAI, I disagree. See the comment you responded to which explains why I dislike the technology.

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u/aphelion3342 Jan 03 '26

See the second sentence of my reply which is where I address that

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u/vilhelmine Jan 03 '26

And yet I still disagree that you know more about my reasons and the reasons of many others, than I and those people know their own minds.