I’d advise asking friends and family to help push for your book. Also reach out to people with a large following, contact blogs, instagram accounts, and though it’s not been used as a good advertising place, if you use iFunny accounts tend to be helpful and there’s one for just about anything.

Hi guys. I’ve been a fan of the site and it’s concept since I heard about it on the Nerdist podcast a year or so back. Kept popping in every now and again, intending to enter some of my manuscripts in the various contests, but I always got cold feet. Now I’m here as one of the Launch Pad top 75.

I’ve put my excerpt up; created my page and a temporary cover; and set it for pre-orders as part of the competition, but now I only have 90 days to sell my 250 copies, and I feel like I’m totally unprepared. Anyone else from the contest having similar thoughts?

I can make maybe twenty sales from friends and family, but having spent the last few years pouring all my free time into writing, I don’t have much in the way of a social media/online presence.

Do you think I should let this pre-order session run its course and use it as a test run, while concentrating on building a bit of an online name for myself? Or should I try and sell my book at the same time, knowing I probably won’t come close to hitting the goal this time around?

I feel like I might get sales, but not nearly enough, and wouldn’t I then lose their confidence if I didn’t succeed? Also, some people who buy-in the first time around might have lost interest by the time I’m ready for a second attempt.

Anyway, hello again, and cheers for any advice.