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So I think this is the book right? https://www.amazon.com/Snake-Biting-Its-Own-Tail-ebook/dp/B0H69V91H2/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.GlVGft4HigxUgGpNR1X0uU7jz0h5iyVZGlKYRC083g7P_kUwmJpriNyDbGrSRLzYOHi5X_0gF0VU7eF6YMelFkU0qSHyPR2cvQFl3ioXrkc.OBJyafgnNA1vsiNYI7tUdebpVryuzG1HTsV8ScpKj84&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+snake+that+bites+its+own+tail&qid=1782661255&sr=8-1 Take everything I say with a massive grain of salt I'm a super new indie author my self I've sold maybe like 40 copies so far and dont even have 20 ratings. But from what I can see: The title. I swear I need to make a post on this with how much I'm seeing this issue but: GOOGLE YOUR TITLES PEOPLE. What comes up is important. And not just if there is a title already like it, but of what association and first links show up and how likely you are to over take those. In your case what comes up the Ouroborus, because of course it does. There will be no scinerio in the world in which somebody googles your title without your author name and maybe even "book" at the end in which your book comes up in a search. This is even more confusing when at the very end of your blurb mentions Jörmungandr. Which, yes, the world serpent in Norse mythology is an arch type of the Ouroborus, or kind of like an roman and greek dieties can be considered epithets of each other, but they are not actually the same thing. 2. The cover doesn't give me genre or anything about your story at all. Its also just garish, absolute amature color theory on it with the bright red against the same temperature blue and I don't even know what the white static is supposed to be about. I saw in a comment you paid 1,200 dollars for that which I don't know where you found the artist, why you trusted them, what portfolio they showed you etc. But for that kind of money it better be a peak illustrative, painted cover. It might at least be intriguing if we are talking about seeing the book in a book store, but at thumbnail size its just a blob. Where is the Norse theme with this if the whole book surrounds Jörmungandr? 3. Did you use AI for the blurb? I'll believe you if you say no because I don't have proof outside of a pengram result, and even as accurate as it is I'm extremely vary of condeming someone on that alone. But it does unfortunately read like it, especially the first two paragraphs that have the horribly monotone AI candance to them. They are also dream sequences basically, which are already tenuous inside a book, so they are 100% loosing you readers at blurb level. You would do better cutting them and replacing them with a sentance each. Even better would be re-doing it with the Character -> Conflict -> Setting prioritization in mind and giving me something to latch onto as a reader. I get that maybe there is the whole your characters don't know who they are catch 22 going on, but I as a reader still need to know what I'm rooting for and why I should care. I'm also gathering from the review you never gave a character a name? Do they at least get a nick name? Something for the reader to call them through the story? You can still use that and it is one of those things that would be okay to "spoil" a little for the sake of marketing. You are usually okay "spoiling" about the first 20% of a book is the advice I've been given. Also your A+ content seems to have zero relevance to anything surrounding the cover or blurb. Which is either the problem of the A+ content or the cover or the blurb. The whole marketing package is basically just... confusing? Am I looking at a mythological urban fantasy type situation? Is it contemprary with norse symbolism and no magic? Are we going to be focusing on puzzles and mystery or on interpresonal struggles with psychological torture? Is it going to be Norse themed or not? Congrats on the adaptation deal! I think its a good sign that perhaps your issue IS with your marketing package over your story. Though I can't say for sure since I can't see the sample or anything. Though I am not surprised at all that you aren't able to catch cold readers at the moment. (which are basically readers that simply see the cover and then have to click down into your book without talking to you or having any background on you or the book) The cover isn't going to catch attention, the blurb is going to push anyone who clicked on it away. My adivce would be to restructure your package entirely before throwing any more money at advertisements. Then, you will want to likely do things like create an author website, a newsletter, socials, personal ARC campeigns etc. It absolutely is a tough world out there, but its not impossible! Good luck!
"The thriller novel that scored a Netflix adaptation offer before it was even published." Book Title : The Snake Biting Its Own Tail Author Name : Dreas Zidn Genre(s) : Picaresque Psychological Thriller / Hard-boiled Thriller Brief synopsis or pitch : The Snake Biting Its Own Tail is not a straightforward thriller. It is built for readers who would rather solve a puzzle than be handed an answer — a fast-moving story told in fragments, across shifting perspectives, where memory and identity refuse to stay fixed. The protagonist does not know who he is. For a time, neither will you. That is deliberate. If you are ready to question everything you read, welcome to the Black Cell. Or the White Room. Where to buy or read : Amazon Kindle : https://a.co/d/0cdcvba4 Format : Ebook Release status : Available now Content warnings : This work contains explicit depictions of extreme physical and sexual violence, severe psychological abuse including forced confinement and manipulation, and illicit substance abuse.