[Promotion] Self-Publisher's Showcase

MartinGibbs · Sep 12, 2014

I was recently followed on twitter by these folks and decided to check out their site.

http://selfpublishersshowcase.com/

So another pay site that supposedly helps out authors. Has anybody used this site, and if so, have you seen any bump in traffic/reach? I wonder about all these, since I'm guessing 99% of the traffic is from other authors.

A related question: How can we see what type of traffic is driven to a site like this?

veinglory · Sep 12, 2014

1) YADS
2) You can estimate their traffic using various online tools but honestly, why would anyone go there other than their customers?

Filigree · Sep 12, 2014

A quick check on Alexa.com shows some reasonable estimates of site popularity: 450K on global rank, and 130,000 US rank - though these are explained to be only estimates. You could cross-check with Amazon ranks and the Wayback Machine (Internet archive service) to see if the former site's featured books have had increased traffic.

In general, I am very skeptical of paid display sites. But they may work for some folks.

brainstorm77 · Sep 12, 2014

Ask yourself: What can they can do for me that I can't do for myself?

[Promotion] Self-Publisher's Showcase

MartinGibbs

veinglory

volitare nequeo

Filigree

Mildly Disturbing

brainstorm77

practical experience, FTW