r/selfpublish is a subreddit with 251k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses book, self publishing, marketing, author, and struggling, and they frequently recommend/review writing software, writing app, and dictation software.
A place to discuss just about everything in the world of indie books. *Not* a place for self-promotion.
Popular Themes in r/selfpublish
#1
Advice Requests
: "Is It Realistically Possible to Make a Living with 5–7 Books on Amazon Kindle?"
14 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Giving up on being a full time author, and why this isn't a bad thing."
11 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "For goodies that come with your book (bookmarks, stickers, etc.), how do you print them/where do you buy them from?"
8 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "Who spends thousands on a book few will read?"
3 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "I DID IT (again)! Yesterday, I finally released my second book ever. This post includes a bit about what I did better than last time and what I'm going to do next time."
3 posts
Popular Topics in r/selfpublish
#1
Book
: "I sold more Books on Amazon in the First 8 hours of a Bookbub featured deal than I did in the entire month after my Book was featured in the New York Times Book Review"
99 posts
#2
Self Publishing
: "First-Time Self Publishing: KDP, IngramSpark, or Something Else?"
65 posts
#3
Marketing
: "If someone gave you 100k usd and you had to spend every cent of it on Marketing a book of yours, what woukd your strategy be?"
56 posts
#4
Author
: "Help: a bookstore created an Instagram of me, with my face and book using AI. I'm a very an anti-AI Author."
42 posts
#5
Struggling
39 posts
#6
Publishing
: "Author Publishing, websites, all that - what do you all do?"
35 posts
#7
Amazon
: "Is It Realistically Possible to Make a Living with 5–7 Books on Amazon Kindle?"
27 posts
#8
Cover
: "My fellow self published authors, how do make your book Cover?"
25 posts
#9
Kdp
: "Amazon Kdp just took my books down and I can’t understand why!!"
24 posts
#10
Hard Time
20 posts
Products Discussed in r/selfpublish
Writing Software
110 reviews
#1
Scrivener
4.3★ from 30 reviews
#2
Microsoft
4.8★ from 8 reviews
#3
Atticus
3.7★ from 7 reviews
Writing App
8 reviews
#1
Apple
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Scrivener
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Ellipsus
4.0★ from 1 review
Dictation Software
6 reviews
#1
Microsoft
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Revolv
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Dragon
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/selfpublish
#1
Marketing
: "I’ve been writing for years. I have 3 published books. And I’m still being told the secret is to write the next book."
30 posts
#2
Tips & Tricks
: "What is it like being successful?"
11 posts
#3
Fantasy
: "Someone made a short video on my book blurb."
7 posts
#4
How I Did It
: "I sold more books on Amazon in the First 8 hours of a Bookbub featured deal than I did in the entire month after my book was featured in the New York Times Book Review"
6 posts
#5
Reviews
: "Harsh reviews"
5 posts
#6
Editing
: "Please don't skip editing!"
4 posts
#7
Mod Announcement
: "Weekly Self-Promo and Chat Thread"
4 posts
#8
Literary Fiction
: "Is It Realistically Possible to Make a Living with 5–7 Books on Amazon Kindle?"
3 posts
#9
Formatting
: "three books in and I still don't have a system for editing - how are people actually doing this?"
2 posts
#10
Covers
: "Has anyone gotten illustration work from GetCovers or MiblArt?"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/selfpublish
Yearly
+66k members(35.9%)
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Last updated: June 13, 2026