Maximize your book's reach by leveraging social media platforms like Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook to connect with readers and grow your audience.
If your books are translated into Portuguese, Spanish, Hindi, or reach readers across Latin America, India, or Africa, WhatsApp isn't a messaging app on the side — it's often the primary way readers there discover and discuss books. This guide covers broadcast lists, Communities, what's realistic without outside help, and tracking results with ScribeCount.
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VKontakte is Russia's dominant social platform, with a real audience and even a functioning ad system. It's also state-owned, subject to ongoing international sanctions, and effectively closed to normal Western payment processing. This article explains the situation honestly so you can make an informed decision rather than discovering the complications the hard way.
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Xiaohongshu — known internationally as RedNote or Little Red Book — is one of China's most powerful product-discovery platforms. It's also built around a closed-loop shopping experience that blocks third-party links entirely, skews heavily toward beauty and lifestyle content, and isn't clearly established as a book-discovery channel. This article explains why most indie authors should look elsewhere, and what the rare exception looks like.
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