Some common submission problems for our retailer deals may include:
Promotion frequency (we've recently promoted this same book 60 days)
Typographical/grammatical errors (including missing/extraneous commas, punctuation, excessive -ly adverbs, or other obvious writing flaws)
Improper em dash/en dash formation
Does not meet minimum length requirements (YA and Adult books must be at least 170 pages for paid books and 100 pages for free novellas)
Ebook formatting (empty lines between paragraphs, no indentation, etc.)
Wrong content rating (example: author chose All Ages but the book has profanity, sex, violence, themes, etc. not appropriate for children)
Preorder—we do not advertise preorders
Low number of reviews or numerous poor reviews
Blurb doesn't sell the book or has too many errors
Cover doesn't catch our attention or is wrong for the genre
Book is in the middle of a series and we haven't yet promoted the first
Not a genre we promote.
Erotica or cover that is too erotic for our family-friendly site
Discount is not competitive compared with simultaneously submitted books
Your rating and content combination matches the preferences of a smaller number of subscribers as compared with simultaneously submitted books
Book set is written by different authors (we generally only accept sets written by the same author)
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