r/selfpublish
r/selfpublish is a Reddit community for self-published authors to discuss publishing, distribution and marketing beyond any single platform.
At a glance
- Price
- Free
- Platforms
- Web, iOS, Android
- Outputs KDP-ready files
- Not stated
- Touches your KDP account
- Not stated
- Categories
- Communities & Forums
- Last checked
- 2026-11-09
Summary
r/selfpublish, created in 2011, is a public subreddit where authors discuss KDP, IngramSpark, Draft2Digital, marketing and in-person sales. Its rules ban self-promotion in posts, including links, titles or other identifiers for your book, service or group; promotion goes only in a weekly self-promo thread, which bans AI content and AI services. Vague "how do I self-publish" or "how do I sell" posts are removed as low effort. Answers are peer opinion, not Amazon policy.
Best for
- Specific questions about publishing and distribution choices
Pros
- Covers wide distribution, not only Amazon
- Strict rules keep promotional posts out of the main feed
Cons
- Basic questions are removed; read the wiki first
- Advice quality varies by poster
Alternatives
- r/KDP: r/KDP is the main Reddit community for Amazon KDP publishers to ask practical questions and share results.
- KDP Community: The KDP Community is Amazon's official forum where publishers ask questions and get answers from peers and KDP staff.
- KBoards Writers' Cafe: The KBoards Writers' Cafe is a long-running forum for Kindle self-publishers, now quieter but still open, with an archive of early KDP discussion.
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