Can you promote in r/newauthor?
A community for new authors to come together and share their work, thoughts, ideas, and stories! If you’re looking for a place to share plots, bounce ideas, world build, self-promote, or anything else -- go ahead and join! NO AI [yes, this includes your covers!]. Thank you.
The short answer
Engage helpfully and on-topic, disclose your affiliation briefly if relevant, avoid hard-sell language or asking users to buy in comments, and follow the 24‑hour posting and relevance rules.
What works here
- Sharing your work, plots, or projects
- Light self-promotion or linking to your work (within posting limits)
- Participating in discussions and offering helpful advice
What gets posts removed
- Direct sales pitches or brokering deals in comments
- Posting more than once every 24 hours or cross-posting same content
- Using AI-generated content or being combative/rude
Where this comes from
View the current official rules on RedditPublic description invites self-promotion
Sidebar says members can self-promote and share work, indicating promotion is generally acceptable.
No spamming rule
Limits posting to once every 24 hours and forbids reposting or multi-account posting, so frequency and duplicate content are restricted.
No selling or buying
Comments that broker sales or seek individual sales agreements will be removed; transactions should move to DMs, so avoid explicit customer recruiting in comments.
Stay relevant
Posts must relate to writing or publishing, so vendor/marketing content must be clearly relevant to authors.
No AI content
AI-generated writing or artwork is prohibited, so don't use or claim AI content in posts or covers.
Official rules of r/newauthor
- 01BE CIVIL AND RESPECTFUL
- 02NO PORNOGRAPHIC, ABUSIVE OR OTHERWISE HARMFUL CONTENT
- 03NO SPAMMING
- 04NO AI CONTENT
- 05NO POLITICS
- 06STAY RELEVANT
- 07NO SELLING OR BUYING
Based on the community’s official rules, analyzed July 20, 2026. Rules change; the official rules page is always the source of truth.
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