Can you promote in r/selfpublish?
A place to discuss just about everything in the world of indie books. *Not* a place for self-promotion.
The short answer
Answer questions with useful, non-promotional help first; if you must mention your product or service, disclose your affiliation succinctly and only in a comment replying to a direct question — avoid links or titles in posts and move promotional outreach to the weekly self-promo thread.
What works here
- Replying with helpful, non-promotional advice in regular posts
- Linking to your service or product in comments only when directly answering a user's question
- Using the weekly self-promotion/achievement thread for promotional posts
What gets posts removed
- Posting links, book titles, or any identifiers in general submissions
- Creating posts to solicit customers, surveys, or to network (Discord/FB/subreddit invites)
- Making vague, low-effort promotional or celebratory posts outside the promo thread
Where this comes from
View the current official rules on RedditSelf-promotion rule
Promo posts aren't allowed; posting a link, title, or any identifier to your book is a clear violation.
Submit/sidebar guidance
Self-promotion is not allowed in the general submission area; celebratory posts must go in the weekly self-promotion thread.
Self Promotion Rules section
Self-promotion is limited to specific threads; linking to your book/website/service in posts is strictly forbidden, but linking in comments in response to a question is acceptable.
No surveying/the crowd
Using the subreddit to gather users for studies, surveys, or to enrich yourself is prohibited.
Official rules of r/selfpublish
- 01Self-promotion rule
- 02Posts About AI / Using AI to post
- 03No spam
- 04No low-effort posts
- 05Celebratory Posts Must Contain Points of Discussion
- 06Read the wiki before posting
- 07Our subreddit is optimized for "old" Reddit
- 08Intent
- 09RESOURCES
- 10No surveying the crowd
- 11No Book Cover Reviews
Based on the community’s official rules, analyzed July 8, 2026. Rules change; the official rules page is always the source of truth.
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