Well, wrong keywords and
wrong book categories always hurt.
Not exact matches
Almost every time an author tells me «I don't get why my
book isn't selling,» I look at their
book page on Amazon and find that their
categories are
wrong.
My 2014 novel, Dead
Wrong, was a finalist in the thriller
category of the 2015 Colorado
Book Awards.
Submitting your
book to the
wrong category can ruin your chances of winning before they even read your
book.
However, she did point out that my
book did not win the Young Adult
category, which she had judged, then proceeded to tell me every detail
wrong with my story.
I had
booked the
wrong room
category and changing it would have required a 4x fee compared to
booking it outright — an odd choice, given that most hotels are quite eager to sell you a more expensive room at check - in!