Subreddit rules check
r/indieauthors
Can you promote here?
The rules prohibit promoting your own product here. You can still be genuinely useful in comments (which builds the account standing every other community checks), but any promotional post or link is likely to be removed and can earn a community ban.
From the rules · Posts linking directly to books will be deleted — no book-promo links or posts made solely for self-promotion.
Links
Links are prohibited in posts or comments. Name things in plain text; interested readers will search.
What this community rewards
Dominant post formats: discussion, guide, story
Headline: clear personal/advice angle or direct question. Write in first person for journeys or as a practical how-to; keep posts short-to-medium (200–800 words). Tone: candid, helpful, community-focused, non-salesy. Upvoted: actionable tips, honest publishing experiences, useful indie-news; Removed: posts that exist solely to promote a book or contain direct book links.
Arriving in the local format matters: cross-posting the same text everywhere reads as tourist instantly. The wider method is in the Reddit playbook.
Classified mechanically from the community's published rules and recent top posts, last checked July 2026. Rules change and moderators have the final say: verify at r/indieauthors's rules page before posting anything that matters.
Thread Otter checks this before every send
These profiles power the product: promo-banned communities never receive a promotional draft, drafts arrive in the local format, and a fact-check gate plus human pacing protect the account doing the talking.