I'm wondering if someone on here would be able to help me with book marketing?
I've written a book - an oral history/biography about a guy who lived through the Blitz in the Midlands, worked with horses in harness up until the 1960s, then emigrated to work on the big NZ stations shepherding and trapping. He also learned te reo Māori, oil painting and read a lot of poetry. (if anyone's interested, it's called Peter Holbrook: a life history - my project page is on Kickstarter). It's turned out fantastically if I say so myself and I'm confident in the writing.
The problem is this. I've done a tonne of Facebook and Reddit posts and lined up some newspaper interviews. But I've only got a few supporters so far and I'm starting to wonder if there's something putting people off.
There might not be, maybe it is just a marketing issue but does the subject matter give the impression that it's a book for men (that's not the case, but does it look that way?) so women aren't drawn to it?
Has anyone got time to take a look and give me your impression as a book buyer? I don't want to make huge changes if it's more of a reaching people problem, but if there's something you'd advise me to change I'm more than willing to listen.