Executive Summary

Millions of self-published authors — roughly 4 million — struggle with discoverability because they lack marketing skills, creative resources, and budgets to run effective ad campaigns. Producing genre-tailored blurbs, ad creative, and multiformat social assets is costly and slow, so most authors either underinvest or pay for one-off services that don’t scale. Build a SaaS that automates post-publication marketing: generative AI produces tailored blurbs, ad copy, and creative across formats, while built-in templates and workflows automate A/B tests and landing assets. Deep integrations with Amazon Ads, Meta, and TikTok APIs would enable programmatic campaign orchestration and budget optimization so authors can launch and iterate campaigns with minimal manual work. The addressable market looks attractive now — about 4M indie authors × $300 ACV implies a $1.2B opportunity, and industry signals (market score 90/100, revenue potential 80/100) show strong demand for scalable marketing tools. Generative AI reducing creative costs and the maturation of ad platform APIs create a narrow window to capture customers before incumbents add comparable automation. You can differentiate by combining genre-specialized creative models, ROI-focused automation, and a low-cost subscription that undercuts agencies while providing measurable CPA and conversion analytics. Key challenges will be CAC, dependency on ad platform policy and API changes, and proving consistent ROI to cautious authors, but a focused MVP and strong tracking/benchmarking can validate the thesis quickly.

Market Opportunity

Help indie authors get discoverability: automated AI marketing after publish targets a $1.2B = 4M authors × $300 ACV total addressable market with medium saturation and a year-over-year growth rate of 12% YoY growth in digital marketing automation and creator economy ad spend (industry estimates, Gartner/industry reports 2023).

Key trends driving demand: Generative AI — enables on-demand ad copy, blurbs, and social creative tailored to book genres, sharply reducing creative cost and turnaround.; Creator economy growth — more indie authors are self-publishing and seeking scalable marketing solutions rather than one-off services.; Platform advertising maturation — Amazon Ads, Meta, and TikTok ad platforms now support APIs and programmatic bidding, enabling automated campaign orchestration.; Subscription tools adoption — authors prefer predictable monthly spend for ongoing promotion instead of paying for one-off promos or expensive featured deals..

Key competitors include BookBub, Reedsy, BookBrush, Publisher Rocket (formerly K-lytics).

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Help indie authors get discoverability: automated AI marketing after publish

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