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Originally Posted by HighRoadToTibet
Like most ebook authors, I posted details of my own book on this forum but afterwards came to think, isn't it a total waste of time?
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Not my problem to figure out if it's a waste of an author's time. As mentioned, the forum exists to avoid promo/spam in other places, and because some readers like looking over lists of new works.
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In all fairness, who's going to believe any comments I have about my own books? I can say "Hey, my book High Road To Tibet is available on the Kindle at $2.99 and is a great read" but what else would I say???
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Sensible readers aren't going to believe your evaluation of your own book. However, you do get to tell them the genre and any details that might catch their interests. Listing the title & price alone is almost entirely worthless, but saying, "this is a gritty nonfic experience of outdoor living" or "this is an adventure novel with intense international politics" or "this is a feminist novel about sexism in Buddhist monasteries" or "this is a science fiction story with flying saucers hiding in the mountains" will all interest different readers. (I have no idea what "High Road To Tibet" is actually about.)
I have bought books because of the author self-promo listings here. Not many, but my most preferred genres aren't very active here; my interest in mystery or adventure is limited, so those pitches have to be incredibly well-written and hit some other interest of mine for me to even click on the link.
Still, it's possible; a mystery that centered around conlangs, or an adventure novel with hippie protagonists, would both be interesting to me. Other people have different interests (I note by the lack of multi-book adventure series with hippie protagonists); the self-promo forum is a way to seek readers who won't be looking at the Kindle or Smashwords genre listings for your book.