If we look at marketing, especially in books, it's easy to see that people DO want to find things that are similar to a thing they like. I see in the fantasy subreddit all the time "can anyone recommend me something like this or that?" So even if your idea doesn't FEEL wholly original, it's okay because it might scratch an itch someone has from reading another thing!
Absolutely! It's why having a pitch that's like "My book is like -other book- meets -other book-" is so helpful because then people have a point of reference to know what they're getting into. The moment you go "My book is super special and unique so it's hard to describe" people are immediately like "meh".
I'm so happy for Snowflake! Yay!
If we look at marketing, especially in books, it's easy to see that people DO want to find things that are similar to a thing they like. I see in the fantasy subreddit all the time "can anyone recommend me something like this or that?" So even if your idea doesn't FEEL wholly original, it's okay because it might scratch an itch someone has from reading another thing!
Absolutely! It's why having a pitch that's like "My book is like -other book- meets -other book-" is so helpful because then people have a point of reference to know what they're getting into. The moment you go "My book is super special and unique so it's hard to describe" people are immediately like "meh".