Facebook Page type: Book or something else?

franzvanderlinde 2017-09-21 13:09:53 UTC #1

When I created the Facebook page for my graphic novel it only made sense to select Book, but since it's not really a book (at least not yet) I'm having second thoughts. Does the category you pick affects your page? What category have you selected? BTW leave a link to your page here!

sarrowsmith10 2017-09-21 14:34:40 UTC #2

I think different categories have different features. For example, if you put "business" then people can leave reviews and stuff. My facebook page is listed under "Artist" I think. So, it has different features. I think some of the categories are probably the same tho.

zlatkalarsen 2017-09-21 17:32:44 UTC #3

I would keep it as a book - unless there is a comic to select.

It's more about how you use it - ie what you are posting there. The difference is if you did a paid promotion or so, plus I think that if yours is a book, people can add it to their interest as a book. I don't think there is much more difference in terms of search features if people are looking for you. Probably different way to describe it.

I have mine as a writer as I am posting links to my writings no matter where they are.

zigmenthotep 2017-09-21 21:00:17 UTC #4

Well, for Slugworld's Facebook page I selected "entertainment website" because I looked at other webcomics and a lot of them were using that one. I also have a few other pages in different categories and I've never noticed any difference.
And it is pretty ridiculous that "comic" isn't an option.

franzvanderlinde 2017-09-22 11:25:43 UTC #5

Yeah, but book has some "ISBN" and other publishing-related fields that are weird, so I'm not sure how well it performs given that it's not really a book. I selected it because I thought about people being able to add it as such, but other than that I don't know.

franzvanderlinde 2017-09-22 11:26:29 UTC #6

Yes, it's pretty lame. But they probably don't have it because they don't think about Web Comics. Regular print comics would nicely fit the book one.

zigmenthotep 2017-09-22 12:02:57 UTC #7

Still, it seems like something the big publishers would want, and as they're owned by Disney and Warner Bros. respectively it seems like they would get what they want.

zlatkalarsen 2017-09-25 14:14:52 UTC #8

Well, you can get ISBN if you wanted. I would not worry about it. I have put Counting Shadows on Goodreads (I did self-publish it on Amazon earlier this year). Facebook a mix of promotion and community building. If you have it as a book, you will most likely just keep it on that topic. I do think that if you have it as a book, people can add it then to the books they liked.