Book Promoters
The clear winner of book promotion sites is Bookbub. The trouble is it's expensive to promote there, you'll need good reviews and not all submissions are accepted. You can apply to promote there every 90 days.
So what are the alternatives? Dave Chesson of Kindlepreneur produces a list of the most effective sites and in general, I would agree with him. Here's his suggestions; you'll need to pay to promote books on these sites:
- BookBub - Good for discounted ebooks
- Freebooksy - Good for free ebooks
- ENT (Ereader News Today) - Good for free and discounted ebooks
- RobinReads - Good for free and discounted ebooks
- Fussy Librarian - Good for free and discounted ebooks
- BKNights - Good for free ebooks
- EReaderIQ - Good for free and discounted ebooks
- BookBassett - Good for free ebooks
- ManyBooks - Good for free ebooks
- BookRaid - Good for free ebooks
- Goodkindles - Good for free ebooks
- BargainBooksy - Good for discounted ebooks
- Red Feather Romance - Good for discounted ebooks (Romance only)
- Goodkindles - Good for discounted ebooks
Reedsy suggest the following additional sites are effective:
- My Book Cave - Good for free and discounted ebooks
- Robin Reads - Good for free and discounted ebooks
- BookDoggy - Good for free and discounted ebooks
- Hello Books - Good for free and discounted ebooks
- Audio Thicket - Good for audiobooks
- New In Books - Good for free and discounted ebooks
- Ready-Made Promo Stacks - Good for free and discounted ebooks. This site stacks promotions at multiple sites listed above over a period of days.
What about sites which are free for an author to promote their books at?
Dave Chesson of Kindlepreneur produces a list of these sites. Most of these can't guarantee that your book will be promoted, especially on a specific day. For that you'd need to pay a fee.
What about my views?
Over the years I've made a list of book promotion sites and added notes on how effective I think they've been. These are my opinions only - let me know if you disagree.
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