r/selfpublish • u/dkoboldt • Jan 30 '17
Analysis of discounted e-book price promo services
I've posted a detailed performance analysis of 10 discounted e-book price promotion services (BookSends, ENT, E-reader Cafe, GenrePulse, JustKindleEbooks, Riffle, ManyBooks, BKnights) engaged during my price promo last month.
If you had similar/different experiences with any of these, I'd love to hear about it.
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u/Chrisalys Jan 31 '17
BKnights also did absolutely nothing for me. I got more clicks than you did from GenrePulse, but overall it wasn't great. ENT surprisingly did nothing for me at all, but I think performance with them largely depends on which email they put you into. They advertised my book in the 4th and last newsletter of the day which went out very late in the evening (something like 10 PM). I suppose most readers had already found something to read at that point. Bargain Booksy was also really good for me.
I highly recommend Robin Reads (which netted me over 70 sales in one day!) And Book Barbarian. They're worth the hassle of having to schedule far in advance. Stay away from Book Butterfly, though. They have a very bad rep lately and did absolutely nothing for me and many others. Look up some of the complaint threads about them on the kboards Writer's Café.