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Title: What have you heard about Kind of Book promo service?
Post by: LilyBLily on June 23, 2020, 11:25:04 PM

I got a cold email from KindofBook, and their website is handsome and has books by some well-known authors, including Brenda Novak. However, nowhere on the site is there a price list for their service. I hate cagey websites. Just tell me if I can afford you, okay?

Anyway, here's the U.S. site (not the link they sent but the site itself): https://us.kindofbook.com/

If you know anything about them, please dish.

Title: Re: What have you heard about Kind of Book promo service?
Post by: TimothyEllis on June 24, 2020, 12:29:33 AM

Never heard of them, but had a look.

Nothing anywhere which says what they charge, or what their selection criteria are.

Site is copyrighted 2020, so brand new.

My feel is avoid until they have readily available criteria and charges, and publish a list size.

You need to register to get into the author section, and that smells like a means of building an author email list.

I'm not saying the site is dodgy, but it certainly doesn't feel right.

Title: Re: What have you heard about Kind of Book promo service?
Post by: Anarchist on June 24, 2020, 01:01:27 AM

Sub to their "deals" list.

Check the books' ranks at Amazon the day after they're promoted.

That'll tell you whether the service deserves your attention.

Title: Re: What have you heard about Kind of Book promo service?
Post by: alhawke on June 24, 2020, 04:32:34 AM

I've never heard of them. I'm wary of promo sites that have limited info on them. You never know if they could use bots and get you in trouble or end up being just a waste of money (more common, right).

Title: Re: What have you heard about Kind of Book promo service?
Post by: alhawke on June 24, 2020, 04:34:22 AM

I checked out the site. The website looks nice & clean. They could be legit, just new? If you risk them, let us know if you have any success.

Title: Re: What have you heard about Kind of Book promo service?
Post by: LilyBLily on June 24, 2020, 05:25:54 AM

I like Anarchist's idea of subscribing to their deal list and checking out the deals, only I'm too inundated with mail as it is and rather too lazy, too.

Title: Re: What have you heard about Kind of Book promo service?
Post by: notthatamanda on June 24, 2020, 07:10:15 AM

Quote from: Anarchist on June 24, 2020, 01:01:27 AM

Sub to their "deals" list.

Check the books' ranks at Amazon the day after they're promoted.

That'll tell you whether the service deserves your attention.

That's what I used to do. But they could be running multiple promos so it's not 100% accurate.

Title: Re: What have you heard about Kind of Book promo service?
Post by: Jeff Tanyard on June 24, 2020, 07:38:51 AM

I just stick to Nick's list nowadays.  If KindofBook ever makes the cut, then I'll give it a try.  Until then, I won't.

https://nicholaserik.com/promo-sites/

Title: Re: What have you heard about Kind of Book promo service?
Post by: Anarchist on June 24, 2020, 12:46:36 PM

Quote from: Jeff Tanyard on June 24, 2020, 07:38:51 AM

I just stick to Nick's list nowadays.  If KindofBook ever makes the cut, then I'll give it a try.  Until then, I won't.

https://nicholaserik.com/promo-sites/

Yeah, I still use a few that are on Nick's list when I launch, too. But mostly, I stick to email, AMS, and BB. :)