Your best Free Book promo site recommendation?

[guest642]

Lo and behold, Amazon price-matched my book upon request over the weekend, so now I'm looking to promote it to jumpstart it.


As of now, October 1st, what is your #1 FREE BOOK promo site for thrillers? I know there are tons out there, but I've never used anything other than Bookbub. I'll keep subbing to Bookbub, but until then...


TIA

[Max]

Off the top of my head, in this order, here's my preference. Freebooksy, ENT, Robin Reads, Booksends. Book Basset. Read Cheaply.

Nope, no Book Gorilla. They are strictly amazon, and they don't yield the results per dollar investment that the others do, though I know some use and like them.
The nitty gritty:
Booksy, ENT, Sends do immediate bookings.
Robin needs some planning, as they are booked out usually a month in advance.
I don't remember Cheaply. Don't use them enough. Same with Basset.

YMMV

[WasAnn]

Yep to what Max said, but here's my addendums:

For follow on sales of other books, plus volume:

ENT, Robin Reads

For overall volume without worrying about follow on sales:

Freebooksy, Booksends

Other that are worth doing depending on genre:

Reading Deals, Many Books

[ashleycapes]

This list is pretty ace and I tend to have similar results with the sites Erik gives an overview for:
http://nicholaserik.com/promo-sites/

So much is dependent on genre (always, I guess) and tone, but I'll definitely echo those already mentioned above and perhaps add a couple of the smaller services that I think haven't been mentioned in thread yet:

• eBooksoda
• Bookrunes

who I like for targeting non-US markets and also another one that does fairly good for me:

• BookCave

[Max]

Yep to what Max said, but here's my addendums:

For follow on sales of other books, plus volume:

ENT, Robin Reads

For overall volume without worrying about follow on sales:

Freebooksy, Booksends

Other that are worth doing depending on genre:

Reading Deals, Many Books

I'm learning stuff!
Question, Ann, if you don't mind.

Reading Deals and Many Books, those were good for SF? Or other genres, to your knowledge?

[KevinH]

To the extent its helpful, I have a page devoted to book promotion and marketing on my site:  https://www.kevinhardmanauthor.com/writers/book-marketing-promotion/

[alhawke]

I recommend Nicholas Erik's website on book promotion. To zero in with your thriller, see if you can also advertise with Book Adrenaline.