Is Robin Reads worth it for a free promotion?

[Robin]

I am considering doing a Robin Reads free promo for the first in my series. I think the price has gone up since the last time I checked. It's now $70 for the mystery or thriller categories. It's rather a lot of money (for me). Is it worth it? Does anybody have any experience with them, particularly in the free category?

[ashleycapes]

Hey, I've ran two or three ads with them in the Free category over the years and for my stuff (epic fantasy) it was definitely worth it - can't recall exact numbers but it was around 1k each time with good sell through/ku reads.

Obviously, there's a few variables in my experience that won't precisely line up with thrillers etc, but I consider Robin Reads to be on a par with Freebooksy, ENT etc

[Robin]

Hey, I've ran two or three ads with them in the Free category over the years and for my stuff (epic fantasy) it was definitely worth it - can't recall exact numbers but it was around 1k each time with good sell through/ku reads.

Obviously, there's a few variables in my experience that won't precisely line up with thrillers etc, but I consider Robin Reads to be on a par with Freebooksy, ENT etc

Thank you. That download number is excellent. I'm in KU too so it's helpful to know you got good sell through/reads which is what I'm interested in of course!

[ashleycapes]

Hey, I've ran two or three ads with them in the Free category over the years and for my stuff (epic fantasy) it was definitely worth it - can't recall exact numbers but it was around 1k each time with good sell through/ku reads.

Obviously, there's a few variables in my experience that won't precisely line up with thrillers etc, but I consider Robin Reads to be on a par with Freebooksy, ENT etc

Thank you. That download number is excellent. I'm in KU too so it's helpful to know you got good sell through/reads which is what I'm interested in of course!

No probs

[Gerri Attrick]

It’s been a while now (Saturday 14th July, to be exact) since I had my only Robin Reads promo. It was for the permafree first of my British whodunit/cozy mystery series and cost $65.

I had 1584 downloads on the Saturday and another 276 on the Sunday. Well worth it, imho. Good luck.

[Robin]

Wow that really is good! Thank you, it's good to know RR free promo results for different genres.

[Ghost5]

I went back and checked on a promo I ran on a free book with Robin Reads where I didn't stack any other promos. This was back in November 2017, so it's been awhile. But on that book--first in series with no subsequent books published, plus its first run on Robin Reads--I had 2113 downloads.

I was really pleased. My book was romantic suspense and it was listed under the free steamy romance section.

Hope that helps even though the data is a nearly a year old.
 

[Robin]

It definitely helps, thank you!