Ad pricing has become prohibitive

[Jan Hurst-Nicholson]

I have just checked the BookBub pricing for a Romance - IF you get a featured deal.
It is $560 .
The exchange rate means it would cost me R10 600 . I have just bought a new Samsung Smart 43" TV for R4500.
An International deal is approx R2000 (no US readers).

Their paid ads with bidding etc. is just too complicated for my brain. 

eBookDaily is $20 Obviously not as good as BookBub, but at least affordable.

[Gregg Bell]

I've had good success with BookDoggy, Jan. Hardly too much more. $21/free $24/discounted

https://bookdoggy.com/for-authors/

[Jan Hurst-Nicholson]

I've had good success with BookDoggy, Jan. Hardly too much more. $21/free $24/discounted

https://bookdoggy.com/for-authors/

Thanks for this link . I hadn't heard of them. I like that they have a long and varied list of genres. I'll definitely give them a try. Do you wait to see if they have accepted you before planning to make a book free?

[alhawke]

Thing is, BookBub's featured promo is exepensive, Jan, but it is becoming the only promo in town that might help get your money back. It's expensive, but well worth ranking and visibility. The majority of the Bookbub promos I've run have made all my $ back.

For less expensive promos for a sale, take a look at WrittenWord Media--which now has most of the others. Also, Bookdoggy, I use now regularly; others to consider are JustKindleBooks (cheapest) & Many Books. Also Bookspry is brand new and very good with results.

[Gregg Bell]

I've had good success with BookDoggy, Jan. Hardly too much more. $21/free $24/discounted

https://bookdoggy.com/for-authors/

Thanks for this link . I hadn't heard of them. I like that they have a long and varied list of genres. I'll definitely give them a try. Do you wait to see if they have accepted you before planning to make a book free?

As I recall BookDoggy accepts your ad pretty quickly. So yes, I wait to know I have the ad before making the book free.

[Jan Hurst-Nicholson]

Thing is, BookBub's featured promo is exepensive, Jan, but it is becoming the only promo in town that might help get your money back. It's expensive, but well worth ranking and visibility. The majority of the Bookbub promos I've run have made all my $ back.

For less expensive promos for a sale, take a look at WrittenWord Media--which now has most of the others. Also, Bookdoggy, I use now regularly; others to consider are JustKindleBooks (cheapest) & Many Books. Also Bookspry is brand new and very good with results.

Thanks. I'm looking at Bookdoggy and will check out the others. 

[Jan Hurst-Nicholson]

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As I recall BookDoggy accepts your ad pretty quickly. So yes, I wait to know I have the ad before making the book free.
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Thanks. They seem to offer quite a lot. They just have the one price for all genres, which is a good, and a bad thing as children's books are poor sellers and less likely to make your money back, but I like that romance is not outrageously expensive. 

[Jan Hurst-Nicholson]

Decided to try one of my Leon Chameleon PI children's books with Bookdoggy. Children's books are a difficult sell so we'll see what happens. eBookDaily has different charges depending on the genre. Romance charges are $20. Children's Books are $5, so that tells you a lot about the clicks that children's book receive.

[Gregg Bell]

  Good luck!

[writeway]

I haven't submitted to Bookbub in probably 3 years. I got 12 Bookbubs before though. But the last 4-5 didn't do nearly as well as they used to. Just like everything else, results dwindle after a while. There are plenty of other places to promote. Bookbub is definitely not the only gang in town and Bookspry is pretty good. Me, Bookbub is no longer worth the money. For example, for free books, Stuff Your Kindle is way better so I try to get into that promo whenever I can.

[Jan Hurst-Nicholson]

I haven't submitted to Bookbub in probably 3 years. I got 12 Bookbubs before though. But the last 4-5 didn't do nearly as well as they used to. Just like everything else, results dwindle after a while. There are plenty of other places to promote. Bookbub is definitely not the only gang in town and Bookspry is pretty good. Me, Bookbub is no longer worth the money. For example, for free books, Stuff Your Kindle is way better so I try to get into that promo whenever I can.

I would be willing to risk BookBub money on my Leon Chameleon PI children's books as they have some really good reviews, and I've just discovered them on https://www.doppol.com/books/Leon-Chameleon-PI-and-the-case-of-the-missing-canary-eggs-32552
Unfortunately BookBub won?t accept my children?s books as they are not the right page length for their customers (so they say). This despite the fact that Bheki and the Magic Light was published by Penguin and is an industry standard, and my Leon books were trad published by Gecko Books.