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Book Gorilla

www.bookgorilla.com

(9 Author Reviews)

Book Gorilla offers a personalized daily email to book lovers, presenting them with hand-picked Kindle ebooks that suit their interests. Whether you're looking for free or deeply discounted books, Book Gorilla has got you covered. With their extensive reach across apps, email and social media, Book Gorilla's audience extends up to 350,000 subscribers. They accept both free and paid book submissions as part of their promotional services, with a minimum price of $40.

List Size

350,000

Accepted Book Prices

Free and Discounted

Cost Range

$40.00 - $200.00

What authors are saying
Pricey Service
Inconsistent Performance
Genre Dependent
Placement Discontent
Limited Visibility
Unsatisfactory Results
Questionable Promotions

Book Gorilla Alternatives and Competitors

BookRaid

(26 Author Reviews)

BookRaid has a much smaller subscriber mailing list size to Book Gorilla, with about 50,000 newsletter subscribers, and a much cheaper maximum price, at $60.00.

BookRaid gets a much better rating than Book Gorilla from reviewers, with an average rating of 4.69 out of 5.

The Fussy Librarian

(23 Author Reviews)

The Fussy Librarian has a much larger subscriber mailing list size to Book Gorilla, with about 600,000 newsletter subscribers, and a much cheaper maximum price, at $79.00.

The Fussy Librarian gets a much better rating than Book Gorilla from reviewers, with an average rating of 4.22 out of 5.

Freebooksy

(18 Author Reviews)

Freebooksy has a much larger subscriber mailing list size to Book Gorilla, with about 547,000 newsletter subscribers, and a slightly more expensive maximum price, at $245.00.

Freebooksy gets a much better rating than Book Gorilla from reviewers, with an average rating of 4.22 out of 5.

ereader News Today

(11 Author Reviews)

ereader News Today has a smaller subscriber mailing list size to Book Gorilla, with about 200,000 newsletter subscribers, and a cheaper maximum price, at $140.00.

ereader News Today gets a much better rating than Book Gorilla from reviewers, with an average rating of 4.45 out of 5.

Book Gorilla Reviews (9)

E.K.

almost 2 years ago

Solid performance

Bit pricey, but have always had a reasonable number of sales. I usually wait for a discount code.

Mark

almost 2 years ago

Underwhelming but more testing needed

I'll give this 4 stars just because I've only run this newsletter 2 or 3 times but the results never stood out among others like Bookbarbairan, FussyLibrarian or Bargainbooksy

Lauren

almost 2 years ago

Not impressed

I didn't see real results the time I tried them. For the price, it wasn't worth it for me. I tried women's fiction, so other genres might perform better.

Art

almost 2 years ago

Not great

I paid extra for a top position in the ad. Although I did get some sales, it was somewhat underwhelming. I will pass on this one next time. It was a waste of money.

Leann Ryans

almost 2 years ago

Seems good

I'll start out saying it's been a while since I used them, and when I did they weren't the only one I had booked for the day. That said, the days I had them booked were either my best or one of the top days, so I'm willing to say they at least had a hand in it. This was for my steamy PNR, and I've used them for both free and 99c with equal results.

Peter

almost 2 years ago

Not terrible

Probably the only advertiser where you don't get to see your ad unless you accept an email with 50 books. If you nominate say 12 and your book is a thriller or a romance novel you're unlikely to see it. Dreadful policy and enough to make me cautious about using them.

Julia

almost 2 years ago

Not Worth It

For my free historical fiction book, I didn't get great results with this service. I was pretty unhappy considering the amount of money I paid. I'd stay away from them unless you have a large budget looking to spend. It could be that I got unlucky. Also, the results weren't non-existent, just, I've had much better results with different sites, so this one isn't worth it for me.

Edita A. Petrick

almost 2 years ago

Ribbons of Death

Tried them way back. Not worth the money. Also I tend not to believe they have a list the size they say they have. And if they do, it's not a list of readers either. This kind of money - there are better sites to promote at, and you can do two or three sites, instead of this money-gobbler.

A.L. Hawke

8 months ago

Consider for second tier promos

I see results--maybe 5-10 $.099 priced book sales. Fairly average for second tier. Also, currently Kindle Nation Daily has a "slideover" policy where you can add Book Gorilla if you promote with Kindle Nation Daily.