Bargain Booksy
www.bargainbooksy.com(11 Author Reviews)
Bargain Booksy provides a service for authors looking to promote their books through paid submissions. They have a mailing list of 875,000 subscribers and prices starting at $20, which vary depending on the genre of the book. Visit https://www.bargainbooksy.com/sell-more-books-2/ for the complete list of prices and list sizes per genre. Please note that they do not accept free book submissions.
List Size
875,000
Accepted Book Prices
Discounted
Cost Range
$20.00 - $500.00
What authors are saying
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Bargain Booksy Reviews (11)
E.K.
almost 2 years ago
Impressive results
Used a number of times and have always seen great results, it's not cheap though.
Mark
almost 2 years ago
Very Solid
I've found the results for such a gigantic newsletter to be less stellar than you might think but it's still a regular in my rotation.
Laura
almost 2 years ago
Do FreeBooksy instead
While Bargain Booksy used to be stellar, over the years, I'm not seeing anyone getting the same results I saw five years ago. 99 cent books are harder to move than free, and where someone might get a handful of sales on Bargain Booksy, they'd see hundreds (or even thousands) of downloads with FreeBooksy. It just isn't worth the cost to me.
Angela Lam
almost 2 years ago
Good Value
I always promote with Bargain Booksy. Their customer service is great. The advertising is consistent. And the return on investment is solid. My bread-and-butter when it comes to book promotion.
Leann Ryans
almost 2 years ago
Not as good as FreeBooksy
BargainBooksy definitely doesn’t pack the punch that FreeBooksy does. Then again, I found that discounting a book to $.99 is nowhere near as good as running it for free, and the results from this site are one of the reasons I changed to only reducing books to free when I discount them. They are worth trying if you’re going to do it anything above free, but with my PNR and SFR I didn’t get great results.
Lauren
almost 2 years ago
Pretty Good
I broke even with ROI on the one promo I tried here--a romcom at 1.99. I'd try them again, and I'd stack with other promos.
LLM
almost 2 years ago
Great
I would definitely only do 99c or do FreeBooksy. Everyone is looking for a bargain or free. I write historical fiction.
Julia
almost 2 years ago
Pretty Good
For my next promo, I'll look into using them again. I think the results I got for my historical fiction were okay. The price wasn't bad and they have other helpful resources too. They're worth considering for sure depending on your overall budget.
Alexis Anicque
almost 2 years ago
Great
My promotion went very well, keeping in mind that I was going for sales rank because at 99 cents i knew it was unlikely break even on this platform.
A.L. Hawke
8 months ago
Very good
Their results are as much a "bargain" as their cost. For a very affordable price, I can usually garner 15-20 sales for a 99c title. I nearly always use them for promo stacking.
G. Curry
7 months ago
Used to be very powerful, not so much anymore
Bargainbooksy used to be one of the more reliable promos (for romance at least) but has really struggled recently. They seem more interested in offering new services to buy than making sure the promo service works well.