Marketing List Part 2 – Free Distribution + Reviews
Site/Group Name: Awesomegang
URL: http://awesomegang.com/submit-your-book/
Cost: Free
Paid Option: Yes, $10
Min. Reviews: No
Min. Rating: No
Site/Group Reg: No
Notes: A $10 paid upgrade guarantees home page for two days, inclusion in newsletters, and social media mentions. Prefers long descriptions.
Review: Simple, easy website with a very reasonably priced guaranteed acceptance (some exceptions, see FAQ page.) Has an interview option, encourages linking which helps your Google ranking. No affiliate codes in purchasing links. No shortened URLs like bit.ly.
Site/Group Name: Cheap Bookies
URL: https://www.facebook.com/groups/315694258441389/
Cost: Free
Paid Option: No
Min. Reviews: No
Min. Rating: No
Site/Group Reg: Yes, must join group
Notes: A Facebook listing page.
Review: Free to join and post. Readable by the public without joining. Plenty of activity on the page, all with free books. Can get banned from overposting or spamming.
Site/Group Name: Book Pleasures Reviews
URL: http://www.bookpleasures.com
Cost: One copy of the book for a review
Paid Option: Yes, “Norm’s Priority Review Service”
Min. Reviews: No
Min. Rating: No
Site/Group Reg: Submit information via email
Notes: This is a review site, not a link distributor.
Review: Books must be well-edited to be accepted. Requires you to send a physical copy of the book to be reviewed. Must be available on Amazon for linking.
Site/Group Name: Celebrating Authors
URL: https://www.facebook.com/groups/157960580960255/
Cost: Free
Paid Option: Yes, $25 for Pinned Post
Min. Reviews: No
Min. Rating: No
Site/Group Reg: Yes, register with group to post
Notes: $25 allows you to have your post pinned to the top of the page for a week and to have an image set for the top page graphic.
Review: Over 16K members. Plenty of activity, and I noticed some celebrity authors in the members list.
Site/Group Name: Confessions of a Bookaholic
URL: https://www.facebook.com/Confessions-of-a-Bookaholic-136192026473783/
Cost: Free
Paid Option: No
Min. Reviews: No
Min. Rating: No
Site/Group Reg: No
Notes: This is not a Facebook Group, it is a Page. Submit book information via email to get reviewed. Over 4.8K followers.
Review: While this is a review page, she also posts the book information in her timeline. Page was active within the last week when visited.
Site/Group Name: Digital Book Today
URL: http://digitalbooktoday.com/
Cost: Free
Paid Option: Yes, $15
Min. Reviews: 18+ Fiction, 40+ Non-Fiction
Min. Rating: 4.0
Site/Group Reg: No
Notes: No erotica. Some non-fiction difficult to get in. Prefers full novels, 100+ pages. No fiction less than 100 pages.
Review: Busy page, strict guidelines. Does have a paid option, $15 for up to 4 days if books do not meet review/rating minimums.