Dr. Barry Nadel
ILGiveways- a Total Waste of Time I don't know if the company can help. I did the giveaway for my book Seeking the Light of Justice. In 24 hours, you gave away 1263 books. That sounds great. I got emails from all those people. However, it didn't generate one sale or review. I did a giveaway on Goodreads and got the same results. I am doing the same on my website. The results are the same: No reviews and no future sales. It's a total waste of time and money.
Gracie C. McKeever
GBThe company delivered on its promise! I received a large e-mail list to begin building invaluable reader contacts to assist with my promotional efforts.
Mary Yee
GBI found that giving away books did not… I found that giving away books did not increase sales. I had over 1500 email lists and followed through with emails. it didn't help my book.An explanation could be beneficial for other authors who are promoting their books. My book caters to a specific Christian audience and serves as a self-help guide on dealing with abuse, which means it may not resonate with everyone. Despite having a substantial number of email addresses from Cravebooks, I reached out to them with polite and straightforward emails to further engage with the audience. Unfortunately, I did not receive any response at all. This led me to believe the list may not have been targeted enough for my book. Additionally, I discovered that reasonably priced, targeted email lists are available for purchase online. This worked better for me as I was able to build a private following. Since giving away books didn’t seem to help, I wanted to cancel giving away further books but didn’t realize once you signed up for the giveaways, canceling it was difficult. However, the company did reach out to me, and we resolved the situation. My situation should not affect another novelist who might need a more general audience. Cravebooks created nice ads and kept my book out in public through continuous campaigns. That is always helpful, and I would be happy to use them again. Promoting books is difficult, and using several sources can be very beneficial. Thank-you.
Mike Sisti
GBOutstanding Personal Service This site is excellent for authors. It is designed to help them reach readers in their genre. And the staff provides personal assistance to hep get the most out of the services offered. Within the first month I have already seen results of joining.
Krishna Kumar
GBThis is a great website for authors This is a great website for authors, and the results are more than promised. The site is easy to use, and the response to any questions is very fast. I recommend all authors use this.When I participated in a building giveaway, the results were four times the promised figures.