Where would you spend your money? Booksends, FKBT or OHFB?

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GwynnEWhite

Discussion Starter · Mar 9, 2015

Thank you in advance for your comments.

I'm planning my Amazon Countdown Deal for a standalone memoir and am trying to decide where to spend my scarce resources.

Given those scarce resources, and the fact that my book is standalone, I won't be trying for Bookbub. So that pretty much leaves everyone else. I am using free ads but am pretty realistic that you get what you pay for . . .

I've booked an ENT — still to hear if I have been accepted— and BKnights. I've coughed up some cash for Book Butterfly, too.

I am now looking at spending my last few pennies at either: Booksends, FKBT, or OHFB. Which would you recommend?

Thank you kind people on KBoards.

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PearlEarringLady

· #2 · Mar 9, 2015

OHFB brought in three times the sales of FKBT for me, but it also costs three times the price. OHFB very kindly ran me for free, and being expensive are more likely to have slots available. So if it were me, I'd pay for FKBT and ask OHFB for a free slot.

Haven't used Booksends yet, so can't say about them.

Good luck with the promo!

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GwynnEWhite

Discussion Starter · #3 · Mar 9, 2015

Thank you. Will try what you suggested.

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J.A. Cipriano

· #4 · Mar 9, 2015

Booksends produced more sales for me than ent did

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I'm a Little Teapot

· #5 · Mar 9, 2015

OHFB resulted in over a hundred sales of my $0.99 book (Women's Fiction). I haven't done paid with the others. Booksends, however, shifted about 2500 of my permafree.

Oh, did anyone else get the FKBT newsletter the other day? They're now doing links for other vendors, too!

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Wayne Stinnett

· #6 · Mar 9, 2015

It depends on what your goal is. But, let's back up a second. You applied to ENT and since they are hard to get, you should wait and see what day they give you. If you applied for a specific date, odds are much lower that you'll get it. Once you get the anchor ad, apply to other advertisers on the specific day the anchor gives you, be that BookBub, ENT, FKB&T, or OHFB.

That said, back to the goal. If your goal is simply to make the most money you can from the promo, go with every free advertiser you can and a few $5 ads. As has been said, OHFB costs more than either ENT or FKB&T, but you'll sell more with OHFB. So, if your goal is to sell as many as possible, to gain the highest rank possible for visibility, OHFB should be your anchor, of those you're considering.

However, BookBub is king. You won't sell as many, nor make as much profit from any other advertiser.

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GwynnEWhite

Discussion Starter · #7 · Mar 9, 2015

Wayne Stinnett said:
It depends on what your goal is. But, let's back up a second. You applied to ENT and since they are hard to get, you should wait and see what day they give you. If you applied for a specific date, odds are much lower that you'll get it. Once you get the anchor ad, apply to other advertisers on the specific day the anchor gives you, be that BookBub, ENT, FKB&T, or OHFB.

That said, back to the goal. If your goal is simply to make the most money you can from the promo, go with every free advertiser you can and a few $5 ads. As has been said, OHFB costs more than either ENT or FKB&T, but you'll sell more with OHFB. So, if your goal is to sell as many as possible, to gain the highest rank possible for visibility, OHFB should be your anchor, of those you're considering.

However, BookBub is king. You won't sell as many, nor make as much profit from any other advertiser.

Thank you Wayne. That is really helpful. I appreciate your input.

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C. Gockel

· #8 · Mar 9, 2015

There are some free places you should definitely try: BuckBooks, Manybooks.net, ReadCheaply, eBooklister, Awesomegang--and I'd try for the OHFB, TheMidlist, and BargainBooksy *FREE* slots as well.

I recently ran my second in series at 99 cents here: http://bestebookreaderlovers.com/

It was about $8. I ran my permafree at the same time -- they flubbed that and didn't post my permafrees link (!) but they moved over 100 copies of my second in series.

Really disorganized, but often great results.

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I'm a Little Teapot

· #9 · Mar 9, 2015

C. Gockel said:
I recently ran my second in series at 99 cents here: http://bestebookreaderlovers.com/

It was about $8. I ran my permafree at the same time -- they flubbed that and didn't post my permafrees link (!) but they moved over 100 copies of my second in series.

Really disorganized, but often great results.

I forgot about them! Yes, I did well there with $0.99 also.

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spike Pedersen

· #10 · Mar 9, 2015

Booksends brought me good success. I keep trying for Bookbub, but in the meantime Booksends works.

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GwynnEWhite

Discussion Starter · #11 · Mar 9, 2015

C. Gockel said:
There are some free places you should definitely try: BuckBooks, Manybooks.net, ReadCheaply, eBooklister, Awesomegang--and I'd try for the OHFB, TheMidlist, and BargainBooksy *FREE* slots as well.

I recently ran my second in series at 99 cents here: http://bestebookreaderlovers.com/

It was about $8. I ran my permafree at the same time -- they flubbed that and didn't post my permafrees link (!) but they moved over 100 copies of my second in series.

Really disorganized, but often great results.

I have signed up as a BookBucks affiliate but I must confess I really have no clue how the whole thing works. Their instructions and communications are as clear as mud. I don't know if it is worth the brain damage to try an figure it out. Anyone else tried them?

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