What are the *current* best websites to promote your FREE KDP days?

I know this question has been asked dozens of times, but I'm not asking how to promote my KDP days - I'm trying to update my list of current websites. I'd like to do mostly cost-free promoting, but I'm willing to drop ~$60 on promoting. I'm aware that this excludes me from Bookbub.

I keep finding hundreds of "promote your free days with us!" websites that are now defunct. They seem to pop up and die like mushrooms, so I'm not really sure who to go with.

This will not be my first time doing a free promotion, but it will be my first time really throwing some weight behind it. I normally submit to all the facebook "free ebook" groups the day of - but now I'd like to know if anyone here has any success, and with which websites.

Thank you!

Edit: Info on the book - Fiction, Psychological thriller, In the Devil's Dreams. It is my only book, and I'm just hoping to boost my sales. I went from selling 25 books/month with no marketing to 50 books/month with just a few unadvertised KDP promotions. I'd love to get that number higher. I am a full time graduate student doing a PhD so I'm unable to devote a large amount of effort to blogtours and article writing, but I do understand the value of doing those things, and plan to engage in them over summers.

Hi Hack, I replied to your comment by editing my original post!

thank you

working on the second!!

Paid promotions like Bookbub for KDP Free Promos?

Hi gang, I'm here for a bit of expert advice.
I published my book, In the Devil's Dreams, a few months back. I've run the KDP free days with varying success.

I know that Bookbub is more or less the sweetest peach, but since it's hard to get into, I wonder if there are other paid promotional sites that are worth the shot. I've exhausted all of the free resources I know of, mostly Goodreads giveaways and free e-book blast sites.

What are your thoughts?

Old Hack said:

My first thought is that your signature is huge, and you need to make it much smaller.

If you go to the FAQ room there's a thread there about image sizes and signatures which will give you guidance.

ETA: You started a thread about this before, so I'm going to merge this with your previous thread. Just one thread per subject, and no duplicate posts either, please: AW is already huge and we don't want to make it bloated, too.

Also, I see I asked you to reduce the size of your signature before:



I really don't want to have to ask you a third time. Get it sorted, thanks.

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I actually had my house broken into and my computer stolen (college town) so this is the first time I've posted since then. Sorry.

WriterBN said:

This is based on my experience and may not be typical, YMMV, etc.

The best results I've had were with E-reader News Today (ENT), a distant second was Kindle Books & Tips (KBT), and an even more distant third was The Fussy Librarian.

There are many, many sites out there ready to take your money, but very few of them deliver. If you're trying to filter the list, the first criterion should be the number of subscribers in your genre/category. If that number is not provided, move on.

ETA: oops...just realized you were asking about promoting a free book, not discounted. I've never done a free promo. All of mine were either regular price or Kindle Countdown promos. However, the basic lesson still applies: only the big-name sites seem to deliver results.

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Thank you for this. Actually my KDP always tells me my book isn't eligible for a countdown. Any idea why? And can you tell me a bit more about your success with ENT?

Angry Guy said:

Have you used any giveaway days? Seems you can't do giveaways and countdowns in the same 90-day period.

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Yes, I have been using my giveaways with mild to moderate success.