80 sites to advertise your book
4January 9, 2013 by James Calbraith
This is a list compiled from various online sources, most notably – Rachelle’s Window (go there and thank her! 
she also lists Alexa rankings for the sites) and my own research. As of posting this on January 9th 2013, all sites listed are accepting submission, unless otherwise noted.
Majority of these sites advertise books when they’re free, as part of KDP Select or Smashword promo. If you want to advertise a paid book, you usually need to pay extra.
The spreadsheet behind this table is available here. If you think I’m missing something, let me know in the comments.
| . | URL | Free Ad | Paid Ad | Comments | |
| . | 100 Free Books | Guaranteed | no longer accepted | ||
| . | Addicted to eBooks | Guaranteed | registration required | ||
| . | Addicted to eBooks | Guaranteed | registration required | ||
| . | Ask David | Guaranteed | |||
| . | Author Marketing Club | Membership + listing | |||
| . | Awesome Gang | Guaranteed | $10 | ||
| . | Bargain eBook Hunter | Guaranteed | |||
| . | Book Blast | Guaranteed | Must be deal, not free | ||
| . | Book Daily | Membership + samples | |||
| . | Book Goodies | Guaranteed | |||
| . | Book Goodies | $5 | |||
| . | Book Goodies | $25 | |||
| . | Book Goodies For Kids | Guaranteed | Children only | ||
| . | Book Matchers | Listing + search service | |||
| . | Book Promo Central | Same as Indie Book Promo | Small Press only | ||
| . | Book Tweeting Service | $29+ | |||
| . | BookBrowse | $2-7 pm | |||
| . | BookBub | Various options. $60+ | probably most effective right now | ||
| . | Books on the Knob | Not guaranteed | |||
| . | BookSlut | $175-$450 | |||
| . | Centsible Reads | Guaranteed | various options, $25+ | ||
| . | Daily Free Books | Guaranteed | $7.5 | ||
| . | Digital Book Today | Not guaranteed | 4 stars minimum | ||
| . | Digital Book Today | Various options, $30+ | |||
| . | eBook Daily Deals | Guaranteed | |||
| . | eBook Impresario | $20+ | |||
| . | eBooks Habit | Guaranteed | |||
| . | eBooks Habit | $10 | |||
| . | eReader Cafe | Guaranteed | |||
| . | eReader Cafe | Guaranteed | |||
| . | English Books XTME | Free | For Amazon.de | ||
| . | EReader News Today | Not guaranteed | Very limited selection, 4 stars minimum | ||
| . | Fire Department | $50 | |||
| . | Fiverr | $5 per service | individual people advertising your book | ||
| . | Flurries of Words | $4+ | |||
| . | Free Book Deal | Facebook post | |||
| . | Free Book Dude | ||||
| . | Free Books Hub | $5 | |||
| . | Free Digital Reads | Not guaranteed | 4 stars minimum | ||
| . | Free eBooks | untested | |||
| . | Free Kindle Books | Not guaranteed | 4 stars minimum | ||
| . | Free Kindle Fiction | Not guaranteed | |||
| . | Free Kindle Fiction | $5 | |||
| . | Freebooksy | Not guaranteed | $50 | ||
| . | Frugal eReader | Not guaranteed | no longer accepted | ||
| . | Frugal eReader | $50+ | |||
| . | Frugal Freebies | Guaranteed | |||
| . | Good Kindles | $7 | |||
| . | Goodreads | custom budget | |||
| . | iAuthor UK | “Value” free until April | £0.6 per click | ||
| . | Independent Author Index | Membership + listing | $19 one-time fee | ||
| . | Independent Author Network | Membership + listing | $25 one-time fee | ||
| . | Indie Book Promo | Guaranteed | Four options, $25+ or small options, $8+ | ||
| . | Indie House Books | Guaranteed | various options, $25+ | ||
| . | Indies Unlimited | Freebie Friday, 99c Thursday | |||
| . | Just Kindle Book | Guaranteed | |||
| . | Kindle Book Promo | Guaranteed | |||
| . | Kindle Book Promo | $10+ | |||
| . | Kindle Book Promos | Guaranteed | |||
| . | Kindle Book Promos | various options, $10+ | |||
| . | Kindle Book Review | Not guaranteed | $5+ | ||
| . | Kindle Freebies | Guaranteed | |||
| . | Kindle Mojo | Not guaranteed | $5 | ||
| . | Kindle Nation Daily | Guaranteed | |||
| . | Kindle Nation Daily | Various options, $100+ | number of options, effectiveness reduced lately | ||
| . | Kindle Romance Review | various options, $25+ | Romance only | ||
| . | Kindleboards | Free post in the thread | One per book | ||
| . | Kindleboards | Guaranteed | |||
| . | Kindleboards | various options, $35+ | |||
| . | Kobo Book Hub | Free | Free | Kobo only, listing not guaranteed | |
| . | My Book and My Coffee | Guaranteed | |||
| . | Orangeberry | Not guaranteed | |||
| . | Orangeberry Promos | various book tours, $29+ | |||
| . | Pixel of Ink | Not guaranteed | Very limited selection | ||
| . | Pixel Scroll | $5+ | |||
| . | Snicks List | Guaranteed | On the day | ||
| . | That Book Place | Guaranteed | |||
| . | The Cheap | $15+ | |||
| . | Trindiebooks | Free books free | $25 | KOBO only! | |
| . | YA Book Promo Central | Same as Indie Book Promo | YA only |
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Great list. Thanks.
Thanks for the time you took to compile this list. It is appreciated. I will make sure to give thanks to Rachelle as well. All the best with your writing endeavors.
Cheers, great list, thank you…
Fantastic, James. Thanks very much.