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BookBub

NickNack — Mon, 30 May 2016 22:39:14 GMT

I just saw something about BookBub on Facebook. It sounds like they have great deals sometimes on popular books to download to Kindle. I've never bought a book for my Kindle from anywhere but Amazon. Is BookBub reputable? You also have to give them your e-mail address to be able to see their book list. I don't really like to do that.

Re: BookBub

QVCkitty1 — Mon, 30 May 2016 22:59:18 GMT

I get emails from them every day, and the deal are great. They link to Amazon so you will purchase as you usually do. There is also a site called pixel of ink which operates the same way.

Re: BookBub

SXMGirl — Mon, 30 May 2016 23:00:09 GMT

I have used BookBub for years and it is great. You select the genres that you are interested in reading, and every day you will receive an e-mail with a list of books that might appeal to you. Most are free, but not all, so check carefully.

On each listing, there will be the different vendors, You will see Amazon and it will take you right to your account. Just be sure to check the price. The nice thing is, if you have already purchased the book, Amazon will tell you.

This is not a complete list by any means. There are four or five e-mail services that provide free and low-cost e-books. Freebooksy is one and Kindle has one, also.

Re: BookBub

akaburtonfan — Mon, 30 May 2016 23:01:30 GMT

Love book bub -- get notifications of free books for my nook all the time. I use a gmail account and have had no problems. I recommend it!

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Frankie_Dee — Mon, 30 May 2016 23:04:34 GMT

I love BookBub! I look forward to their daily suggestions, even though I rarely buy every day. The discounts are really great, and you can tailor it to your preferences (fiction, nonfiction, cooking, mysteries, history, etc.) The daily email has a link to buy the book - my preference takes me to Amazon.com. I actually buy the book through Amazon.

Re: BookBub

NickNack — Mon, 30 May 2016 23:17:25 GMT

Thank you so much @Frankie_Dee @akaburtonfan @SXMGirl and @QVCkitty1 ! I'll sign up right now.

Re: BookBub

10grands — Mon, 30 May 2016 23:18:47 GMT

I like Book Bub, but also 'Pixel of Ink' and 'Ereader News Today'. There would be no other way to receive these lists except thru e-mail. As others have mentioned the e-books come via Amazon.

Re: BookBub

3cupcakes — Mon, 30 May 2016 23:22:41 GMT

@Nicknack wrote:
Thank you so much @Frankie_Dee @akaburtonfan @SXMGirl and @QVCkitty1 ! I'll sign up right now.

i think you will like it, @Nicknack; once you tell them your interests, they send a nice selection every day. you do have to act promptly on some offers as they are only 24 hrs; others go for days.

i've found a couple new authors thru them, tho w/some, i've found there is a good reason the book is free. :

happy reading!

Re: BookBub

nomless — Mon, 30 May 2016 23:26:47 GMT

Are the free books BookBub offers from traditional publishers or are they self-published?

Re: BookBub

3cupcakes — Mon, 30 May 2016 23:36:15 GMT

@nomless wrote:
Are the free books BookBub offers from traditional publishers or are they self-published?

@nomless All I've seen are traditional publishers.

Re: BookBub

nomless — Mon, 30 May 2016 23:40:31 GMT

Thank you, @3cupcakes

Re: BookBub

Kachina624 — Mon, 30 May 2016 23:58:24 GMT

I have enough BookBub books stored away to keep me in reading material until the next millennium.

Re: BookBub

shoesnbags — Tue, 31 May 2016 03:54:49 GMT

Wow, I didn't know about Bookbub. Thanks to everyone for the information - I just signed up.

Re: BookBub

GingerPeach — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 01:45:20 GMT

I signed up for Bookbub thanks to those on these forums.

I wanted to add there is a more curated list (Bookbub can sometimes be overwhelming) called ModernMrsDarcy. She sends you a more limited list of book bargains for Kindle.

Re: BookBub

NickNack — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 12:31:56 GMT

@GingerPeach wrote:
I signed up for Bookbub thanks to those on these forums.
I wanted to add there is a more curated list (Bookbub can sometimes be overwhelming) called ModernMrsDarcy. She sends you a more limited list of book bargains for Kindle.

Thank you for this recommendation @GingerPeach. I think I'll sign up for that list, too.

Re: BookBub

gardenman — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 16:30:05 GMT

Another site is Readers in the Know. You can follow favorite authors there, get advance notice of deals involving those authors, and more. There's a lot of competition for readers these days with lots of sites offering deals.

Re: BookBub

gardenman — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 10:04:45 GMT

Just a note about BookBub, the books you see listed there have their spaces on the list bought by the authors who wrote them. A listing on BookBub costs between $55 and $1750 depending on where the book is presented on the list and the timing.

Re: BookBub

sunala — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 17:57:25 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
I have enough BookBub books stored away to keep me in reading material until the next millennium.

@Kachina624 me too! Not only BookBub, but also freebooksy.com, pixelofink.com, manybooks.net, and a million others! Many of the books are free. I've come across EXCELLENT books, and some that were not so good, but for free, it's all good!

I had to remove my name from several of these sites because I was becoming overwhelmed with all the free books. I have way over 800 books on my Kindle now, mostly all free from these sites. As Kachina624 said, she has enough books until the next millenium!

Happy reading everyone!

Re: BookBub

gardenman — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 14:11:47 GMT

@sunala wrote:
@Kachina624 wrote:
I have enough BookBub books stored away to keep me in reading material until the next millennium.
@Kachina624 me too! Not only BookBub, but also freebooksy.com, pixelofink.com, manybooks.net, and a million others! Many of the books are free. I've come across EXCELLENT books, and some that were not so good, but for free, it's all good!

I had to remove my name from several of these sites because I was becoming overwhelmed with all the free books. I have way over 800 books on my Kindle now, mostly all free from these sites. As Kachina624 said, she has enough books until the next millenium!

Happy reading everyone!

There are roughly a gazillion such sites these days. I know because I'm having a week long discount of "The Campaign" to $.99 starting on 6/23 that I'm submitting to sites now. The list of book promotion sites I have is about 132 sites long. I'm submitting my information to many of them and I suspect there are more that I don't know of.

You don't really want to skip over any of them though for fear of missing a potential reader/readers. Life would be much easier if there was just one site. With any luck all of this effort will move a few books.

One of the fun quirks is each site wants a unique description of the book. How many times can you create a unique description of one book?

BookBub is one I won't be posting on due to their $55 minimum buy-in. It could very well be worth the investment, but with multiple free/low cost options out there, I'll skip BookBub this time around.

Re: BookBub

BornToShop — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 21:33:00 GMT

Count me in as another fan of BookBub! I just recently joined as well @NickNack. One can never have enough books...!