Ebook Promotion Sites: What Each Kind Does
Search for ebook promotion sites and you get lists of a hundred names with no way to tell them apart. There are only five kinds. Four of them promote a moment: a price drop, a launch day, a post. One kind promotes the book and keeps doing it. Here is how to tell which is which, and where Skriuwer sits.
Free
no fee, no card
2 days
usual turnaround
Forever
no expiry
The five kinds of ebook promotion site
Deal newsletters
BookBub, Freebooksy, Bargain Booksy, Fussy Librarian, Robin Reads. They mail a discounted ebook to subscribers on one day. Strong for a launch spike, paid, and the book usually has to be free or under a few dollars.
Free-ebook aggregators
Sites that list every free Kindle book of the day. Free to submit, high volume, low attention. They promote the price, so the traffic stops when the discount does.
Genre blogs and review sites
Slow, selective, and worth it when they say yes. A review on a blog readers trust keeps sending clicks for years. Expect months of lead time and no guarantee.
Author communities
Goodreads, Reddit genre subs, Facebook reader groups. Free, but they punish self-promotion unless you are already a member who contributes.
Book directories with permanent pages
Sites that give your ebook its own page and keep it up. This is what Skriuwer is: a free page with cover, description, and a buy button, listed on the genre pages readers browse, no promo day and no expiry.
How to use them together
Do the permanent ones first, because they are free and they compound: a Skriuwer listing, a Goodreads page, your own site. Then pick one deal newsletter for launch week if the budget allows. Send review requests to genre blogs early, and treat any yes as a bonus. For the full list of free sites and what each one wants from you, see our free book promotion sites for authors.
Free listing, optional placement
The listing itself is free and permanent: your own book page, an Amazon buy button, and a badge for your site. Free pages stay out of Google on purpose.
Want readers? A placement puts your book inside one of the best-of articles that bring the traffic, and opens your page up to Google. One-time fee per book, no renewals. Buys the spot in the article, not the listing.
1 book
€29
one placement, one-time
3 books
€24 / book
€72 total, save €15
5 books
€19 / book
€95 total, save €50
10+ books
€14 / book
Best for series and publishers
List your ebook here. It is free.
No fee, no card, no account. Fill in the form and we build your page, usually within 2 business days. Add a placement later if you want readers.
List my book for freeWant readers too? Placements from €29, one-time
Common questions
Which ebook promotion sites are free?
Free-ebook aggregators, most author communities, and directories like Skriuwer. Deal newsletters are almost all paid, though some have free tiers with a long queue. Our blog keeps a longer list of free sites with what each one asks for.
Do I need a discount to use Skriuwer?
No. The listing is for the book, not the price. Full-price ebooks are listed the same way as free ones.
Does Skriuwer take ebooks that are not on Amazon?
Yes, as long as there is a working buy or read link. Amazon is the default because that is where most of our readers buy, but Kobo, Apple Books, or your own store work too.
How is a placement different from a newsletter feature?
A newsletter feature is one day in an inbox. A placement is a paragraph about your ebook inside a best-of article that Google already sends readers to, and it stays there. One-time fee from €29, labelled as paid.
Related: book promotion sites, Kindle book promotion, and BookBub alternatives.