Great for authors who need marketing help! As an an independent author building a mailing list is key for building your readership and this can be very difficult and it can take a long time. CraveBooks has a variety of excellent tools for authors to help them build that mailing list and gain and increase their readership.

Newsletter Growth: High volume, low click rate I used CraveBooks for newsletter growth for my romance author brand. Pros: - It was very simple to set up - It was not very expensive - There was a high volume of signups - ~20 of the new subscribers went on to join my ARC reader group Cons: - The click-rate for these new signups is .7% (compared to Written Word Media's newsletter growth program which has a click-rate of 6%) - I got reported as spam a *lot* in the first few weeks by the new signups, this caused significant issues with a launch campaign - High volume of unsubscribes in the first two weeks (1/4th of the initial group) Cost to value, I'd still say this was a net win. The timing of everything with my new release and getting reported as spam was not CraveMedia's fault, therefore I won't let it affect my star rating.

Great Promotional Opportunities for Authors I've been a member of Cravebooks since the beginning and have had great success with the promotional services they offer. Their packages are reasonably priced and easy to sign up for. I have found them professional and quick to respond to any inquiries I may have. I especially like the "list-building giveaways" and have gained hundreds of new contacts for my newsletter. The fact that they break the events down by genre is even better. They deliver what they promise and are my go-to for the successful promotions of my books. I recommend Cravebooks and will continue to use their services. Tory Richards

Pivotal book marketing experience I can not express to you how pivotal this company is to the success of independent authors. It provides several effective methods to gain exposure through advertising, plus a huge one: how to establish and grow your own email lists. I have 2500 emails now and growing!! It's our job as authors to find the correct target market and CraveBooks is there to help us gain exposure to their large and growing audience of true book lovers.

awesome giveaways and some amazing authors they have awesome giveaways and some amazing authors... I won an Amazon fire tablet 7 and I use CraveBooks daily! highly recommend them !