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BookBub Featured Deals

We have plenty of tips on how to run a successful price promotion! By discounting an ebook and promoting it with a BookBub Featured Deal, you can boost book sales, hit bestseller lists, and get new power readers. Here are a few of our top posts on running Featured Deals:

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Do BookBub Deals Work for Permafree Books Multiple Times?

March 25, 2021 by Carlyn Robertson

Do BookBub Deals Work for Permafree Books Multiple Times?

For authors looking to drive more book sales, running BookBub Featured Deals for free ebooks can be incredibly powerful, often driving tens of thousands of downloads. This influx of new readers typically leads to increased sales of an author’s other books and a significant … [Read more...]

The Best Day of the Week to Discount Your Ebook

March 10, 2021 by Diana Urban

The Best Day of the Week to Discount Your Ebook

Should you schedule a price promotion for a Friday to reach readers before the weekend? Or is Monday better because people are checking their email? Our partners have many theories about the best day of the week to promote an ebook, but there is little consensus. So we did … [Read more...]

9 Reasons a Book Was Rejected for a BookBub Featured Deal

February 18, 2021 by Danielle Perreault

9 Reasons a Book Was Rejected for a BookBub Featured Deal

BookBub editors get on average 300 Featured Deal submissions per day and are only able to accept a small percentage of them for promotions. Why might we select one book above another? What criteria do we look at? In this post, we’ll reveal some of the most common reasons … [Read more...]

How to Launch a New Book Using BookBub’s Marketing Tools

January 11, 2021 by Diana Urban

How to Launch a New Book Using BookBub

Are you gearing up for a book launch? It might seem like there’s an endless number of book marketing ideas you could incorporate into your promotional plan. But if you’re looking for proven ways to drive sales, BookBub offers a full suite of marketing tools that can … [Read more...]

How I Made More Money with a Free First-in-Series Book

July 16, 2020 by L.E. Wilson (Guest Blogger)

How I Made More Money with a Free First-in-Series Book

“Give away a year’s worth of work for FREE? Are you crazy?” This is what I would always think to myself when I heard a fellow author suggest making the first book in your series free to bring in new readers. However, I soon discovered it to be one of the best marketing tools … [Read more...]

How I Hit a Bestseller List with a Traditionally Published Book

November 6, 2019 by Christina McDonald (Guest Blogger)

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It’s almost every author’s dream: become a bestseller and hit those elusive lists. I’ve been chasing this dream in one way or another since I was a kid and started penning my first stories for my little sisters. But there’s more to becoming a bestselling author than just … [Read more...]

How a University Press Boosts Nonfiction Book Sales

September 25, 2019 by Caitlin Ellis

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A university press publishes a wide range of nonfiction, from interdisciplinary titles to those with more trade appeal. But with such a wide range of subjects, it can be challenging to find the core audience and drive sales for each title. So how does a nonfiction publisher … [Read more...]

How to Amplify a BookBub Deal as a Traditionally Published Author

August 7, 2019 by Mike Chen (Guest Blogger)

How to Amplify a BookBub Deal as a Traditionally Published Author

Several months after the January debut of my novel Here and Now and Then, I felt like things were in a good place — critical response was strong, reader reactions were positive, and sales were at a level that seemed to satisfy my publisher, Mira Books. I'd tried to do my due … [Read more...]

Why Smart Authors & Marketers Discount Their Books [Infographic]

April 27, 2018 by Diana Urban

Why Smart Authors & Marketers Discount Their Books

Running a price promotion and driving exposure with a BookBub Featured Deal lets you reach new power readers, drive backlist book sales, get readers hooked on a series, and possibly boost a book up the bestseller lists. This data reveals why discounting books is a powerful … [Read more...]

What’s the Best Price for Your Next Ebook Promotion?

April 18, 2018 by Diana Urban

What’s the Best Price for Your Next Ebook Promotion?

Running an ebook price promotion is a great way to drive revenue, maximize unit sales, and connect with new readers. And if you want to run a Featured Deal to reach BookBub’s audience of millions of power readers, you’ll need to run a limited-time discount (between $0.99 and … [Read more...]

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