There's a facebook page I like that shares all things fantasy and sci-fi. As I was researching how to promote my debut, I hit upon a link on this page that suggested that I can email them to get 'featured' on the page.
This is the response:
Here's what we can do for you: With a link, image, and blurb of your choice, we can promote your book in our Fantasy & Sci-Fi Facebook page with 629,000+ Likes (always growing) -http://www.facebook.com/fantasyscifi , feature your book in our website- Epicstream.com(Interview or review article). We will also promote it in our Twitter page with 6,000+ Followers.
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$70 US -1 x Facebook ad post & 1x Twitter ad post $190 US- 1 Month Weekly Book Promo on FB & Twitter + Interview Article on EPICSTREAM.COM (Featured Front page) $290 US- 2 Months Weekly Book Promo on FB &Twitter + Interview (Featured Front page) $350 US- 3 Months Weekly Book Promo on FB & Twitter + Interview (Featured Front page) $600- 2 Weekly Book Promo on FB &Twitter + In-depth Book Review
This seems like a fairly decent deal, but I wanted to know if this was genuine. I don't have a lot of money to spare, so if I contacted them back, paid and they scammed me, I'd really feel the pinch.
Okay, so... The $70 Facebook ad doesn't seem so bad if they are boosting it (meaning: a portion of your fee is used to pay Facebook to boost the ad) and if you have some idea as to what their readers respond to (free books? discounts? KU?). Ignore the 6k Twitter followers as Twitter isn't really going to grab readers and I can guarantee those followers are nearly all authors.
This is the response:
This seems like a fairly decent deal, but I wanted to know if this was genuine. I don't have a lot of money to spare, so if I contacted them back, paid and they scammed me, I'd really feel the pinch.
Could you please investigate?
Thanks,
DV