5 Websites to Promote Christian Books:

If you have a Christian book that is on a free promotion or is permafree, consider submitting your promotion to these sites.

  1. GospelBooks.net – Submit your book here: http://gospelebooks.net/submit/
  2. Spirit Filled Kindle – has advertising opportunities on Fiverr (https://www.fiverr.com/hosannahighest) or sign up for their author promotion list.  Also you can add @P_Creeden #RT to your tweet, and they will retweet you to their twitter followers once/week!
  3. Faithful Reads – http://faithfulreads.com/authors/
  4. http://christianbookreaders.com/submit-your-free-books/
  5. CrossReads – Post on CrossReads forums on the thread for the date your book is free (requires free registration) http://crossreads.com/community/forumdisplay.php?10-FREE-Books

9 Other Websites to Promote Christian Books:

  1. GospelBooks.net – Submit your book here: http://gospelebooks.net/submit/ and find out about other advertising opportunities here: http://gospelebooks.net/advertise/
  2. Beacon Ads: http://beaconads.com (many popular Christian websites offer advertising here)
  3. CrossReads: An online community where Christian readers and authors meet. They offer paid advertising opportunities here: http://crossreads.com/advertising-options/
  4. New Christian Books: An online Christian magazine. If you are an author or author’s representative and would like to submit a news item or excerpt, please register from the link at the bottom of their website. Registration is free: http://www.newchristianbooksonlinemagazine.com/submissions
  5. Good eBooks: This website offers free advertising for eBooks priced between $0.99 and $9.99. They have four categories: “More eBooks,” “Kidz World,” “World of Poetry,” and “Biblical Gold.” http://www.goodebooks.net/authfree.html
  6. GNFhttp://graceandfaith4u.com/advertising-on-gnf/
  7. eBook Christianhttp://www.ebookchristian.com/welcome.html
  8. Gospel Reads: Paid advertising options https://gospelreads.com/submit-a-list/ 

Note: For general advertising, BookBub and Ereader News Today have been effective.  Also check out this post for 35 alternatives to BookBub.

Free and Paid eBook Submission Tools

Note:  An easy way to submit to the tops sites is by using the Author Marketing Club’s free submission tool.  Or you can manually go through the links below.  Whichever works best for you!

Two Paid Options:

ebook submission tool

Want to save tons of time submitting to these sites?  There are two options I recommend.

Option One:

If you plan on submitting free book promotions more than once, I recommend KDROI.  You pay  a one-time fee for unlimited submissions.

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Option Two:

However,if you have just one free book promotion to submit, check out this paid (but inexpensive) eBook submission tool below.  Right now it costs $29 and takes less than 5 minutes to submit to 25+ sites.

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35 Website Forms:

  1. http://www.ereadernewstoday.com/bargain-and-free-book-submissions/ – Must have more than 3 reviews and a 4 star rating or above. – Contact them at least 3 days before it’s scheduled to go free.
  2. http://digitalbooktoday.com/12-top-100-submit-your-free-book-to-be-included-on-this-list/ – The majority of submitted books that meet the minimum guidelines of 18+ reviews and 4.0+ star average are listed for up to 3 consecutive free days. For a minimal fee they will list a limited number of books that have little or no reviews.
  3. https://fkbt.com/authors-sponsors/ – first come, first serve $25 flat fee
  4. http://ereadergirl.com/submit-your-ebook/
  5. http://awesomegang.com/submit-your-book
  6. http://freekindlefiction.blogspot.com/p/tell-us-about-free-books.html
  7. http://www.totallyfreestuff.com/submit.asp
  8. http://ebookshabit.com/for-authors/
  9. http://hotzippy.net/ – they offer paid promotions that will be featured on multiple sites.
  10. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFEyLTFUSHREd05KaVItaDdUUkVVNGc6MA#gid=0
  11. http://www.frugal-freebies.com/p/submit-freebie.html
  12. http://www.theereadercafe.com/p/authors.html
  13. https://ohfb.com/advertise/ – They offer paid options.
  14. http://www.armadilloebooks.com/submit-free-ebooks/
  15. http://bookangel.co.uk/submit-your-book/
  16. http://bookdealhunter.com/submit-free-book/ (must be an e-mail subscriber to their blog)
  17. https://bookgoodies.com/advertising/advertise-your-free-book-days/
  18. http://contentmo.com/submit-your-free-ebook-promo
  19. http://form.jotformpro.com/form/21078469493969 (for the Kindle Book Review)
  20. http://www.freebooks.com/submit/
  21. http://www.itswritenow.com/submit-your-book/
  22. http://kindlebookpromos.luckycinda.com/?page_id=283
  23. http://freediscountedbooks.com/submit/ (must sign up for a free account)
  24. http://lovelybookpromotions.com/submit-your-kindle-freebie/
  25. http://bookbongo.com/submit/
  26. https://www.authorsden.com/join/Default.asp – basic account is free but they offer paid options as well for more exposure
  27. http://book-circle.com/submit-free-kindle-ebook-listing/
  28. https://readingdeals.com/submit-ebook
  29. https://thisiswriting.com/free-book-marketing/ – fiction only
  30. https://booksliced.com/books/ebook-promotions/ – advertising starting at $5
  31. https://bookraid.com/p/partners/sign_up
  32. http://authorshout.com/free-books/ – currently $5
  33. http://www.bookzio.com/promote-your-book/
  34. http://newfreekindlebooks.com/authors/
  35. https://www.ebookstage.com/how-to-promote-your-ebook – must sign up for a free account

6 Christian Genre Specific Websites:

  1. Spirit Filled Kindle http://spiritfilledkindle.com/ – purchase advertising on Fiverr here: https://www.fiverr.com/hosannahighest/post-your-christian-ebook-on-my-high-traffic-site–2
  2. Faithful Reads – http://faithfulreads.com/authors/
  3. http://christianbookreaders.com/author-registration/ – you need to register on their site to submit your book.
  4. Post on CrossReads forums on the thread for the date your book is free (requires a free membership) http://crossreads.com/community/forumdisplay.php?10-FREE-Books
  5. Christian Women Reader’s Club – http://cwwriters.com/readers/for-authors/submit-your-book/
  6. https://www.ebookchristian.com/submit-your-ebook.html

The Top 10 – Top 10 Christian Book Promotion Sites

  1. BookBub
    1. The largest book promotion site with 14 million readers
    2. The largest and most effective Christian book promotion site with millions of Christian readers on its dedicated Christian Book email lists
    3. Dedicated Christian Fiction List
    4. Dedicated Christian Non Fiction List
    5. A Must Get and Very Highly Recommended
    6. Very Selective and takes only 10% to 20% of books submitted
  2. Books Butterfly
    1. The 2nd largest book promotion site with 4 million readers
    2. The 2nd largest Christian book promotion site with over 1.4 million Christian readers on its Apps, Email Lists, and Blogs and Websites
    3. Dedicated Christian List, Christian App, and Christian Blog
    4. Dedicated blogs for Christian Romance, Christian Mystery, and Clean Books
    5. A Good Choice and Highly Recommended
    6. Takes between 10% to 70% of books submitted. However, will not take any book that is not professionally edited and which does not have a professionally designed book cover
    7. Disclosure: Books Butterfly is our Sister Company which has successfully run $1.9 million of book promotion packages
  3. eReader News Today
    1. A very large and trusted site that has been helping authors since 2020
    2. Very reasonably priced
    3. Dedicated Christian List
    4. Please read the rules at the site as they have some specific rules on how best to apply to them
    5. A Good choice and Highly Recommended
  4. Robin Reads
    1. A fast growing and very good site that is very selective and takes only 10% of books submitted
    2. Dedicated Christian List
    3. A Good Choice and Highly Recommended
    4. Do keep in mind that you might have to apply multiple times
      1. Please don’t get discouraged if they (or any other top Christian book promotion site) don’t take you
      2. Usually it just means you need one or more of – a professionally designed book cover, professional editing, more reviews
  5. Book Sends
    1. A large and trusted site helping authors for 5+ years. Run by an author and very trustable
    2. Over 120,000 email subscribers, of which a decent number are Christian readers. The exact figures are on their website
    3. A Good Choice and Recommended
  6. Bargain Booksy
    1. A good book promotion site that also has a Christian list
    2. This is the sister site to Free Booksy, which does promotion of free books and is Top 10 for promoting free Christian Books
  7. Fussy Librarian
    1. A good book promotion site that is very reasonably priced
    2. They have a dedicated Christian Books List
    3. As the prices are very cheap, this is a good place if you want to dip your toes into book marketing and see if your book is ready for marketing and promotion

Honorable Mentions – Christian Book Promotion Sites that just missed the Top 10

  1. FKBT – Free Kindle Books & Tips
  2. OHFB – One Hundred Free Books
  3. eReader Cafe
  4. Genre Pulse
  5. Book Gorilla
  6. Kindle Nation Daily

Recommended General Book Promotion sites

Promoting a Free Book

Note that these are not free services. Instead they are paid services that will promote a free book. This can be useful if the free book you are promoting is the first in a long series. My top recommendations are:

Promoting a Discounted Book

For those promoting at a discount (around 33% or more of the original price), these are generally the best:

LINK TO EXTENSIVE LIST OF BOOK PROMOTION SITES (Courtesy Kindlepreneur.com)