Book BountyReviews of book-bounty.com

be careful if you want a full year membership! your reviews drop enormously than a monthly basis, the algorithm takes you for granted

This used to be a good and reliable service to use. However despite proving to the people running book bounty that people are just leaving re-hashed reviews of other people or the description and no pages read (provable on kindle) they’re not interested in taking any action. Twice I’ve spoken to the admin team about the same reviewer who will not read your book and then call it out for either being AI generated or even to repetitive. Yet book bounty just takes no action. Avoid at all costs.

was told to use BB. Tried it but gosh...whole system depends on amazon...waiting weeks for confirmation so ended up losing bounties. TOOOO slow

Bounties get picked up, but infrequently get fulfilled. Moreover reviewers give 4-star reviews far too often despite expressing NO ISSUES with the book. I have to pay $25 a month for the privilege of receiving a handful of sub-par reviews every month. I'd be better off giving out free books to my friends and asking for real reviews. At this point I’d pay $25 to have the reviews taken down.

Very hidden in their fine prints it tells you, you use it on your own risk. But in large letters they tell you, this service is in compliance with the Amazon review policy. Which it isn't because KDP treats this as a review exchange club, no matter how often the owner of BookBounty tells you the opposite. My book was blocked and since it was a book in a series and my main income is from self-publishing, this had a devastating effect on my career. I know many authors who got even blocked entirely, not only a book but their whole account. If you are publishing on KDP, I would not even think of using BookBounty. It is truly dangerous as KDP gets stricter and stricter about flagging review swaps. While I got my money back from BookBounty, it can never compensate me for the real harm done. I cannot use KDP anylonger for any of my cosy mystery series which is a major blow.

Scam, took money for months and showed that I was getting reviews but they didnt actually show up on Amazon. Huge scam and fraud. When I asked where my reviews are they blocked my email from contacting them. Took a long time to get 22 reviews and in reality on 2 showed up and I don't even think they're from Book Bounty. Dishonest company and a scam. Wish I never agreed to do business with them.

WARNING: Amazon KDP Blocked My Book Due To This Service They claim to be "100% Amazon Compliant." Amazon disagrees. I used Book Bounty for 3 months. Yesterday, Amazon KDP permanently blocked my book for "Review Manipulation" specifically because of the activity from this site. The reality: Amazon's algorithm flags the Book Bounty "credit/point" system as "non-monetary compensation," which is a violation of KDP Terms. Book Bounty refunded my subscription immediately when challenged, but the damage to my account is done. If you value your KDP account, do not use this service. It is not safe.

Book Bounty promises a lot and under-delivers. Their website made false claims about the average time it takes for books to be picked up and reviewed. The person who runs the business, Kevin, has no accountability to his customers. He gives vague answers and keeps customers in limbo while he collects their money. Book Bounty lures people in with a compelling strategy: join as a reader, leave honest reviews on books to rack up points, and then when you publish your book you can use those points to put out "bounties" for readers to leave honest reviews for your book. That strategy sounds great in theory. However, you pay to be a reader, and then you pay more to have a publisher account where you request reviews. Then, your books can sit indefinitely without being read. So it's basically a gamble that strings you along month after month. I don't recommend this business for a multitude of reasons. In addition to their shady business practices and terrible customer service, it's clear that the people behind this business have integrity issues. They're operating in a gray area where they are sure to be shut down eventually. I'm posting this review so that customers won't lose their money paying for a service that might be shut down before they get any real value from it.