CraveBooksReviews of cravebooks.com

I was automatically charged to renew without any notification alerting me and my PayPal account was charged $120. I responded to the email hello at cravebooks dot com that announced my subscription had been renewed. I requested cancellation. I couldn’t find a response for some reason. I Googled Cravebooks contact and found the email address info at cravebooks dot com and subsequently forwarded my original email request and added new information. This time I got a quick email acknowledgement that my email was received. Shubi responded quickly confirming that I will be issued a complete refund. I appreciate that. Although I have not gained any value from this membership, other authors might. I admit that I didn’t really put effort into trying to make this work. My assessment is that this service requires extra effort and time and possibly additional money in order to be effective.

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.