OnlineBookClub.orgReviews of onlinebookclub.org

Update: After speaking with the supposed owner over the course of days, I not only stand by my experience but want to add. They tried to insult the importance of my payment as measly and shifted blame to me even though the author and publisher don't list the book as containing profanity as it's a children's book. They care more about preventing truth from being seen than moving with integrity. Any company that requires you to not openly criticise them is questionable at best. They also have an F and REVOKED BBB accreditation for similar complaints of not being paid. So when an authority tried to hold them accountable for paying for the reviews done, they ignored it. Says a lot about a company that can't handle ethical business and runs from accountability. They'd rather email the indivisible and try to belittle them and shift blame. Then have 6 million accounts/users but also have no way of allowing users to delete their account as i tried to delete mine and it doesn't allow you. No telling how many are actually active. They approved my review, published it and essentially have a 3 week wait period for payment. At the very end of that 3 weeks, on the 21st day to be exact, they rejected my review based on the subjective view of another reveiwer and closed my account when I brought up the issue so no payment for my review. If you love reading, it's fun. Just don't count on that extra money as they can withhold it for any reason.

My first review,accepted and posted on social medias,now my payment which was only $10,well that's another story,they don't accept my ID and passport,the link with help provided sent me to Facebook group so I need post there my problem,but this group have pause on new posts and it's inactive sience September 2025,once again I contact customer service and they sent me to Scott page,once I subscribe for $1.99 they will help me there in 24 h(yeah I don't think so,to pay money so they can pay me?).Wish I read online first about this Bookclub,it's a scam that don't want to pay,and waste my time.Read around first before you sign up,I would save myself all that stress.

I received the following email on the 16th May 2026: "WARNING: You were given a book in exchange for a review. These are not regularly free books. Someone is paying for the cost of the book to enable you to get a free copy *in exchange for* a review. According to our records, you accepted this offer and the book was thus made available to you and all associated costs already paid. Our records indicate that you have not updated the status of your review in about 235 days. There is an error option on the Update tab to report an error if you are having a problem or need more time. Please take a moment to update us on the status of the review: (###### Redacted website link #####) Please note there is an ERROR REPORT option at the link above. If you have a problem or need more time, please submit that information at the link above. Submitting an error report message counts as a status update. So there is no excuse for not updating your status with the link above. You should only be getting this message if you have not updated the status of your review in excess of our Review Team Guidelines. Please make sure you have read the Review Team Guidelines page in full. The number of reminders like this that have to be sent will affect your reviewer score. If some error or problem is preventing you from updating the status of your review or preventing you from reviewing the book, please use the link above to submit an error report ASAP. Thank you, Review Team OnlineBookClub.org --- > Technical Details > Your Profile: (######## redacted due to links######) > This is a transactional email about a book we bought for you in exchange for an honest review. > Receiving this email does not mean you are subscribed to any email lists. This is not a mailing list email. This is a personal message specifically for just you about a specific book you accepted for free in exchange for review. To stop receiving emails about this transaction, update your status or submit an error report on the Update tab at: > (##### Redacted due to links #####) > Quit Review Team (Unsubscribe): > (##### Redacted due to links #####) I've been left with a number of questions.... 1) Who is Onlinebookclub? Before this email I'd never heard of them. 2) I've never heard of a book called Will of The Hill and I certainly don't have a copy. 3) Who is Marshall Cobb? I've never heard of them 4) How on earth did I get signed up to a website I'd never heard of or acquire a book I've never heard of by an author I don't know? 5) Why am I getting emails like above about something I know nothing about. Frankly if Onlinebookclub have sent someone a book then they need to contact whomever they sent it to via the address they sent it too and not send random emails out like above... I can guarantee it's not my address they sent a book to.

Scam I didn't get payout. The 10$ they say it is gona be payout in 4 weeks but after 1year they won't give a damn thing. Already send email now. The guy below asked me to contact through email and he doesn't even give damn replay. 100% scam for both writer and who works there.

Never got my $60 from April of 2025! Done everything asked of me and still nothing! if it's not one thing it's another and I'm over it. don't waste your time go elsewhere.

I completed a paid book review for Online Book Club in May 2025 for the book "Deceptive Calm" with an agreement to be paid $50. It is now January 2026, and I still have not received my payment. When I attempted to check my payment status through their Review Team payment history tab, I discovered I have been blocked from accessing it. The contact form on their website is not working, and I have received no response to my inquiries. Being blocked from viewing my own payment history while being owed money for completed work is unacceptable. This appears to be a deliberate attempt to avoid paying reviewers. I cannot recommend this platform to other reviewers. If you're considering doing paid reviews for Online Book Club, be aware that you may face: Non-payment for completed work Blocked access to payment information Unresponsive customer service I simply want the $50 I earned for work completed 8 months ago. Update (26th January 2026) I asked the company to confirm in writing whether the outstanding $50 payment for my approved review (completed in May 2025) would be issued if I removed this review. That question was not answered. My account remains suspended, I still cannot access my payment history, and payment has not been made. I also attempted third-party mediation through the Better Business Bureau, but the company declined to resolve the matter. As of now, the payment for work completed over eight months ago remains unpaid. Response to Company Comment: This allegation is being raised for the first time now, more than eight months after the review in question was submitted, reviewed, approved by an editor, and assigned a confirmed review number in May 2025. At no point during submission or approval was plagiarism or AI use alleged, nor was the review rejected on those grounds. If such issues existed, the review would not have been approved or assigned a review number at the time. The underlying issue remains unchanged: the review was approved, payment was agreed, and the $50 payment has not been made. I have repeatedly requested clarification and evidence regarding these new claims, but none has been provided. I remain willing to update this review if and when the outstanding payment for the approved work is issued. Update ( April 2026) Till date no response or Payment

I paid for a download of the audio book Minimum Wage Millionaire. My browser was highjacked instead. I contacted them numerous times about the download. I was finally given a link that gave me an error. I was told to submit a video of the problem and verify the purchase. I was told to submit my government identification at another site. This was a simple download. I asked numerous times for a refund. I kept getting the run around. I have filed a complaint. No one told me that I needed to submit my government identification for a simple download. I still need my refund. I have been bounced around with the customer service. Yes, it was sent to my email to buy the book. No download after many days, no refund.

I read the book, wrote the review, under what I thought was the guidelines. I paid for said book it was NOT free. The review was all within guidelines minus one thing, I didn't put the star rating in the review, I had assumed as one would, that the star rating would automatically be included. The other 'errors' were all subjective from one of their little wannabe editor minions. Basically I gave an honest long review without spoilers and it was rejected for being honest on the opinions of one person. I had no idea that it would take so long. A honest review by regular people is what they offer authors but that is a lie. They basically are getting people to buy books in order to promote the authors and finding every which way not to pay the reviewers for their honest opinions. Having realized this during the first review process I cut my losses having only been tricked into one book and asked repeatedly for my account to be deleted. First it was please remove my work email address and change it to my personal one, which to no avail I only got the runaround and no one could actually help me. Then after the start of the review process and me realizing this was a giant scam I wanted all of my personal information removed from the database which is my right since I never and would likely never receive a payment. I did what I was supposed to in order to permanently delete my account and now over a month later I am receiving yet more emails about my review needing to be rewritten. They have now violated my request to be removed from the system on more than one occasion but since my account is 'deleted' there is absolutely no way to contact them about emailing me and still keeping my personal information on file. Another huge red flag if you ask me. That unless I make an account I cannot contact them about issues. So here we are. I had considered making this review when I first discovered the scam but thought it was a waste of time but now in direct violation of not removing my personal information I will make sure this review is seen as a warning to others to not use or trust this website. DO NOT use this site or allow them your valuable time as they will only waste it.