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Name: Books Go Social
Address: 5 Dame Lane, Dublin
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Books Go Social 1 star review on 13th June 2022

Chet Novicki

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“Completely useless. Zero impact on sales Waste of money”

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Posted 4 months ago

“Used Books Go Social's NetGalley service. I didn't get any reviews for most of the month. Then I emailed them to ask, and got a two line review that looks like a bad ChatGPT imitation - clearly bogus and most likely written by their staff. By the end of the month, I had two more reviews. One was four stars but gushed about everything. Another was five stars. Those reviews were on NetGalley and only one (a first timer) posted a few lines on Instagram. Zero reviews with links to buy. Three reviews on NetGalley where people read for free anyway, This is a very far cry from the librarians, journalists, booksellers, book bloggers and what not you're led to believe when making the payment. The book, cover and description have consistently got good feedback and their team too didn't find any fault with them. Complete waste of money and when I asked, I was told to email people who downloaded the book myself, as though nagging reviewers results in good reviews. In comparison, I got 5 star reviews from legit buyers on Amazon who paid to buy my book and left a kind word too. No nagging needed. No clue who they are. Basically, I paid for people to download my book for free. I was told this is because they approve anyone who wants the book, whether likely to review or not just so they can claim a larger number of downloads, even if actual reviewers were hardly any and none useful. Maybe if you're in a genre like romance it works. There are books in YA/romance that had several reviews. Or if you're a big name like Cory Doctorow, etc. But as a sci-fi writer, that was a complete waste. Even when my book has excellent feedback and reviews, though few in number, it simply didn't reach enough interested readers.”

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Posted 7 months ago

“I paid $99 for a blogging class. I didn't have time to go to it for a few months. Went back and forgot info I gave to sign in. When I tried to get help to fix the problem--no reply. It's now weeks since I informaed them of my problem.”

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Posted 1 year ago

Hi, we have sent you a new password and a code to get free access to all our other courses. Please check your spam folder. If you have not seen any reply, please email: laurence@bgsadmin.com

Posted 1 year ago

“Paid $350 for two months of promotion. Five weeks in and I've had ZERO sales and 1440 page reads in KU (worth less than $7). Book has 39 global ratings (4.6 stars average, 75% 5 star, 14% 4 star), a nice, professional cover, well edited and formatted, etc., and still no sales. Can't say this is worth anyone's money. I've had much better results with book promo sites like Freebooksy and BookDoggy (BookDoggy sells a package of five ads for $70 - $14 an ad - and I've had excellent results advertising with them). My advice = Save Your Money!”

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Posted 1 year ago

“I recently bought into the idea that this belligerent ad agency could actually help me sell my books. I believed all these years of experience and all here ads they’d run would carry over to me. With only 2 sales in 3 weeks, I couldn’t have been more wrong. When I first confronted them about this, and I kid you not, I sold my entire catalog (5 books) working an hour. I can’t prove they did this to make me go away, but it’s very shady. Also, I got no sales during the email promotion. How does a book of any caliber bomb that hard? They asked me to discount my book. I did. I sold nothing. As for the social media promotions, despite their large followings, they get no engagement apart from my retweets. That’s right. I ave to do the work for them despite paying for this mediocre service. Lastly, I keep asking for ad reports so I can keep up and they keep forgetting. A word of advice for business owners. When a customer is upset, go out of your way to make them happy. Don’t go telling them about how the page reads are going to come in or that it’s their fault for not utilizing all the services. I asked for a refund earlier and they told me to take a quiz and make sure I was fully utilizing their services. Lobotomized customer service at its finest. I’m going to keep fighting for a refund because these incompetent fools don’t deserve a penny of my hard earned money. Don’t hire them. It’s a scam!”

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Posted 2 years ago

Hi, we are sorry you are unhappy with our service. If you did not get a full refund please email: laurence@bgsadmin.com and we will refund you in full.

Posted 1 year ago

“BooksGoSocial is the worst. They promise everything but never deliver. All they do is take your money and run. I did a Netgalley promotion through them and got nothing! I paid them for Amazon ads only to be told they couldn't market my book because I didn't have the rest in the series out. So, I suggested they market a different book I had where all the books in that series were already released. They sent the same reply, that they couldn't market it. SO, I sent them a third one to market only to receive the same reply. At this point Tanja stopped responding to my emails and Lawrence sent me one saying that the cover of my books were unprofessional, and unless I allowed them to create new covers, which I would have to pay for, they would not market my book. Bear in mind, I had already paid them for the Amazon ads! And I had hired a professional cover artist to create my book covers. At this point, I had asked for my money back only to receive no reply. I sent several messages demanding my money back. I only got a refund after I found one of their facebook pages and threatened to open a PayPal dispute if they continued to refuse a refund. After which, Lawrence blocked me on facebook. Stay away from BGS. They will take your money and run. They do not advertise your books or keep their end of the bargain and always try to get you to pay more for their services. You're better off running your own ads.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“What did they do? Nothing. When I asked about the ads, they didn't answer. I sold more books (more than 0 is easy) with a guy I hired on Fiverr, and for far less money. The only thing they do is to tell you what to do, they don't do it for you. How helping!”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi Gabrielle. I am sorry we were unable to sell this book. We have a full money-back guarantee so you get all your money back. Bilingual speculative fiction can present challenges, but you will get all your money back on the service you paid for.

Posted 3 years ago

“Sav e your money. I spent hundreds of dollars for promotion, supplied them with all the information needed. And then, I was forgotten. It was left up to me to inquire. The results were dismal. No activity with my book on Amazon. When I approached them, they gave me excuses after excuses. To top it all off, I again wrote an email and the answer was shocking. And this is after a month of them sitting on my account : We are running your Amazon ads, but they are very slow to start. Initially, I gave them my pre-order information. Read the following..... I should get a refund!!!!!! Will your book be available for pre-order as well? It will help boost ads and orders. Alternatively, we can switch to Facebook.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi HD, we will refund you as we promise to do. Amazon ads are slow to start, as we bid medium. We do offer to switch budgets to Facebook ads if you need a faster result, but having Amazon ads running is recommended, even if they do take time, often 3-5 weeks to even show to readers, which is what Amazon admits. Please email: admin@booksgosocial.com for your refund.

Posted 3 years ago

“I've wasted hundreds of dollars on BooksgoSocial. I tried every one of their marketing options believing all of their made-up hype. However, I did not try their expensive Amazon Ads, which I figured would be another failure like the rest of their marketing. I never sold one book with them. I can't believe that BooksgoSocial is now charging authors for their newsletter which gives publishing advice. Bookbub and others offer their newsletters for free. I have unsubscribed from BooksgoSocial about 3 times, yet they still send me emails trying to sell me their worthless marketing. I agree with the others about their Netgalley service. I finally asked for a refund because after a month, they had not listed it though they originally said the Netgalley listing would go up in five days.”

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Posted 3 years ago

I hope you use our refund policy to receive your money back. More on that below. We refund authors every week and have no problem refunding. I am sorry you were disappointed. We can't help every author and every book which is why we refund when we can't help sell books. The publishing advice email you speak about includes free extras including a free place on NetGalley for a month worth $79. See the details of all the free extras here: https://laurenceobryan.substack.com/p/publishingreinvented-13-purpose-in We also have a lot of 100% free advice at our blog here: https://services4authors.com/ You can also access our training courses free as a member. That's $600 of training. I am sorry you are angry that we didn't even sell one book......here's our promise to you.....email us all your payment details and we will refund every cent you paid us. Email us at: admin@booksgosocial.com

Posted 3 years ago

“They promise the moon but you get nothing in return. I received no feedback from them and my book sales were zero. Oh, I did get two reviews out of it, both terrible. Before that, reviews of my book were positive. I would steer clear of them. Money wasted. Try Bargain Booksy and Book Doggy. I went with them after my sorry experience with Books-go-social and the result was tremendous.”

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Posted 4 years ago

I am very sorry you were disappointed. We can't control the reviews books get. That would be against Amazon rules. We only offer a NetGalley place to help get reviews as an optional free extra. The vast majority of the over 5,000 book reviews we have received for authors are positive or very positive. What we can do is give you a 100% refund. Simply email admin@booksgosocial.com and you will be refunded in full.

Posted 4 years ago

“Spend your money somewhere else, because your book or your name won't even appear in ANY search engines with BooksGoSocial. Instead they will promise you to help (for your money, of course) with the book cover design (really weird though, I'd rather hire a rookie freelancer at Upwork, than to trust BooksGoSocial), proofreading, promo, etc. But this is just a scam... Or you'll get a student' work for the upscale (read, rather expensive) rate...”

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Posted 4 years ago

We offer a money-back guarantee. We also provide free cover upgrades. Sometimes a cover is just not right for a genre or it looks home made. Not sure why you refuse to put your name on this, but if you are a real customer of ours just email: admin@booksgosocial.com quoting when and how much you paid and you will get a refund.

Posted 4 years ago

“Stay away from BooksGoSocial. When you buy the silver membership they guarantee a placement on Net Galley. I joined, paid my money and they emailed me to say "there's a possibility Net Galley might not want to list it (my book)." Caveat Emptor - let the buyer beware!”

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Posted 5 years ago

Hi, does this refer to the book "How To Be An Escort?" As we say, we are happy to refund you in full. We advise you to change the title of your book and its cover to help it sell. We are offering to refund you in full if you don't like our advice. Books with no reviews, a stock Amazon cover and a title unlikely to appeal to a wide audience are unlikely to do well and we reserve the right to refund you if you are unwilling to take advice.

Posted 5 years ago

“Wish I could give this place 0 stars. What a waste of money. Paid $229 and got ABSOLUTELY NOTHING in return. Asked for my refund and was not given it. 30-day period is ridiculous because I'd put trust in a company to do what they say they're going to do and what they're paid to do. I wouldn't recommend this service to anyone. Spend your money somewhere else, rather than giving it to a company that will do absolutely nothing for you.”

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Posted 5 years ago

Hi Nate H. We definitely provide a 60 day money back guarantee. We are happy to extend that for you and refund you in full. Simply email: admin@booksgosocial.com for your full refund,

Posted 5 years ago

“Sad. Sader. Sadest! It's only monly that counts. Once, you paid, some 'Tanja from Ireland', who - at 1st step, made a few irrelevant small-talks - but then switches on the mighty algorythems - and the desaster begins. No personal guiding thru the obstacles of getting the clients interested and more. Online flyers, called, tweets roll like avalanges over the world - without any single impact, i.e. (more) sold books. In a few words: if such a very vulnerable thing, like introducing a book to the world, isn't accompagnied by - most of all - a bundle of human/individual touch = ADVICE!! - it will awfully fail. Like in my case. Disappointed from head to toe!!!”

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Posted 8 years ago

Dieter, We want everyone to be happy. Some books simply don't sell. But if you want your money back, we will give it to you. We are the only book promotion company that provides this refund guarantee. Just email me and you will be refunded within 24 hours By the way, we did email you three times with personal advice on how to get your Amazon page right. I'm sorry it didn't work out for you.

Posted 8 years ago

Dieter, I am very concerned that you say we did not give you any advice. I understand we did. Please email me so that we can return your money and that I can find out more information about what happened to you. Thanks.

Posted 8 years ago

Dieter, My email is below: Laurence O'Bryan Founder BooksGoSocial lob@yourasms.com

Posted 8 years ago

“The reason that I cannot recommend BooksGoSocial as a promotions company is simple: I purchased a FEATURED service that was never delivered. Replies to my inquiries on the matter were arbitrary and unyielding. I really hate to give such a poor rating, especially for such an easily curable problem. But the fact is, that money is spent and gone and there has been zero benefit. My recommendation is that, unless you have lots of experience with such services, and plenty of time to follow up and argue with the staff, you will be much better off with another service.”

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Posted 8 years ago

Keith, We want everyone to be happy. Some books simply don't sell. But if you want your money back, we will give it to you. We are the only book promotion company that provides this refund guarantee. Just email me and you will be refunded within 24 hours I'm sorry it didn't work out for you.

Posted 8 years ago

Keih, I am very concerned that you say we did not deliver the service. I understand we did, including an email boost campaign and our Twitter promotions. Please email me so that we can return your money and that I can find out more information about what happened to you and how you got zero benefit. Thanks. Laurence O'Bryan Founder BooksGoSocial lob@yourasms.com

Posted 8 years ago

“Summer can be a difficult time and not all our books sell I understand that and also depend on the genre. I see a lot of retweet and the Facebook group are supportive trying to get other reader to review your book. I felt this company membership is all about you promoting your self after the tweets no more hello and everyone join the Facebook group hoping and praying. Not one sales or reviews. I have been showing up on Facebook group page mostly because of the author. Contest to give away kindle fire and book cover really some people need I guess. My other book I decided not to let BGS PROMOTE for a year the tweets and promoting should not stop and as a newcomer the money is not there. Toss up to another bad lucky break.”

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Posted 8 years ago

Patrice, this is being emailed to you to ask you to request a refund. My email is lob@yourasms.com. We do our best, but some books don't sell. This is a genuine offer to refund you, fast, no further questions asked.

Posted 8 years ago

“Have not had a single sale of my book resulting from marketing efforts of Booksgosocial.com”

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Posted 8 years ago

Richard, please use our guaranteed refund to get your money back. We don't work for all books. We get people to look at your book, but we cannot force people to buy it, but we do keep our word and refund authors if it didn't work out. To help my email address is: lob@yourasms.com and we refund fast too, in 24hrs.

Posted 8 years ago

“I've never receive so I can't do a review until I receive it. Laura Burke”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Unfortunately I had no results from the promotion I did with you. Was very disappointed , My Book is Travesty of Justice. I just changed the description so book on amazon will be available for view in 24 hours”

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Posted 8 years ago

Heather, I am offering a 100% refund, fast. Some books just don't sell. We have others that do, I prefer you get your money back. We don't want unsatisfied customers. It's that simple.

Posted 8 years ago

“Didn't see any book sales from this website. Will be recommending to my 400+ author friends not to buy. Sorry.”

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Posted 8 years ago

David, please email me for a refund. Not many sites offer to do that. lob@yourasms.com Summer can be a difficult time and not all our books sell. But we are happy to refund anyone who it didn't work for.

Posted 8 years ago

Books Go Social is rated 3.5 based on 178 reviews