A reader magnet is a page on the web that invites visitors to enter their email in exchange for a free book.

You can use reader magnets to 1) collect reviews by sending review reminders by email, 2) to build email lists of reviewers and weed out freebie-seekers, and 3) to securely distribute ARCs to journalists and bloggers.

You can get Amazon Verified reviews for your books through reader magnets, if you distribute GIFT promo copies.

If you distribute FILE promo copies, then the reviews will not be verified.

You can restrict access to a pre-approved list of emails. If somebody requests a copy and their email is not on the pre-approved email list, we will kindly refuse their request and forward them to a URL of your choice.

You can set your reader magnet to send up to three emails to the readers. The first email is a Thank-you type email and it is sent one hour after the reader has received the copy. The second email is sent after a week, only if the reader forgot to download the book. The third email is sent after a month if the reader did not review the book, or if we cannot check if they reviewed it.

To be able to check if a reader reviewed a book, we must ask them for their Amazon profile URL. You can set your magnet to ask for the Amazon profile but we do not recommend it as it adds an extra (slightly complicated) step for the reader which is likely to decrease your conversion rate.

If you are distributing FILE promos. It is your choice. You can activate email confirmation for your magnet. If email confirmation is active, we will send an email to the reader and ask them to confirm they received it before giving them a free copy.
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If you are distributing GIFT promos, however, email confirmation is mandatory for security reasons.

After expiration, the magnet will no longer work. You cannot reactivate an expired magnet. You can change the expiry date of a magnet but you cannot remove it.

A review magnet invites a reader (who has already read your book) to write some feedback on your book. The review magnet promises the reader a free copy of another book, if they give you their honest feedback.

After the reader has submitted their feedback, they are also given the opportunity to copy/paste it into your book's Amazon product page as a review.

Note that the reader will receive the promised free copy if they give you some feedback on your book as promised. It is entirely up to them to decide if they want to also share that feedback as a review on Amazon. As per Amazon's terms, we do not offer readers any incentives to review your book.

In regards to the book you are soliciting reviews for - it depends on whether the customer bought the book from Amazon (or received a GIFT copy of it).

In regards to the free book you are giving away as a reward - it depends on the promo type you use. If you are giving away GIFT copies, you will get Verified Amazon reviews. If you are giving away FILE copies, you will not get Verified reviews.

You should include a link to your review market at the end of each book.

You can also create multiple review magnets for the same book you are soliciting feedback for, but with different free book rewards. You can then include all magnet links at the end of the book and let the reader choose their reward.

The reader will be able to claim only one of the magnets, i.e. they cannot submit feedback for the same book multiple times and claim different prizes.

The review magnet will send a thank-you email one hour after the free book is delivered, or roughly three hours after the reader submits their feedback.

You are free to email the readers who claimed your review magnet from your own email program. Make sure you abide by GPDR if you choose to do so.

Readers will receive their free book download two hours after submitting their feedback.

As we mentioned already, we ask the readers to share their feedback on Amazon at the end of the magnet process. Since this is an important step, we prefer to not distract the reader with an immediate book download.

It is your choice. You can activate email confirmation for your magnet. If email confirmation is active, we will send an email to the reader and ask them to confirm they received it before giving them a free copy.

After expiration, the magnet will no longer work. You cannot reactivate an expired magnet. You can change the expiry date of a magnet but you cannot remove it.

Fiveabook does not provide any means or any identification of the reviewers. If you want to communicate with a reviewer, you have to try to reach them through the Amazon or Goodreads review.

You cannot select specific reviewers. What you can do is set a minimum threshold for a promo copy, under which a reviewer cannot request that copy. For example, you can add a promo copy and indicate that only reviewers that have written a minimum of three reviews (through Fiveabook) can request a copy.

All links you submit in bulk must share the same initial settings, but you can edit the settings after you submit them. We recommend starting with the stricter settings, and then editing each link individually in your account. Alternatively, you can submit each link individually but this may take more time.

Reviewers get feedback on whether they can request a particular book, in the category results and in the book’s details page. A reviewer must be logged in to view this feedback as it is related to their account.

For now, please add your book to the category that makes the most sense or to the category where you might find the most readers. You can let us know of the category you would like to find by contacting us here.

It usually takes me about 5 minutes to process your book and promo and add it to the category results. On a rare occasion, where the book cover might have some nudity, it might take me up to an hour. Do check your email for any warnings about your submission. For example, you might have to re-upload your cover if it did not pass the quality check.

You must add your book to at least one category. You can add your book in up to two categories. In most cases, We recommend adding it to two categories unless putting it in a second category makes no sense.

It depends on the promo type and the target country you have chosen.

Amazon Gift link promos are only available to users with US Amazon accounts. Users with non-US Amazon accounts cannot accept gifts links, so we do not make these promos available to them.

File type promos are available to all countries because we manage the distribution of the file. You can choose to make the file available to ALL countries (recommended) or target a specific country, in case you want to collect Amazon reviews in the Amazon website they use in that country. This does not guarantee that the reviewer will review your book in that country, but it is more likely that they will. You can change your own country setting, in Profile & settings > General settings.

After a reviewer claims a promo copy, we will periodically check if the reviewer has left a review on the requested review sites (Amazon and/or Goodreads). When we find the review/s, we decrease the number of pending reviews by one and increase the number of validated reviews by one.

When you ask for Amazon and Goodreads reviews, the reviews will be counted as validated when the reviewer posts a review on both Amazon and Goodreads. When you ask for Amazon or Goodreads reviews, the reviews will be counted as validated when the reviewer posts a review on either Amazon or Goodreads.

Your book will be removed from the results when all promos have been claimed. However, your book will remain in your account so you can easily add more promo copies in the future.

We do not add DRM protection to ebooks to maximize distribution reach. If you are concerned about piracy, we recommend using only the Amazon Giftlink promo type.

We recommend the Amazon Gift link promo types for most users. It takes more time to setup, but the reviews are verified and your book is protected and delivered by Amazon. It can also be very cheap at 30 cents per copy, if you plan it right. Choose another promo type if you know exactly why you are doing it.

You can submit up to 100 links in one go.

Anywhere between 20 and 100 copies is a good starting point. If you have just started and you are experimenting with the platform, you can try with just one promo copy. We recommend Amazon Gift link promo copies for starters.

At least one book title in your account does not have any promo copies.

You will get this error if you try to register with an email that was successfully registered in the past, or if you try to register with an email that is attached to an already registered Social account (Google or Facebook). Please use another email or use the Forgot your password link in the bottom of the login page.

Hover over each number to see a short explanation of what it is. Note the math symbols next to each number.

Validated + Pending + Removed reviews = Total reviews = Claimed promo copies

Claimed promo copies + Unclaimed promo copies = Total promo book copies

Add more promo copies and get more reviews. If your book is good, the good reviews will dominate any occasional bad review.

Every user has both Publisher and Reviewer functionalities in their account. You can be both at the same time, or you can use only one. It’s up to you. However, you cannot claim or review your own book titles.

A bot is an autonomous program that users can chat with asif it was a real human.

The Fiveabook bot is available to chat to over Facebook messenger. When you add promo copies to your Fiveabook account we ask for you to come up with a bot coupon code. Anybody* with that coupon code can claim one free copy from the Messenger bot.

For example, we have created a coupon code FAB-SELLBOOKS for one of our own books.
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Go ahead and go to https://m.me/fiveabook to chat with our bot

Give it the coupon code and follow the steps to claim a copy

* Readers must have an Amazon account and (depending on the promotion) a Goodreads account. If you have used Amazon Gift links, the user must also have a US Amazon account.

You cannot change your bot coupon code after you have added a promo. You will have to delete the promo and make a new one. 

Yes. Every book promo copy could have a different coupon code if you submitted them separately (although this does not make much sense). You could, for example, have 20 promo copies with the coupon code FAB-FIRST20 and another 10 with the coupon code FAB-NEXT10 for the same book.

No. The reviewer requirements apply only to readers that want to get a free book copy from the website at Fiveabook.comIf somebody has a bot coupon code, they can claim one free copy, as long as they have an Amazon account and (if the promotion requires it) a Goodreads account. If you have used Amazon Gift links, the user must also have a US Amazon account.

When you are finished adding your book promo copies, we give you a bot url that looks like this

https://m.me/fiveabook?ref=FAB-YOURCOUPONCODE

When somebody clicks on this link, they are taken straight to the Messenger bot and the coupon code is already filled in behind the scenes (they don’t have to type it in).

This is convenient if you want to create a Facebook ad and send people straight to the bot to claim a free review copy.

Your bot is a very powerful tool that you can use to get reviews. However, like any tool, you will not see any results if you don’t use it. It is up to you to promote the bot link and get those review copies out. After all, nobody else knows the bot coupon code.

We recommend using Facebook ads to drive traffic straight to the bot.

Choose Website as the Destination of the ad and enter your bot’s URL as the Website URL.

Make sure your target audience matches your reader profile for your book. If your promotion uses Amazon Gift links, then target only the USA. People with non-US Amazon accounts cannot claim Amazon Gift links.

Use Canva to generate an enticing graphic for your book promo.

To avoid spending money on unqualified clicks, you can ask people if they have an Amazon account in your ad copy. Users that don’t have Amazon accounts do not qualify and you will be better off if they don’t click on the ad.

Last but not least, make sure you have gone through the process of claiming a book copy yourself so that you don’t make any false promises in your ad.

For Book File to Kindle Email promos, you must check with your current Publishers / Book distributors if you can distribute a review copy free of charge. If you are enrolled in KDP Select, you cannot create Boοk File to Kindle Email promos.

You can always use Prepaid and Gift Amazon Links without any resctrictions.

As long as your erotica is published on Amazon, it is good to be promoted on Fiveabook as well. Please be mindful of adding erotic and LGBT titles to unrelated categories for obvious reasons.

You can buy your book from yourself at whatever price you have set it. For maximum savings, we recommend putting your book on a $0.99 Kindle Countdown Deal for a day or two, and buying as many copies as you need during the promo. The final cost (after royalties paid back to you) will be around 30 cents per copy.

Note that, in order to use a Kindle Countdown Deal, your book must be enrolled in KDP Select which means that you cannot create Book File to Kindle Email promos at Fiveabook.

Yes, multiple accounts are allowed. For example, you might want to keep your Reviewer and Publisher account separate for management and access reasons. However, we cannot merge accounts together so please make plan ahead accordingly.

You can currently add up to a total of 500 promo book copies per book title. You can add up to 100 copies at a time.

There is no limit to the number of book titles you can add.

Yes, but we strongly recommend you add your book on Goodreads to maximize your reviewer reach.