My experience with OnlineBookClub.org 
I decided to pay to advertise my book with Onlinebookclub.org.
I paid $598.00 for their Book of the Day deal.
In the days running up, I began watching the rankings of other books that were the ‘book of the day’. I was quite excited to see a few of them rise quite high in their category sections. For example: ‘The Buried Secrets of Peonies’ by Mernegar Dorgoly rose to #7 in kindle short stories, and, ‘A second, less Capable, Head’ by James Hanna rose to #14 in kindle anthologies.
I was quite excited then and anticipated a number of sales that would also help my rankings.
I was to be hugely disappointed when I only sold 14 books. My books normally sell for $2.99 and for this deal I’d reduced the book to $0.99 to encourage sales. Total income $4.90, a loss of $593.10.
If like me, you’re an indie-author who works a full time ‘day’ job and writes like crazy in-between life’s normal activities, you will understand how crushing this was for me. That, on top of the fact that, I received some rather stringent criticism almost had me jacking it all in and calling it a day…
I do feel I’m like a typical sensitive-author, I think I should nickname myself Sea-Saw-Tracy, because I am constantly up and down. Harsh remarks though cut deep, this book is after all ‘my baby’ and I have been working on it for 25 years. I confess I haven’t yet managed to grow a thick skin.
It took my youngest (always positive) son, Daniel, to put things in perspective. I received 170 comments, of which nearly all of them were positive and encouraging. Lots of people said they added the book to their ‘want to read’ list. Time will tell if they actually read it. If you want, please feel free to check out the comments below.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/DiscountBookOfTheDay/
So maybe young adult fantasy isn’t a genre that’s really popular? Or maybe my book just isn’t up to scratch? Perhaps if you have a romance, thriller or short stories, then you’ll do loads better than I did.
Will I be booking another deal? Definitely not.
Should you book a deal? I think it depends on a few things: Is your book in a popular genre? Do you have a gripping first three chapters? Does your book cover jump up and grab people’s attention? Do you have an intriguing blurb? …and most importantly, do you have $598.00 to spare? If the answer to all these questions is yes, then go for it, because obviously some books do really well on these deals.
