Nurture Your Books / Pinnacle Author & Book Promotion / Dedicated Book Reviews

There are quite a few review sites out there that charge for reviews, or charge for expidited reviews. It is one of those rare cases where the more you pay the less you get. If a reviewer buys their own copy is is the highest endorsement, if they are given a copy and review for free that is good, IMHO anything else stops being a review and starts being a promotion service--so the author should damn well expect to make back their investment in added sales. Which I doubt would happen in this case.

CaoPaux said:

Looks DBR is now Pinnacle: http://www.pinnacleauthorandbookpromotion.com/

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I wonder if Kensington Publishing would be upset the new name? Kensington owns the Pinnacle Books imprint. Could they argue that aspiring writers might be confused about the similar names? After all, you wouldn't want to call a new writing service Bantam or Ballatine or Knopf.

They're definitely not cheap in regards to their services. I'm not sure if the money is worth it, for what you get. I've always stayed far away from companies asking more than $199 for any book tour.

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Has anyone worked with this agency? I think they provide publicity services in addition to publishing.
http://www.nurtureyourbooks.com/

I can't add anything useful, but the enthusiastic use of TM, the substitution of z for s and those drop down menus are driving me crazy. That's enough to put me off looking at it in depth.

Yeah, it sounds more like Multi-level Marketing or Life Coach pitches. The TM part is a big red flag for me now. (Explanation: it seems to be a hallmark of companies often very eager to defend what they may regard as their intellectual property. Maybe it is, or maybe they're using that to cow detractors.)

<Went to look> On their Book trailers page, they feature a few. With the disclaimer 'Please note that the books featured on this page may not meet or reflect the promotional standards of Nurture Your BOOKS™.'

Huh?

I just thought they might be worth looking into since they're the only book publicity firm I've found in my province. One of the authors they represent, Mathias B. Freese, seems to have done nicely?

I used this service eons ago, like 2009 maybe? It was indeed pricey and I sold my husband on it. I don't regret doing it at all as I got some experience (I was a relative newbie with my first book being released from Samhain) and I thought Bobbie was fabulous. But the sales as a result were dismal. I certainly didn't see anything close to what I spent.

Over the years, things may have changed, probably have, but I also have learned a lot more and probably wouldn't use them again. The best thing I got from them? Contact with Jaidis Shaw who has her own author publicity services at http://www.junipergrovebooksolutions.com.

While I'll be honest and say using her hasn't generated a lot of sales either (I swear, no matter what I do and no matter how many fabulous reviews I get, I can't get these books sold), I have gotten a lot of reviews, new friends and followers and have established some great contacts so for me, working with Jaidis is much more effective and worth the money (which is not bad at all).

For Nurture, it might be worth you time and money to check them out--if you have the money you don't mind risking. I know they'll take care of you; just don't know how the sales will be.