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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
Their picks are paid for ads, in case that isn't clear. To be in that newsletter, free or otherwise runs 800 and up per day. The entire newsletter is nothing BUT an ad and their "picks" are merely whatever theme or book they have decided upon. They do a decent job of vetting their choices.
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Correct.
They are a Groupon for books. Totally ad-supported.
They work on a two-tier system: tradpubs get in by paying and bring tradpub.
Indies get in by having lots of reviews at a high enough level.
Early on they were mostly Indie and small press but these days they rarely accept an indie title at $2.99 or even $1.99 no matter its ratings.
Now, their emails apparently vary by subscriber but what I've heard is that in certain groupings they are sending out almost 100% tradpub.
The matter was looked into last october after the Author Earnings report showed a shift in share from Indies to small and mid-size tradpubs. The BPHs do a lot of business on Bookbub but all it was doing at the time was minimize their price-induced share donations.