Promo Stacker

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Promo Stacker tells you which promo sites to schedule that for your book and your audience and your budget. Turn a quiet book into sales super star, with more reviews, and growing word of mouth.

Supercharge sales. Surge reviews. Save your book.

You wrote a book readers would love. Now get it in front of them.

For most good books, the hardest problem is that no one has heard of them. Readers want to read what other readers are already reading. They want to read a book with lots of review. To him who has, more will be given. To him who has not, even what reviews he thinks he has will get deleted by Amazon.

A book with no momentum stays invisible while a book with a crowd around it pulls even more readers in. Promo Stacker gives you a plan to create that crowd. It is built for the author with an excellent book that simply has not been discovered yet.

A good promo stack can supercharge sales, surge reviews, and even revive a backlist title that went quiet. It works by getting a wave of the right readers into your book over a few days, which builds the momentum that Amazon rewards and that readers trust.

When you enter your genre and budget, you will get:

• A ranked, day-by-day promo stack that builds to an anchor on your final day
• A price range and a one-line reason for every site, with a direct link to each submission page
• Real dates and a single booking deadline when you choose your anchor day
• A list of sites filled with potential readers that you may not qualify for 

You will walk away with a plan to turn a quiet book into momentum, on a budget you choose.

Use it to

• Get the right readers into a book they will love
• Trigger the word of mouth that sells the next copy for you
• Turn a trickle of reviews into the social proof that wins buyers
• Climb your category charts and land on the lists where readers browse
• Revive a backlist title that went quiet
• Warm up readers before a sequel by promoting book one
• Give a debut launch a running start
• Stretch a small budget across the sites that actually perform

Why it Works

Most readers want to read popular books. It feels safer and more fun, and it is simply how people choose. A book that no one is reading struggles to find its first readers, while a book with momentum keeps gathering more. A promo stack breaks that logjam by putting a wave of the right readers into your book at once.

The plan climbs rather than spikes, because a steady rise across several days reads as real momentum. It saves your strongest site for the final day, so your promotion peaks at the end. Every plan is shaped by your genre, budget, run type, and review count, so you see only sites that fit and only submissions you can actually use.

Related tools

• Cover Scanner — Make sure your cover is ready before you spend a dollar promoting it.
• Amazon Page Optimizer — Turn the traffic your stack drives into sales with a stronger product page.
• Keyword Planner — Run Amazon ads alongside your promo for sharper targeting.
• Review Linker — Capture the reviews your new readers leave with a one-click review link.
• Timothy Finder — Profile your ideal reader so you promote to exactly the right audience.

FAQ

• What is a promo stack? A promo stack is a set of book promotion newsletters you book across several days, scheduled to build toward a strong finish rather than fire all at once. The wave of readers creates momentum, sales, and reviews.
• Will this save a book with a bad cover? No, and it is important to be honest about that. A promo stack amplifies a book that is ready, so if your cover does not signal the right genre to the right reader, more eyes on it will not help and may even confirm the wrong impression faster. Fix the cover first with the Cover Scanner, then come back. Promo Stacker is built for the opposite case, an excellent book that simply has not been seen yet.
• Should I run a free or a discounted promotion? Both work. Free runs reach the most readers and downloads. Discounted runs earn real sales and rank movement. The tool builds the right stack for whichever you choose.
• What is an anchor? Your anchor is your strongest site, placed on the final day so your promotion peaks at the end. If you land a BookBub Featured Deal, that becomes your anchor.
• Do I need a BookBub Featured Deal? No. You should always apply, since it is the most powerful option, but the tool builds a strong plan with or without one.
• Are the prices exact? No. Prices are estimates and change often, so confirm current pricing and open dates on each site when you book.
• How much does it cost? Promo Stacker is a part of the Patron Toolbox which you can access for $10/mo.