BookSirens prices reviews by reader, not by review

The writer's problem

An author choosing between advance-review-copy services faces a second pricing model beyond NetGalley's flat per-title listing fee, one billed around reader activity instead. As retrieved on 16 September 2026, BookSirens' own pricing page sets out three tiers, and the difference in structure matters for anyone budgeting a review campaign against an uncertain number of readers.

What the documents show

The pricing page states the Promote plan charges a one-time $10 submission fee if the book is accepted, then $2 per reader who downloads it, with three months of promotion to the site's reader community. It states the Author plan charges $100 a year, described as $8.33 a month paid annually, for unlimited advance copies across two pen names, with no separate per-reader or per-copy charge. It states the Partner plan uses custom pricing for publishers or publicists committing to at least five ARC listings a month. The same page states BookSirens maintains a site-wide review rate of 75%, explicitly noting this is an average across all books and that the service cannot guarantee a review rate for any individual title. BookSirens' own homepage states the service connects authors to more than 51,000 reviewers and influencers, and cites nearly 15,000 authors who have used it, both figures presented as the company's own claims about its user base rather than independently audited counts.

The editorial choice

An editor comparing review-copy services should present the 75% figure exactly as BookSirens frames it, an average across its full catalogue, not a promise for any specific book, genre, or campaign. This is an editorial choice worth making explicit: a debut author in a niche category has no basis in this document for expecting the average rate to apply to their own listing, and describing the figure without that caveat would overstate what the source supports.

What stays with the author

The pricing page does not address what happens if a paid submission is not accepted beyond charging the fee only on acceptance, so confirming acceptance criteria before paying remains the author's task. Whether the per-reader cost of the Promote plan or the flat annual cost of the Author plan is more economical depends on a title's expected download volume, a calculation the page provides the inputs for but does not perform for any individual author.

• Is a review-copy fee flat, or does it scale with the number of readers who download the book?
• Is a stated review rate an average across the platform, or a rate specific to a comparable title?
• What happens to a submission fee if the book is not accepted into the program?

BookSirens' own pricing page, as retrieved 16 September 2026, ties author costs to reader downloads or an annual flat fee, and states an average review rate the company is explicit about not guaranteeing for any single book.