Excellent
Based on 48 reviews
BooksGoSocial4.5Honesty, pricing, process and quality scores appear once 5 customers have rated them.
We offer complete book publishing and promotion campaigns. We can help with how you package your book, how you distribute it, and how you reach readers. We provide services for authors in the United States and around the world. Our main brand is BooksGoSocial but we also provide editorial reviews under the International Review of Books brand and we have run the annual International Dublin Writers' Festival since 2014. Our focus is on supporting authors at every stage from idea to best selling status.
BooksGoSocial (bgsauthors.com) has 48 customer reviews on Folks Told, with an average rating of 4.5 out of 5.
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Julian W.
Books Go Social have a great range of services such as Amazon Ads, Facebook Ads, Book Publishing, Cover Design - the list goes on. The staff are very helpful and knowledgeable. They've helped me with both my travel books and my fiction books and I can't recommend them highly enough.
Chris C.
From the very first, BGS gave me friendly, constructive and exemplary service. After first contact, they arranged a telephone chat and, on that, I was impressed that they had taken the trouble to already review my results on Amazon. Previously, I had used two London agents and both were useless. BGS have been great, their ad designs excellent, marketing strategy just right and the results very satisfying. Working with them has been a pleasure and I look forward to many more years of their friendly and well-worthwhile service.
Paul C.
During a video consultation, Laurence answered my queries about Amazon ads and book marketing honestly and succinctly, offering several very helpful suggestions free of charge. In the end, he declined to take my money for a project he didn't think would bear fruit at this stage. This kind of integrity - refusing to make a quick profit at a potential customer's expense - is a rare thing in the world of book marketing, and reflects well on the Books Go Social ethos. I hope to be able to work with Mr O'Bryan and his team on another project in the future.
Shane L.
Books Go Social promised to run Amazon ads for 3 months and they delivered... They promised to send out Tweets for 3 months and they delivered... They promised to get me book reviews on NetGalley and I got 4 5-star book reviews... Books Go Social also got me a very positive editorial review... They also sent out 2 highly effective email blasts... They also allowed me to post ads on their Facebook page... I also talked to Laurence O'Bryan on the phone twice, he's the founder of the company... I think Books Go Social is a great company...
Matt A.
I work primarily with Tanja, and she has been wonderful. When I had BGS take over my Facebook ads, I saw immediate results and had the best month to date for my books. I was funneling money, trying to run ads myself, and I simply don't have enough time to sit down and analyze them on a consistant basis. In a single month, they recouped my ad budget, and came close to recouping their own fee as well. I am confident that when my next book is launched, they will break me even on all costs, if not before. If you, a self-published author, are struggling to balance your writing with a full-time job, a family, and all the responsibilities that come with life, it's incredibly difficult adding efficient marketing into the mix. I strongly recommend giving BGS a shot.
Richard T.
Books Gone Social is my secret weapon to cracking better sales on Amazon. I’ve had the pleasure of working with Laurence and Tana of BGS for the past four years and two books. They are both pros, share their knowledge, and are responsive to me, the customer. Most importantly, their bills for 3rd-Party Amazon advertising have paid for themselves for years. The results of their advertising campaigns for my two books were easily measured and well worth the cost. I do not consider these services optional for any of my books. Amazon has essentially created a system where outside help like that offered by BGS is required, and anyone thinking that you can just put a book on Amazon and it will sell is deluding themselves. In my case, when I first bought BGS services, I had a reasonable flow of sales that grew very clearly as soon as Lawrence and Tana worked their advertising magic. The before and after graphs were very compelling. So, thanks to BGS for such fabulous service. I am working with them now on a new book and consider them part of my book launch team.
kathy N.
As a first-time author of historical fiction, I had no clue as to how to market my books. I was guided through each step of the way by Tanja and her team who could not have been more considerate. As I live in Australia they were wonderful about finding times when we could chat and went above and beyond. They were very honest in giving advice and could have upsold the service many times but rather than that they continued to make suggestions which worked to my advantage. The owner of the business, Laurence, has thought of many creative ways in which customers can promote their books and for the most part these are freely given. Unlike other companies who seem to forget you once you have signed for the service, BooksGoSocial offers a very personal service responding with a genuinely welcome reply where you have questions. The team understand the ever changing market for authors and are up to date with new technologies. It has been a worthwhile experience for me and I would otherwise have floundered.
Bob Z.
One month, I thought. I’ll give Books Go Social thirty days to see if they can help get more parents’ eyes on my children’s books. The month isn’t quite up. But the numbers speak for themselves: visits to my author site- up nearly 50%. From as far away as Russia and India. And book sales exponentially increasing as well, especially for my featured book, ‘The Mayfly and the Methuselah Tree.’ I am thrilled with the results. Five Stars are well-deserved. This is a very encouraging way to begin the year.
