PubbyReviews 124

**DON'T PUT TOO MUCH STOCK IN THE WHINY ONE STAR REVIEWS HERE**

Pubby does exactly what it claims to do: Creates an environment where authors have the opportunity to review the works of other authors in order to generate tokens which allow your work to be reviewed (Not a swap). The dashboard is simple to use and easy to learn. Customer service is a bit slow at times but generally handles any issues you might have.

The authors who have attacked this service for getting bad reviews USUALLY DESERVE BAD REVIEWS, they're just not able to admit that their book baby might actually suck instead of being the ray of creative genius they believe it to be. In my experience the reviews have been fair - good reviews for good work and bad reviews for sloppy work. Authors are, after all, some of the worst critics. You have to know you're throwing your work in a shark tank. But if your work can survive there - good things await. I've boosted several of my works up in reviews through this system. It works. But you have to put some time in and read/review honestly.

Only three drawbacks keep this from being a five star service IMO.

1. The pool of books available to review can sometimes be slim.

2. The price is a bit steep. $150 I could see. Almost $250 seems like a lot.

3. Considering #2 above - An option is offered that allows authors to force reviewers to first buy their book. This sucks. If I'm paying for a service AND taking the time to review - why should I have to buy the book too? That's downright stupid and borderline abusive. All books available on the service should be a free download or available via Kindle Unlimited. Period.

If the admins will change this policy - I'll change this review to be 5 Stars.

It's otherwise a great service to consider. Check it out.

I have tried several different marketing systems to promote my books and collect honest reviews but I have to say this is the easiest I found and the only one is really working. You also have the possibility to download and ready many books for free so you can enjoy your time and leave an honest review on other publisher's work

Pubby has been a great resource for me when launching new books or trying to revive an old one. As a self-published author, the first 15 reviews are critical to launching a book. Lets face it, no reviews = no sales. The key to getting reviews is to help other authors get theirs. It's a win win situation. I send up for a year subscriptions after the free trial showed me it was worth the money. I run wellness website and publish short self help books.

Pubby is desperately needed resource for getting fast, thoughtful reviews. It is a dependable service that I've turned to for each of my books. I can highly recommend Pubby to any author or publisher. It is indispensable!

I took a bit of a risk with Pubby, but it was totally worth it. I self-published three books via Amazon kdp in 2021. I had trouble getting reviews, and Pubby solved the problem. I read books on Pubby and review them on Amazon, receive snaps (like points) from Pubby for each book I review, and then use my snaps to get my books reviewed. I did the free trial and liked it so much that I bought the year membership, and am quite happy. One of my books has 28 reviews (26 were from Pubby authors), another has 17 and the other has 23. Some reviews are more detailed than others, so the quality of the reviews vary; however, that's true even when you don't use Pubby. I found that the majority of Pubby authors are honest and sincere and deliver quality reviews. Pubby customer service has been responsive to my inquiries and helpful. Try it for free and see if you like it.

Pubby has really helped me a lot, especially in this pandemic period where everything seemed impossible - let alone being able to find feedback from readers, less and less inclined to release their thoughts.
It 'a service, that of Pubby, which should be replicated in many to make the life of us writers, easier. Exceptional experience that I share...

Pubby delivers as advertised providing endless unbiased reviews. Customer support is always prompt and helpful. Highly recommended!

I had tried all possible methods to get reviews on my books on Amazon and pubby.co is my TOP1 recommended method. You can get even verified reviews! This site is the best option if you need consistent reviews without investing a lot of time or money.

I absolutely love PUBBY! I have 5 books on the platform all of which have received verified reviews as a result of the PUBBY platform. I also am a 5x Amazon Bestselling author and an author coach and I recommend PUBBY to all of the authors I work with to help them get eyes on their books and get some REAL feedback from readers.

Pubby is a site where you can get reviews from other authors. It's kind of an exchange, but not really. It just allows you to find people who can actually give your book the time of day; because they want the exact same. And it's enforced quite nicely, so it all works as intended, without having to rely on the goodwill of people (highly unreliable). Me like.

I've been on Pubby for over 10 months and have found their system to be a fair and fast way to get genuine reviews on Amazon. The site is super easy to use, the customer service is good, and nearly all of the reviews I received so far were honest and detailed.

Pubby is basically a reliable tool to get reviews for your book. If you read and review enough books, or render whatever services are needed to gain enough "snaps", you can spend those "snaps" to put your own book up to be read and reviewed on Amazon. The negative reviews here on SiteJabber that complain about nobody reading the books and just giving rubber stamp five-star reviews are not true. I, for one, read the books I review, have given some negative reviews, even one-star ones to awful ones (though those are thankfully rare). And it seems a good majority of the people who have reviewed my books have read them enough to include details that are not easily found without reading the text, and include unique observations that are not merely repeating other reviews. That being said, there are some reviewers/reviews that are slapdash, or suggest maybe the reviewer didn't actually read the book. But that is a slim number, and they might just be being lazy when it comes time to review, who knows. I only ding Pubby a star because there does seem to be issues from time-to-time verifying my reviews, which are clearly there on Amazon, and occasionally books I signed up to review disappear from my account. These issues have been, and are, eventually handled satisfactorily by Pubby, but it can get annoying when it happens more than once. Otherwise, this service is just a functioning tool to get readers and reviews, there is no guarantee that the books you read/review are going to be brilliant every time (all though most are very good and I'm purchasing these books and look forward to the authors' future works), or that you will get a well-written, five star review for your own work every single time (though some are so to-the-point and complimentary I want to use them for advertising, if I could think of a way to do it) especially if you haven't done the necessary work to craft and edit your book properly.

I have found Pubby to be a wonderful way to read a wide array of books being published and to receive reviews of my book. People can certainly not take the task seriously and make half-hearted efforts in their reviews, as they do in every realm of life, but I've found, almost universally, that people on Pubby take the task of reviewing seriously and provide sincere and very helpful critiques of books. For me, writing these reviews has been a great way to think about books and hone my skills at appraising them. It has become very clear to me that all the people who have submitted their work for review at Pubby have given their hearts to their projects and this feeling also emanates from their reviews as well.

Great resource for authors to kick off their book launch! It's quick and easy and the platform great.

I like Pubby in that I can upload a book, share it with people and they have to give a review. I say have to because if you don't review other books you don't get the snaps (points) to have your own book reviewed.
Some people don't read the book as is clear by the review they leave. And some other people are simply a critic no matter what. Why choose a book you know you will clash with and then give a bad review when all you want is a good review for your own book.
Basically, it's a great way to get a bunch of reviews for your book on Amazon. Usually they are good, so I will keep doing it.

I have used Pubby for one year today and will renew for an additional year. The service has worked well for me getting my two books about 35 reviews. I can tell that the majority of reviewers have read my books because of the details in their reviews. In my opinion, all have been reasonable and honest reviews. Nearly all of the reviewers have purchased my book.

Besides getting my books reviewed, I have read about the same number of books from the Pubby library. Most have been good, earning 4 or 5 stars. There have been a few that were not so good and earned 2 or 3 stars. These books have typically had glaring grammatical and errors. I have purchased and read all of the books that I have reviewed. The best part of reviewing books for Pubby authors is that I found a half-dozen books that I thought were excellent.

I have never worked with a LESS professional group. After signing up with Pubby I received no Email verification, no Emails at all until I complained that I was not seeing any of there guaranteed results. Then I was told by a snarky employee my book was rejected for a bogus reason ten day previously. Since I had worked with other promotional services and hadn't had a problem I knew they were lying. I assumed that was it and told them to drop me, but found out they were still charging me for their services months later. Do not use them!

Things started out fairly fine... even though I was billed the $240 before I agreed to it... I objected to Pubby's acceptance of one line, no justification reviews that were condemnatory. If a reviewer is reading subject matter they don't like, then that is no reason to give the book a one or two rating. The reviewers know what they are going to read. I'm thinking they read maybe one chapter and condemn the book but they've gotten their snaps, for basically doing nothing. Have had assignments taken from me without notice. Have submitted reviews, accepted by Amazon, and still no "snaps" credit. Really poor customer service.

See attached screen grab from my account. Note the item circled in red. This is all you need to know about the lack of legitimacy for Pubby reviews. The site has to WARN reviewers to WAIT at least 6 hours after purchasing a copy of your book to post a review. That kind of caution would not exist, if people were reading your 500 page book. My experience with Pubby was highly unsatisfactory, and their customer service is the worst I have encountered. The site is run by just one person and unable or unwilling to deal with all the complaints. Each review I received, even the ones where the reader had to purchase a copy of my book from Amazon in order to get a verified purchase tag, was pulled down within two months of the review. I had to read 75 books (and post reviews) to get those 38 reviews and now they are gone! I suspect because after satisfying the terms of Pubby in order to gain SNAPs for their own reviews, the author/reader returned my book for a refund, and the review would come down. Which is explains why the reviews were posted so quickly, otherwise the Amazon time limit for returns would expire.
And the reviews never contained anything more than the information that is available in the sales page content or a reiteration of what another reader posted. Authors know their work, and can tell the difference between someone writing a review based on actual knowledge of their book versus someone making something up based on the promotional content. In the end, using Pubby was an expensive mistake and a waste of time. Buyer beware.

I had some success with Pubby at first, but soon discovered that the luster fades quite quickly. To start: customer service is atrocious. If they do respond to you right away (normally it takes several days even using the chat function) there are few answers provided, but most answers are generic and rehearsed. I often wondered if "Mary" was a bot since the rest of the system is heavily automated. My second issue is the inconsistency of pricing and plans. Three times I had to address my membership in the lower-cost "essential" plan because Pubby changed the price or services offered within the plan WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. This is what eventually sealed the deal for me and led me to cancel my membership. Another huge problem and red flag for authors to stay far, FAR away from Pubby is the fact that they refuse to remove uploaded content from their servers even after your membership has been canceled. I removed everything I could of my work from my dashboard, but who knows what they have access to and what they might do with it. Thankfully my work is all copyright protected. BUYER BEWARE. Pubby is a waste!