BookSirens on the BookBird Author Score
Author Score · aRC reviews & reader building · #2 of 9
Best for: Authors who want pay-per-reader ARC promotion or free private ARC delivery
79.7 of 100 points = 8.0 out of 10. How this score is calculated
Author jobs, from BookSirens’s own pages
- Yes: Sends advance copies to reviewers
- Not stated: Delivers a free book for email sign-ups (not stated)
- Not stated: Connects to your email provider (not stated)
- Yes: Reviewers are screened
- Yes: Protects the files
- Yes: Group promotions
- Yes: Clear price per book or plan
BookSirens pricing
Several ways to pay, one-time option. There is a free plan. The plans as BookSirens’s own site listed them on October 7, 2026, in US dollars:
- DIY: Free (private ARCs to your own readers, unlimited readers and downloads, free forever)
- Promote: $10 one-time (per ARC accepted, plus $2 per reader BookSirens finds; readers you invite are free; reader cap available)
- Author: $100 a year (unlimited ARCs for 2 pen names, no per-reader fee; by application, books must meet acceptance criteria)
- Partner: price in USD not confirmed
Each promoted book is shown to readers for 3 months. The pricing page also shows a '90-day free trial, apply to see if you qualify' popup; what it covers is not stated.
What BookSirens offers
From BookSirens’s own pages, checked on October 7, 2026:
- ARCs promoted through weekly emails and an on-site catalog of hundreds of genres
- Readers confirm email and connect Amazon or Goodreads; authors approve who gets a copy
- Secure, auto-expiring download links
- Option to send only to readers with high review rates
- Automatic review reminders and review tracking
- Genre group promotions and follower alerts for new ARCs
- Reviewers can be asked to join your mailing list or follow you after reviewing
- Reader support handled by BookSirens
Runs on: web. Launched: 2018.
Who BookSirens suits, and what its pages do not say
Best for: Authors who want pay-per-reader ARC promotion or free private ARC delivery.
Not confirmed on BookSirens’s pages when we checked: delivers a free book for email sign-ups and connects to your email provider. That is what the vendor states, not a test; a feature can exist without being described, and the score only credits what is.
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BookSirens alternatives
| Software | Score | Price from | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| StoryOrigin | 8.4 | Free plan; paid from $50 a year | Authors building a mailing list and review team on a small budget |
| Prolific Works | 7.8 | Free plan; paid from $20 a month | Authors growing a mailing list through free and group giveaways |
| Booksprout | 7.1 | Free plan; paid from $9 a month | Authors running regular ARC campaigns who want reminders and reviewer tracking |
| BookFunnel | 6.6 | $30 a year | Indie authors delivering reader magnets, review copies and direct-sale ebooks |
| NetGalley | 5.1 | Not confirmed in USD | Authors with a marketing budget seeking reviewers, librarians and booksellers |
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BookSirens questions
How much does BookSirens cost?
Free plan; paid from $10 one-time. BookSirens lists 4 plans; the full list is under Pricing above.
What does BookSirens run on?
web, according to its own site.
How the score is computed: the formula, step by step. Prices and features were read from BookSirens’s own site on October 7, 2026; nobody pays to be listed.