Booksprout on the BookBird Author Score
Author Score · aRC reviews & reader building · #4 of 9
Best for: Authors running regular ARC campaigns who want reminders and reviewer tracking
71 of 100 points = 7.1 out of 10. How this score is calculated
Author jobs, from Booksprout’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
- Not stated: Group promotions (not stated)
- Yes: Clear price per book or plan
Booksprout pricing
Subscription. There is a free plan. The plans as Booksprout’s own site listed them on October 7, 2026, in US dollars:
- Free (build a team before launch; no review campaigns until a paid plan)
- Growing Author: $9 a month (1 active campaign, 25 copies per campaign)
- Pro Author: $19 a month (3 active campaigns, 50 copies per campaign, audiobook review campaigns)
- Bestselling Author: $29 a month (10 active campaigns, unlimited copies)
- Publisher and Review Service: $59 a month (unlimited campaigns and copies)
Monthly prices shown; a yearly toggle says 'Save 17%' but the yearly figures could not be read. No free trial; 30-day money-back guarantee.
What Booksprout offers
From Booksprout’s own pages, checked on October 7, 2026:
- Review copies listed to a community of 80,000+ active reviewers
- Bring an existing ARC team onto the platform
- Automatic copy distribution and review reminders
- Reviewer rank limits downloads for new or non-reviewing accounts
- Campaigns restricted to manually vetted top reviewers on higher plans
- Every downloaded copy is tagged; a report-a-pirate page traces leaks
- Private feedback from readers before publication
- Block non-reviewers from your team
Runs on: web. Launched: 2015.
Who Booksprout suits, and what its pages do not say
Best for: Authors running regular ARC campaigns who want reminders and reviewer tracking.
Not confirmed on Booksprout’s pages when we checked: delivers a free book for email sign-ups, connects to your email provider and group promotions. That is what the vendor states, not a test; a feature can exist without being described, and the score only credits what is.
About 4,400 people a month search Google in the US for “booksprout”, up 0% over the past year (Google Ads data via DataForSEO).
Booksprout 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 |
| BookSirens | 8.0 | Free plan; paid from $10 one-time | Authors who want pay-per-reader ARC promotion or free private ARC delivery |
| Prolific Works | 7.8 | Free plan; paid from $20 a month | Authors growing a mailing list through free and group giveaways |
| 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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Booksprout questions
How much does Booksprout cost?
Free plan; paid from $9 a month. Booksprout lists 5 plans; the full list is under Pricing above.
What does Booksprout run on?
web, according to its own site.
How the score is computed: the formula, step by step. Prices and features were read from Booksprout’s own site on October 7, 2026; nobody pays to be listed.