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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Highly recommended. If you’re looking for professionals to promote your book or experts to guide you on the right path to getting your creation out there… all you need to do is contact Prforbooks a... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This is a scam site which lures writers with all sorts of false promises but does not have any spine. They have fictitious connections and leads and frequently pretend to forget when they have no expe... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I had already written the press release for my book 'Tales From Broken Plates'. Nicholas advised the format they required with the kindly air of someone who really knows what they're doing. Within the... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I appointed this PR Company to handle the publicity of my book, and the campaign launched on 1 June 2026. Already, I'm featured in two well known, far reaching publications. The articles cap... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Get your hands on this PR treasure and may your book reap the rewards! …

IF you are an author and feel you really need a helping hand to spread the word about your potential "best seller book"... and no crime to feel hopeful!... you could not reach for a better source of support than PRforbooks. Glenn and his experienced team can produce a PR release worth its weight in gold..yet you will not be closing your bank account for their efforts. Very reasonably priced and personally engaging; so helpful you feel totally in the loop.They make their very best efforts to understand your project and your aspirations, and are quick to answer any and all of your inquiries..This is SO not normal in the world of PR! Take advantage of such a unique treasure as I did and was impressed with such personal camaraderie and professional expertise.... inviting your input and fulfilling your remit 100%.You would be in very good hands @ PRforbooks and I appreciated their efforts for my childrens' book series The Adventures of JaketheSnake V.I.p.e.r. S.A.Maratex

22 March 2023
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Thank you so much for your review. We have very much enjoyed working with you on this book and both I and the team appreciate your kind comments.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I was so happy that I contacted PR…

I was so happy that I contacted PR company
The write up wonderfully presented with front page coverage and a photograph came out
The same day I found the hole experience ,
With prforbooks very worthwhile , and I would definitely would use them again if I need to

15 April 2023
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Dear Linda,
Thank you very much for your lovely review. We have enjoyed promoting your book 'Subject Taboo' and very happy to see the large newspaper feature last week. Your book is one that deserves such attention. We will continue to our very best for you over the coming months. Kind regards Glenn

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great results for my first book

Bravo to Glenn and the team for getting my first fiction novel some great traction. I'd used a PR firm who charged thousands and generated nothing - but it seems these guys are very much hands-on and customized in their approach. Got some interviews in the pipeline, and we're expecting a review in a national publication next month. Thank you!

15 March 2023
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Hi Alan,
Thanks very much for your review. Always good to have feedback from our International clients.

Great to hear that the media have shown good interest in the book and we look forward to achieving further interest for you.
Regards
Glenn

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

WRITERSWORLD

As a book publisher we have used this company for years. Their service is beyond reproach as well as their charges. We would not be able to be so successful without their help. We are Writersworld and our testimonials on our website speak for themselves.

3 April 2023
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Dear Graham,

Thank you very much for your kind review.

It's always a pleasure to work with you and all your authors at Writersworld.

Thanks again
Glenn

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY. I had 2 books that I wanted togenerate…

I had 2 books that I wanted to generate some more sales and I thought 2 must be better than 1. I paid for the package they had up for offer which was UK and international, I thought again, hitting more places might get something, the press release went out, radio silence, then a month or so later another one went out, again silence. With the database that they claim to have, radio silence nationally and internationally with 2 books should be unheard of. Not even one query. I’m so disappointed and the only reason I’m writing this is because I don’t want someone else to lose money like I have. Such a shame. Literally everyone nationally and internationally isn’t interested? Yet copies of What Nobody Knew I was able to sell myself by contacting various newspapers.

1 March 2023
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Hi Amelia,

I am sorry to hear that the media have not shown interest in your book.
Some books are more challenging than others and I'm sure you will be aware that there are many other auto-biographical books about domestic abuse such as yours on the market.

Naturally, it is disappointing that there has been no interest for your books but I would point out that we have an exceptional track record with many repeat clients as the vast majority of our reviews show. We are also the favoured PR firm for a large amount of publishing house clients who use us on a regular basis.

I wish you all the best with your books in the future.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

PR4Books delivered nothing for a now successful book

I paid PR4Books £300 on the understanding they would write a press release for my book, and then send it out three times during the second half of 2022. The press release was unusable as they had not read the book before writing it. So very little of it made sense. Their headline was that "it cuts like Marmite" which immediately suggests to anyone reading it that some people wouldn't like it. I wrote a completely new press release for them to use, one that actually provided details about the book. The first press release received a ZERO response, other than a great many "I'm out of the office right now" / "I'm on holiday at the moment" and some of these were dated over 6 months earlier. After the first press release I secured a publishing deal for the book, and at their suggestion we made a few modifications to the second press release. It once again resulted in a LOT of "out of office, will get back to you" automated emails, but no genuine responses. In November 2022 my book was published and immediately began to sell well. We used the third and final press release with PR4Books to promote the publication, but once again received nothing but "out of office" responses. The book continues to sell well, and has received a number of very good reviews. It is the view of my publisher that the PR4Books email database is hopelessly out of date, and/or the people receiving them are sick of their "spam" emails. Either way, PR4Books did not help promote my book at all, and the £300 was an absolute 100% waste of money. I've also noticed that when PR4Books receive an unfavourable review on TrustPilot they often blame it on the content of the book. They can't do that with mine, because once it was in the right hands, it has become very successful. I have written this review not out of spite, but to warn aspiring new authors such as myself, that PR4Books took my money, delivered nothing, and furthermore didn't bother to ask what the response was, because they don't care. This is highlighted by the "reply" they have made to my review. PR4Books are at pains to deflect from the undeniable truth that they attracted zero interest for a book that is now selling well. Glenn also pounces on a targeted trolling of my book on Amazon Reviews that I told him about in September. He has also cherrypicked comments from private emails between him and I, in an attempt to deflect from the cold hard fact that PR4Books were an utter waste of money for me, and further highlights how little PR4Books actually care about what they are doing. Anyone considering to hire PR4Books should take heed, not only of my review but 13 other one-star reviews all highlighting similar issues, and all robustly denied by PR4Books who would rather try blaming it on a wide range of books than accepting that they do very little for the customer, using a database that simply doesn't produce results. My book is currently selling well but no thanks to PR4BOOKS

31 December 2022
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Dear Neil,

I am sorry to hear that the media have not shown interest in your book ‘The Email From God’. However, your review is not a fair one, includes many inaccuracies and I feel is somewhat malicious. You have not taken into account the fact that you chose to rewrite the release and insisted that we used your release. We cannot be held responsible for this.

With regards to the press release copy I would like to bring your attention to your email of 7th September last year in which you said “I've been thinking that perhaps elements of your initial release might have been better, particularly the "Sci-Fi Colossus / Marmite" headline”. This completely contradicts what you have said in your review.

You were adamant that you wanted to rewrite the press release even though we provide unlimited amendments after the initial draft at no extra cost. It was your copy that was used for the additional sending’s of the release – not ours. Your own release was far too long, nearly four pages but you were adamant you wanted to use your own release.

Regarding the media database we use. Your comments are entirely incorrect and I will explain. We use the world’s most respected and up to date media database – There simply is no better. In fact they have 44 people employed purely to update their database of millions of media contacts worldwide. I am sure you must be aware that with any database there will always be a tiny percentage of contacts that are on holiday, on maternity leave, sick or absent at any one time.

Unfortunately the fact is that the media did not find the book interesting enough to feature or review it. You mention that your book is now successful but this is not actually the case.

Your Amazon reviews for this book include some very negative reviews which can have some bearing on the overall interest.

I am sorry that we have not been able to secure interest for this book but we have done all we can. We have a very high customer return ratio as well as many publisher clients, some of which have used our services more than 100 times.

The vast majority of our reviews are 5 star but like any business it is impossible to please everyone all of the time.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The press release crafted for me led to…

The press release crafted for me led to many responses, call backs and interviews, including Salvation Army Magazine and Medium! I highly recommend!

20 December 2022
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Hi Rose Ann,
Thank you very much for your review of which we are very pleased to hear about the interviews and media interest generated so far. We will continue to work on the book in 2023 and do our very best to garner further interest for you.
Regards
Glenn

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

So Impressed with PRforbooks.

So Impressed with PRforbooks.

I am probably writing this a little early but I am so excited I just wanted to share.

I published my book "Cancer Grabbed Me The Throat" in March 2022

It was getting plenty of sales from my 24k plus connections on LinkedIn but not much publicity.

I decided to take a leap of faith with PRforbooks to help me promote my book and boy has that paid off.

Within less than a month, I've had a press realese published in a magazine that claims to be the best magazine for new books.

I've been approached by 3 publishers of news media, 2 in the USA and 1 in the UK.

The one in the UK is massive and own 240 publications in their portfolio.

It's early days but I'm sure I'll be back to re-enforce the brilliance of PRforbooks.

If you're an author, you need to give PRforbooks a look over.

Outstanding company, no hassle, patient, professional.

If I could give 10 stars, I would have.

2 December 2022
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Reply from Prforbooks

Hi Andrew,
Thank you very much for your very kind review.
We are very pleased to hear that you have been happy with the service and that the media have shown some great interest in your book. We will continue our efforts to garner further publicity for you and the book. It's a story that will resonate with so many cancer sufferers and their loved ones.
Kind regards
Glenn

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

My marketing campaign with Prforbooks…

The marketing campaign with Prforbooks for my first book 'Driveway Detailing Warrior' went live on 7th November 2022, smack in the middle of the ultra-competitive pre-Christmas market. I was working with Glenn and he made the process of creating the press release very easy for me. He was quick to answer all of my queries and has been super-fast in emailing responses to my ongoing queries. This is very much appreciated when a fast decision is needed to drive forward the campaign.

Three weeks into the campaign I have already had an interview with KLZ Drive Radio in Denver US, which went very well. I’ve also secured another interview with ‘In Wheel Time Car Talk’ radio in the US on 10th December. Add to that I have a potential book review being done by Performance VW magazine in the UK for the January 2023 issue, plus potential reviews with MotorWeek in the US, and Hemmings in the US.

All in all a pretty good start, the success of which will ultimately be measured in the uptick of book sales over time. On balance, I would say Prforbooks offer a good value professional service with good support and are extremely easy to work with.

29 November 2022
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Thanks so much for your kind review. We are very happy to see the media have shown good interest in your book and the features and interviews achieved so far. Looking forward to securing further interest for you. Kind regards Glenn

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Prforbooks works! Excellent support and service.

Prforbooks promised good things and they certainly delivered. I received a few queries after the first mail shot and an interview with Sunday World, which subsequently published a full page article/interview. It was great publicity and all very much due to the great support by Prforbooks. The interaction with staff online was always smooth. They were always helpful and explained everything very clearly. I might add that the fee was very reasonable indeed. I recommend this service highly.

24 October 2022
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Thank you Martin for your very kind review. We were very pleased to see the full page article in Sunday World. Our team will continue to promote your excellent book to garner further interest from the media.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have been so impressed by the service…

I have been so impressed by the service of PR for books. The results I have received have been fast and with quality magazines and papers. Every part of the process has been very easy. I wanted to trial in the UK and have been so impressed I have chosen to go ahead with the international services as well.

30 September 2022
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Hi Jo,
Many thanks for your kind review. You have a great book and it's good to see the media agree. We look forward to continuing to secure features for you.
Kind regards
Glenn

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Well worth it

I like the set fee format giving access to 1000s of contacts - got a TV interview following week - helpful staff - considering promotion is expensive this service is value for money

6 September 2022
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Reply from Prforbooks

Dear Andrew,

Thank you very much for your review. Very pleased to hear about the TV interview and looking forward to securing further interest for your book.

Regards
Glenn

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

PR FOR BOOKS - FABULOUS - BIPOLAR ADVENTURES

PR for books have written and arranged the issue of a press release for my first book Bipolar Adventures and we have gained an immediate response from The Daily Telegraph and BBC Radio Newcastle. The wording of the press release was very good and described myself and the book in a very effective way, would highly recommend to anyone publishing a book.

1 August 2022
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Reply from Prforbooks

Thank you John for your very kind review.
Your book is a really interesting and unique read and it's always good to hear that the media have shown the interest it deserves. We will continue to secure further interest and coverage for you.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

PR for Books created an amazing press…

PR for Books created an amazing press release. The descriptive wording they used showcased the book on another level. They took the book and put it on center stage and shone a beautiful spotlight on it. They are a very gifted marketing team. Authors need their professional skills to help them gain a jump ahead of the rest of the field. Completely satisfied. Asif

25 July 2022
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Thank you very much Asif. Your review is very much appreciated. We will continue to do our very best for you and your book.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

PR for Books are a brilliant public…

PR for Books are a brilliant public relations company, prompt in their feedback and intuitive in their approach. Exposure for and interest in my books has skyrocketed since we started working together, and their combined expertise has taken what I do to a new level. I couldn't recommend them more

23 July 2022
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Reply from Prforbooks

Thank you very much for your kind review. Your latest book 'States of Independence: From Pop Art to Art Rock and Beyond' is an excellent book and well worthy of the attention it is receiving. It's been a pleasure to work on and we will continue our efforts to gain further exposure and interest for you.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Long Lost Log - Diary of a Virgin Sailor

The Prforbooks team secured me a slot on BBC Radio 4's Saturday Morning Live, and sales of my book Long Lost Lost - Diary of a Virgin Sailor skyrocketed. Great Job and great value. Michael Chapman Pincher

21 June 2022
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Reply from Prforbooks

Dear Michael,
Thanks very much for your review. I heard the Radio 4 programme myself last Saturday so am very pleased we could be of assistance.
Kind regards
Glenn

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Super personalised service - gets results

I subscribed to this service more in hope than expectation. But, the day after the press release went out, I had a call from the managing editor of The Sheffield Star, who visited with a photographer in tow and ultimately produced a well-timed double-page feature. My book was also adopted by a social media specialist who continues to do a great promotional job. PR for books work with authors and represent excellent value for a relatively small investment. Highly recommended.

14 June 2022
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Reply from Prforbooks

Dear Maggie,
Thank you very much for your kind review. It's been a pleasure working on your book 'James The Third' and I was very pleased to hear about the feature. Our team will continue to work in securing further articles for you.
Regards
Glenn

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have had a fantastic experience with…

I have had a fantastic experience with prforbooks they managed to get me a variety of exposure for my novel and a boost to sales. They have been very diligent and enthusiastic about the launch of my book.
Patrick Symez

11 June 2022
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Reply from Prforbooks

Thank you very much for your review. Very happy to hear that the media have shown good interest in your book. We will continue to push for further features for you.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

As a first time author, I'm extremely happy

I'm extremely happy with the service from PR For Books. My first book, "There's No Business Like International Business", was published in March 2022. The publishers sent out press releases and review copies but there was zero response. However, the release written by PR For Books was not only much, much better, but it generated near-instant results. A great review in the Yorkshire/Lancashire Times already published and several other online media reviews currently under way! Glenn and his team obviously have great contacts and know how to promote a book. Their service represents remendous value.

7 June 2022
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Reply from Prforbooks

Dear Oliver,
Many thanks for your review
The Yorkshire and Lancashire Times article was great and our team will continue to do our very best to secure further articles on your very unique and entertaining book.
Regards
Glenn

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