Last updated 1 October 2026
These are the terms for booking a giveaway on Booky, the daily romantasy word game I run at 90books. Plain language, because I’d rather you actually read them. Questions: hello@90books.com.
$39 buys a month-long giveaway. Your cover and buy link sit on the win screen for the whole run, and on two of those days, at least five days apart, the answer to the puzzle comes out of your book.
It also includes a shareable 1080x1920 graphic emailed to you, a permanent spot on the Booky Library shelf, two mentions in the daily reader email, and a report afterwards of plays, finishers, entrants and clicks. Your two days stay in the Booky archive and keep being played after the giveaway ends; those plays are counted too.
Digital only: an ebook or an audiobook. No print, so there are no postal addresses and no customs for either of us. Three to ten copies is the usual range, and on a digital file extra copies cost you nothing.
You deliver the prize to the winner yourself, however you normally do it: a BookFunnel link, a Kindle gift, an Apple or Kobo code, or the file. That is how book giveaways work everywhere, and it means I never hold your file or stand between you and the reader.
Giveaways are open worldwide by default, because a digital link travels anywhere. If you can only serve certain countries, tell me when you book and I will say so on the giveaway.
You pay at the checkout. Within two or three days I check whether your book fits Booky’s readers and confirm your dates. If it is not right, you get all of your money back. I don’t keep a fee for looking, and I reserve the right to refuse a book for any reason, which is what keeps the shelf something readers trust.
You can cancel for a full refund any time before the giveaway goes live. Once it is live I can’t refund it, because the words are locked into the queue, your graphic is made and your book has its shelf page.
I choose the two five-letter words your book will hide. There’s a box at checkout for ideas and I’ll use yours if it works as a puzzle, but the final call is mine, because a word that’s unguessable or already used breaks the game for everyone.
Book at least three weeks ahead. If you have a release date, the run closes a few days before it by default.
If your release slips, tell me and I’ll move you to the next open month at no charge. If nothing suitable is open, you can have a refund instead.
I draw within two days of the giveaway closing and send you the winner’s email address. They have a week to claim; if they go quiet or can’t receive the prize, I draw again and tell you. You send the book within four weeks of the giveaway closing. If something goes wrong on your side, tell me before the four weeks is up rather than after.
The winner’s email is the only entrant detail I pass on, and only so you can deliver the prize. You must not add the winner to a mailing list, and you must not ask them for a review. My readers gave me their email for a word game, not to be sold to, and I won’t book you again if you do. The winner never pays anything to receive the prize.
Once you’re approved I email your graphic at least three days before the giveaway opens. It’s yours to post anywhere you like, for as long as you like. The cover art in it is yours already; the Booky layout around it is mine, and I’d ask that you don’t resell it as a template.
I can’t promise sales, rankings, reviews or a particular number of clicks, and I’d be careful with anyone in book promo who does. What I promise is the giveaway, the two feature days, the graphic and an honest report of what actually happened, including when the numbers are small.
Sponsored giveaways are labelled as sponsored. That’s not negotiable, because it’s the reason readers trust the recommendations at all.
If your giveaway doesn’t run because of something on my end, you get a full refund or a replacement month, your choice. Beyond that, what I owe you is capped at what you paid me.
Book at least three weeks ahead.
Questions first? Email hello@90books.com.