For authors / Advance review copies
Still chasing
readers for
review links?
Send advance review copies without managing every follow-up yourself. Choose your readers, personalise their files and schedule reminders that stop when they report back.
Get startedPersonalised copies
Found your book
on a sharing site?
Each reader gets an EPUB or PDF marked with their name and a unique copy reference. Found a file online? Upload it or enter its reference to match it to the reader it was prepared for.
A match identifies the copy, not who shared it. You can block that reader from future campaigns.
Where the copy reference lives
The unique reference, called a Copy ID, appears on a visible notice page or footer and in the file metadata. Hamsterra reads that ID; it does not identify files by analysing their content.
Emma R.
This copy was prepared for you.
A story to make your own.
Reference: HMR-8F3D2
Reader applications
Tired of throwaway
email sign-ups?
Keep disposable email domains out of your applications, with bot checks on application and sign-up forms. Then review the applications and decide for yourself who gets a copy.
A little more about the checks
Cloudflare Turnstile protects the forms. The list of disposable email domains is refreshed daily. These checks do not verify a reader’s identity.
Reader application — Emma R.
For an advance copy
What draws you to this book?
“A quiet mystery, a coastal town, and a family with something to hide. Exactly my kind of story.”
Awaiting approval
The decision is yours.
Reminders & reviews
Still sending
“just a reminder”?
Set your campaign reminders and let Hamsterra handle the follow-up. Choose reminders before the review deadline, before release day or monthly. Only readers who haven’t reported back receive them.
When a reader adds a review link or marks “did not finish”, their reminders stop. Review links are self-reported, not verified on Amazon or Goodreads.
Before the review deadline
A little reminder
about your bookReady to share your thoughts?
You can add your review link when you’re done.Campaign reminderThe reader reports back
Review link addedThe reader’s update is recorded.
- Ⅱ Reminders stopped for this reader
Reader magnet / Your mailing list
They download
your book.
Then you lose touch.
Give readers a book and an invitation to join your mailing list. Those who opt in arrive confirmed and tagged, ready for you to keep in touch.
The book is theirs whether they subscribe or not. A reader magnet is a book you offer as an introduction to your writing.
Their next book could start with an email from you.
Enjoy the book.
Stay for the next chapter.
Group giveaway / Shared promotion
Promoting
your book
on your own?
Team up with fellow authors and share one page of books with your audiences. Give readers a place to discover your books together.
Each reader chooses one book. Any mailing-list opt-in goes only to that book’s author.
Different authors. One page to share.
One shared giveaway page.
Three authors. A book of your choice.
The Quiet Shore Elena Wren’s list only
If the reader opts in. No sign-up to the other authors’ lists.Campaign analytics
Downloads are up.
What about review links?
See book-page visits, requests for advance copies, first downloads and submitted review links as separate steps. Find where activity drops off without mistaking a download for a finished read.
- 01 / DiscoveryPage visits
- 02 / InterestCopy requests
- 03 / DeliveryFirst downloads
- 04 / ReportedReview links
Copy requests are applications for advance review copies (ARCs). A download doesn’t tell you whether the book was read.
Too many details
to keep track of?
Your readers
Application forms
Street teams
A mailing list with tags
Your author identities
Pen names
Your books
Book excerpts
Book import
Your next chapter
Another campaign.
The same chasing?
Start with your book. Keep reader applications, personalised copies, reminders and reported review links together in Hamsterra.
Get started