Please subscribe to our notifications

As our email reminders often get missed or filtered, we would like to send you notifications about new sign ups, books you've been selected to read and missing reader forms. After clicking CONTINUE, click ALLOW on the next popup to enable these. You can always change your mind later, or modify which notifications you receive.

Continue

hidden gemsbooks

The Hidden Gems ARC Program

All Genres. All You Can Read. For Free!

How Does it Work?

Get notified of new books!

Receive

Members are sent details of books in their selected genres and sign up for the ones that interest them.

Get notified of new books!

Read

Free digital copies of the books are emailed to members selected to read that book!

Get notified of new books!

Review

After reading, leave your review and fill out our reader form. Then start all over again—as often as you want!

Not a member? These are some of the books you missed.

Join thousands of other readers just like you in supporting your favorite authors while reading free books!

Join Us!

Join thousands of other readers just like you in supporting your favorite authors while reading free books!

Join Us!

What Readers are Saying About Hidden Gems

I love love being a reviewer, especially with Hidden Gems since they allow you to pick and choose the genres and books you want to read so it’s always interesting because you’re picking. They don’t hound you constantly for your review, and will give you a read out of what books you’ve read and what books still need reviewing. I also like getting new best sellers before they are out. All in all a great program.

Red52eb

Largo, Florida

The quality of books you get are actually very good and I enjoy being able to review books and give feedback.

Mandy

Idaho

I always wanted to be an ARC reader but wasn’t able to find a way to do so with a good variety of authors/genres to choose from. Then I found Hidden Gems and their ARC program is awesome. They will offer a variety even in the same genre. You read a synopsis and then offer to be an ARC reader for that book, if chosen, you receive your copy and provide your review. It is a quick and seamless process, if you forget to submit a review, you will receive a reminder along with a link to submit your review info. I am very happy with Hidden Gems, and look forward to a successfully long ARC team process with them.

Silver S.

Byram, MS, USA

From the Blog

More Facebook ads better results

Does Running More Facebook Ads Produce Better Results?

Advertising and Marketing | Hidden Gems | November 22, 2024

Last week, we explored a question that many self-published authors grapple with: does increasing your ad budget directly lead to better sales metrics? While this strategy can yield results, it’s not without its risks. It also raises a less-discussed—yet equally important—question: regardless of your budget, could you increase sales simply by running multiple Facebook ads for the same book? As Ginger explores in this week’s blog, this isn’t about blindly multiplying your efforts and hoping something sticks. Instead, it’s about understanding the psychology of effective advertising and why diversifying your ad approach can have a significant impact. From the timeless “seven touches” rule to features built right into Facebook’s Ads Manager, Ginger breaks down why running more ads can deliver better results—and how you can easily implement this strategy without needing to redesign your creative from scratch. Last week, I wrote about how increasing your advertising budget could have a… Read More >

Hidden Gems Romance

We also offer a newsletter featuring some of the hottest romance books deals, sent to thousands of voracious romance readers a few times a week.

This Week's Featured Romance Book

This week's featured book.

When Cardinals Appear

By: Katie Eagan Schenck

  • Contemporary

$4.99 | $0.99 (on sale until Nov/30/2024)

She has a promise to keep. But when her plans are thrown into a tailspin, will a persistent red bird show her how to let her dreams take flight?

Lanie McAllister is ready to move on. Wrestling with her mom’s death, the young woman just wants to settle the estate and soar off for good to her boyfriend in California—far away from painful memories. But she suspects the lucky cardinal she keeps seeing is trying to send a message when a flat tire puts her back in the path of the man who broke her heart.

With fate constantly throwing the man her mother always hated in her way, Lanie can’t seem to shake the wounds of the past. And when her current love makes a serious misstep and she discovers her ex harbors a secret, she starts to rethink what will make her truly happy.

Questioning her vow to her mother to never look back, is the cardinal a clue Lanie’s true happiness is hiding in plain sight?