I stumbled over Storiad around early-2020 and loved what they had then. Sadly, my attention was elsewhere and I lost track of the tool.

As an indie author, I wear many hats one of many includes book marketer. Well, for whatever reason, I lose that hat a lot more than I care to admit. Because I'm not as attentive to my book marketing responsibilities, obviously, I don't get as many sales or new readers. Then, when I'm set to do a big promotion, I'm ill-equipped for it, so I lose a lot of time on busy tasks that can otherwise be automated.

Enter Storiad. I've been an avid AppSumo customer for years now, so when I saw Storiad was available for lifetime access, I lost it. Still curious if the lifetime access was worth it, I popped back onto their site and WOW!

Three years made a tremendous difference. The user interface is clean and clear, everything is intuitive. And, if I was ever lost or needed clarification, there were brief instructions or video tutorials to get me through it.

I had a couple of issues, but Storiad Support resolved them fast. The first issue was when I went to redeem the AppSumo code, and they were FAST to handle it. Then, another issue came up where I was confused about the upload limits for the Book Profile pages. And, they clarified that it's 10MB for the ebook sample, and 5MB for the audio sample.

SIDE NOTE: The Author Profile and Book Profiles are really professional, almost like a better version of what Amazon has.

The main reason I got it was for the ridiculous database of contacts. Over forty-thousand contacts! I scoured through the options and it seems endless, so the keyword search feature helps to narrow down my searches so I'm not overwhelmed. Will I need to use every contact? Most likely not, but the ones I do see are tremendous.

There's an email outbox, so if I'm communicating an upcoming release, or searching out editorial reviews, I can get it all done at once. They have ready-made templates where I can customize what I'm sending out if I'm emailing a group of contacts.

I've bought dozens of deals on AppSumo over the years, but this one is, by far, my favorite and is the exact thing I needed in my author business.

Five well-earned tacos!