AuthorSwap vs BookClicker — the honest comparison.
If you swap newsletters, you probably do it on BookClicker. Here’s exactly what’s different about AuthorSwap, fact by fact. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we’ll fix it.
| Features |
AuthorSwap
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BookClicker
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|---|---|---|
Swap confirmation |
Automatic — verified the moment the send goes out |
Manual — you confirm (and chase) by hand |
Commission on paid placements |
0% — you set the price, you keep everything |
10% of every sale |
Creating the swap email |
A draft is created in your MailerLite for every accepted swap — nothing gets forgotten |
You build every email yourself from scratch |
Knowing what you're booking |
Partner counts — every swap states exactly how many books share the send |
Solo / Feature / Mention labels — one author's "feature" is 1 book, another's is 3 |
Email layout |
Yours — place each book anywhere in your email, structure every send how you want |
Tied to the placement type — features expected at the top, mentions below |
Knowing who's reliable |
Public reputation score for every author, built from confirmed sends |
No way to tell until you've been ghosted |
List stats (opens, clicks) |
Shown via MailerLite |
Shown via MailerLite |
Per-swap performance |
See which swaps actually produced clicks and results |
Not available |
Support |
Real human support — a real person answers |
Email address only |
Cost |
30-day free trial, then from $9.99/mo — unlimited swaps, 0% commission |
Free to join; 10% commission when you sell |
The Honest Read
BookClicker : Free to join — and if you only swap occasionally and don’t mind confirming sends by hand, it works. It’s how most of us swapped for years. The costs are hidden: flaked sends that waste your newsletter slots, 10% of every placement you sell, no per-swap performance data, and no way to know who follows through until they don’t.
AuthorSwap – A flat subscription instead — and everything the free model can’t do: automatic confirmation on every swap, a reputation score built from real sends, a draft waiting in your MailerLite, per-swap analytics, zero commission, and real human support that actually answers.