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Get Authentic Book Reviews Closes November 29 and Points Members to Book Bounty
The farewell notice says Get Authentic Book Reviews will delete accounts on November 29, 2026. Book Bounty posts a points conversion and a $5.90 rate.
Get Authentic Book Reviews says its platform and account data are scheduled to be discontinued and deleted on November 29, 2026, according to the farewell notice. The farewell notice says the site is not accepting new members. Founder Flavia signed the note. She writes that increasing financial pressures, slower review activity as the company worked to protect members' Amazon accounts, higher membership turnover, and ongoing technical challenges made the business unsustainable after more than two years.
What the company says about Amazon
The notice says the original mission was to deliver results while respecting Amazon's review guidelines. The page heading reads "Get Amazon-Compliant Book Reviews." A member comment on the same page praises "Amazon compliance." Those lines are the company's wording and a member's comment. The notice does not say Amazon has certified the service, and it does not describe a wider crackdown on reviews.
What members can move
The notice says current and former members will receive Book Bounty points through a conversion arrangement, even if they already use Book Bounty. Book Bounty's intake page agrees, and it says an existing member's current plan stays the same. That page also says former Book Bounty members can restart a membership at the Authentic price.
Book Bounty's page says every 10 Authentic points become 1,450 Book Bounty points, added once the member has completed 2 bounties. A bounty counts as complete once the review is approved, and the page says the points usually show up within a week.
The notice says Book Bounty will honor the "Current low Authentic membership price" for the initial 2 months. Book Bounty's page says that price is $5.90 a month for members who join by December 31, 2026. The same page says that after the first two months the membership continues on the Publisher plan at $25 a month. Book Bounty's page says the $5.90 rate takes the place of a free trial.
When the doors close
The notice says the Book Bounty platform "will be available to receive members only after December 1st, 2026." Book Bounty's page tells people to come back on December 1, 2026. The Authentic price on that page is open to members who join by December 31, 2026.
The notice asks anyone with a transition question to write to contact@getauthenticbookreviews.com before November 29. The notice says the account data is scheduled to be deleted on that date, so a points balance that was never written down cannot be looked up on Authentic's side.
The notice also calls Book Bounty "A Much Larger Book Library" and "A Larger Community of Readers and Reviewers." Those are the notice's own descriptions of the partner. The two pages state the $5.90 and $25 rates above. They do not publish a comparison with other review services.
Sources
- Get Authentic Book Reviews: farewell notice
- Book Bounty: Authentic member intake