[
  {
    "directory": "Free99Books",
    "url": "https://free99books.com/tall-book-promotion/",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["email", "promo_dates", "regular_price"],
    "requires_cover": true,
    "notes": "FREE Book Promotion path exists; needs author/contact fields and cover."
  },
  {
    "directory": "ContentMo Daily Deals",
    "url": "https://contentmo.com/dailydeals",
    "status": "submitted",
    "missing": [],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Standard placement submitted with Amazon link, Free price, genres and technical email."
  },
  {
    "directory": "FreeEBooks.com Amazon Promotions",
    "url": "https://www.freeebooks.com/submit/",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["promo_dates"],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Needs ASIN and promotion dates; form requires JavaScript."
  },
  {
    "directory": "I Crave Freebies",
    "url": "https://www.icravefreebies.com/free-kindle-book-submission/",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["email", "promo_dates"],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Submission by email; recommends at least 2 days lead time."
  },
  {
    "directory": "New Free Kindle Books",
    "url": "https://newfreekindlebooks.com/authors/",
    "status": "submitted",
    "missing": [],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Free listing submitted with Amazon link, Free price, technical email and 05/20/2026 promotion window."
  },
  {
    "directory": "JustKindleBooks",
    "url": "https://www.justkindlebooks.com/submit-your-book/",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["email", "promo_dates", "regular_price"],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Free/budget path observed but requires author email."
  },
  {
    "directory": "Pretty-Hot",
    "url": "https://pretty-hot.com/submit-your-book/",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["email", "cover_permission"],
    "requires_cover": true,
    "notes": "Requires email, author bio and cover."
  },
  {
    "directory": "BookBillboard",
    "url": "https://www.bookbillboard.com/",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["email", "cover_permission"],
    "requires_cover": true,
    "notes": "Free cover/summary showcasing requires email and cover."
  },
  {
    "directory": "Humanmade Regular Listing",
    "url": "https://humanmade.net/submission-form",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["email", "author_bio", "author_country", "cover_permission"],
    "requires_cover": true,
    "notes": "Regular Listing is free; form requires name, email, author profile biography, country, book description, genre and related links."
  },
  {
    "directory": "Hunt4Freebies",
    "url": "https://www.hunt4freebies.com/submit-freebie/",
    "status": "submitted",
    "missing": [],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Submitted as A Freebie with direct Amazon link and reader-facing description; confirmation displayed: A. V., Thank You for your submission."
  },
  {
    "directory": "Book Preview Club",
    "url": "https://bookpreviewclub.com/free-submission-form/",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["captcha"],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Free form accepts ASIN, purchase link, FREE promotion and dates, but requires a visual captcha before submission."
  },
  {
    "directory": "It's Write Now Check My Book",
    "url": "https://itswritenow.com/check-my-book/",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["email"],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Free ASIN check exists, but it requires author name and email before submission."
  },
  {
    "directory": "Great Books Great Deals",
    "url": "https://greatbooksgreatdeals.wufoo.com/forms/q1xnjyai16jrl05/",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["payment", "email", "captcha", "promo_dates"],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Active reader site, but current author form charges $8/$10 and is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise."
  },
  {
    "directory": "BookPraiser Free Editorial Submission",
    "url": "https://bookpraiser.com/submit-your-free-book-to-bookpraiser/",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["email", "promo_dates"],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Free editorial submission exists, but requires author email and exact promotion dates; additional store-link fields are present."
  },
  {
    "directory": "Bookangel UK",
    "url": "https://bookangel.co.uk/submit-a-book/",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["email", "amazon_uk_free_availability"],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Free UK listing exists only for Amazon.co.uk free/99p offers and requires author email."
  },
  {
    "directory": "Rellena Tu Kindle",
    "url": "https://rellenatukindle.es/register.html",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["open_registration"],
    "requires_cover": true,
    "notes": "Spanish Kindle/free-reader event found; registration page says the signup period has ended."
  },
  {
    "directory": "Book Reader Magazine Author Interview",
    "url": "https://bookreadermagazine.com/featured-author-interview-series/",
    "status": "submitted",
    "missing": [],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Free author interview submitted with Amazon link and landing; confirmation displayed: Thanks for contacting us! We will get in touch with you shortly."
  },
  {
    "directory": "Mind on Fire Books Authors & Allies",
    "url": "https://mindonfirebooks.com/authors-allies-a-mind-on-fire-series/authors-and-allies-submission/",
    "status": "submitted",
    "missing": [],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Free dark fiction/fantasy author spotlight submitted with Amazon link first; confirmation displayed: Thank you for your response."
  },
  {
    "directory": "BookGoodies Author Interview",
    "url": "https://bookgoodies.com/contact-us/author-self-serve-interview/",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["human_verification"],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Free author interview form filled with landing and Amazon-free messaging, but final submit stopped at human verification."
  },
  {
    "directory": "Fantasia Reviews Author Interview",
    "url": "https://fantasiareviews.com/author-interview-submission/",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["wordpress_login_or_access"],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Search result shows a free fantasy author interview page, but live page is private and requires WordPress login/access."
  },
  {
    "directory": "Fantasy Book Place Author Interview",
    "url": "https://fantasybookplace.com/author-interview/",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["human_verification"],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Fantasy-specific interview form filled with official landing and Amazon-only acquisition wording, but final submit stopped at human verification."
  },
  {
    "directory": "Brandon Rohrbaugh Indie Author Spotlights",
    "url": "https://www.brandonrohrbaugh.com/indie-author-spotlights",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["live_submission_page"],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Search result describes free indie author spotlight with Amazon buy link, but live navigation returned a page-not-found state."
  },
  {
    "directory": "Dear Fantasy Reader Podcast",
    "url": "https://www.dearfantasyreader.com/faqs-dfa",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["captcha"],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Fantasy/romantasy interview pitch form filled with Amazon link first, but final submit failed with captcha validation."
  },
  {
    "directory": "The Author's Lens Get Interviewed",
    "url": "https://www.theauthorslens.com/get-featured",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["recaptcha"],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Free interview request form filled with Amazon link and official landing, but final submit opened a reCAPTCHA human verification dialog."
  },
  {
    "directory": "BookGoodies Free eBook Listing",
    "url": "https://bookgoodies.com/advertising/advertise-your-free-book-days/",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["payment", "promo_dates", "cover"],
    "requires_cover": true,
    "notes": "Free-book listing targets readers/newsletter but current form requires paid spotlight package starting at $13."
  },
  {
    "directory": "BookDoggy Free eBook Listing",
    "url": "https://bookdoggy.com/for-authors-2/",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["payment", "regular_price", "promo_dates"],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "BookDoggy accepts Amazon links for free eBooks, but current free eBook promotion costs $21 via PayPal."
  },
  {
    "directory": "AuthorsWiki Free Author Interview",
    "url": "https://www.authorswiki.com/free-author-interview/",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["author_photo", "author_written_answers"],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Free interview exists, but guidelines require a real author photo and author-written answers; not submitted by agent."
  },
  {
    "directory": "Winn Publications Author Interview",
    "url": "https://winnpublications.com/author-interview-feature/",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["author_photo"],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Free interview exists with social promotion, but requires author photo and Google form submission; not completed without author-provided image."
  },
  {
    "directory": "My Book Place Author Interview",
    "url": "https://mybookplace.net/author-interview/",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["human_verification"],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Free Interview path selected with total $0.00 and Amazon link included, but final submit stopped at human verification."
  },
  {
    "directory": "eReader Love",
    "url": "https://ereaderlove.com/contact-us-submit-a-book/",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["live_submission_page"],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "FreeBookPromotions index lists a brief free-book form, but the live submission URL returned page not found."
  },
  {
    "directory": "AllAuthor Free Author Program",
    "url": "https://allauthor.com/free-author-program/",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["author_account"],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Basic program is free and supports free/KU/$0.99 book deals, but requires creating an author account before adding a book."
  },
  {
    "directory": "Freebooksy Editorial Submissions",
    "url": "https://www.freebooksy.com/editorial-submissions/",
    "status": "submitted",
    "missing": [],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Free editorial submission completed via Typeform for Fantasy / Paranormal; Amazon link used; confirmation displayed: Thanks for completing this typeform."
  },
  {
    "directory": "Digital Book Today Guaranteed Promotion",
    "url": "https://digitalbooktoday.com/promotions/",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["payment", "rating_evidence", "review_count_evidence"],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Guaranteed promotion path reaches Digital Book Today's reader audience, but the free-book options shown are paid ($18 established or $20 new release) and include rating/review requirements; not submitted as a free action."
  },
  {
    "directory": "Digital Book Today Free Promotion Request",
    "url": "https://digitalbooktoday.com/promotions/promote-permanently-free-book/",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["rating_evidence", "review_count_evidence"],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Free request form exists, but limited-time free books must have at least 4.2 stars and 30 Amazon ratings; no verified evidence available, so it was not submitted."
  },
  {
    "directory": "Awesome Fantasy Books",
    "url": "https://awesomefantasybooks.com/fantasy-book-promotion/",
    "status": "submitted",
    "missing": [],
    "requires_cover": true,
    "notes": "Free fantasy-book promotion submitted with Featured Book Listing set to No Thank You ($0.00), Dark category, reduced cover, Amazon link only, and confirmation displayed: Thanks for contacting us! We will get in touch with you shortly."
  },
  {
    "directory": "Book Deal Finder Author Submission",
    "url": "https://www.bookdealfinder.com/for-authors/submit",
    "status": "submitted",
    "missing": [],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Free Kindle deal submission accepted with ASIN B0H1YTYWXV, Fantasy genre, technical email, optional pitch, and API confirmation: Submission received; review/listing expected within 24-48 hours."
  },
  {
    "directory": "Armadillo eBooks / CraveBooks Free Submission",
    "url": "https://cravebooks.com/submit-free-books?promotion_site=submitfreebooks&site_name=armadilloebooks",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["author_account", "email_verification"],
    "requires_cover": true,
    "notes": "Free promotion page advertises reach to 200,000+ readers and supports Amazon/Kobo/Apple/Nook links, but step 1 requires creating an account and verifying email before scheduling promotions."
  },
  {
    "directory": "Freebies 4 Mom Share Free eBooks",
    "url": "https://freebies4mom.com/tag/share-free-ebooks/",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["amazon_link_allowed"],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Reader freebie channel found with Google form, but its instructions say Amazon links are not accepted and ask for a website/blog page instead; not used because all reader acquisition must stay on Amazon."
  },
  {
    "directory": "BookLemur Author Spotlight",
    "url": "https://www.booklemur.com/authors/spotlight-signup.php",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["author_phone", "author_photo_followup"],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Free Author Spotlight accepts up to five Kindle ASINs and Amazon author links, but the form rejected submission without a real phone number and says author photo instructions follow after submission."
  },
  {
    "directory": "The Prolific Reader Author Sign-up",
    "url": "https://theprolificreader.com/sign-up",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["open_author_signup"],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Reader discovery site says authors can list a free book on Amazon, but the live sign-up page states it is not accepting new authors or books at the present time."
  },
  {
    "directory": "eReaderPerks Submit Your Book Deal",
    "url": "https://ereaderperks.com/submit-your-book-deal/",
    "status": "blocked",
    "missing": ["recaptcha", "amazon_only_option"],
    "requires_cover": false,
    "notes": "Book deal form targets eReaderPerks readers and asks for ASIN/Amazon link, but it includes reCAPTCHA and a required 'also available on' checkbox group without an Amazon-only option."
  }
]