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Events appear on your profile. Post Reviews Goodreads features books based on the number of reviews. The more reviews, the better. The most important thing these days is the number of reviews: Ads Goodreads has a powerful book-advertising program that allows you to target people who have highly rated specific authors.
You can target people who have rated your books in the past or have read books similar to yours.
You may have fans who loved your other books and who have no idea about your latest book. Goodreads allows you to connect with those readers.
Giveaways Authors and publishers can post giveaways on Goodreads for physical books and Kindle. The limit for giveaway books—print or Kindle—is List your books on Listopia Ask your readers to list your books on Listopia.
The Listopia section of Goodreads has a list for every kind of book imaginable. Make sure your books are on the appropriate lists. This allows your readers to ask you questions and talk with each other about your book, and you can be as involved in these book discussions as you want to be.
The key is to start the conversation and then let your readers take it from there. Want to learn other ways to successfully market your book?
Get a copy of our free guide, the Book Marketing Checklist! You just want to be sure people have time to enter before the giveaway, read, and review.
So how do you get reviews? If possible, start the giveaway three months prior to publication. Goodreads is a social network specifically for authors and readers. Know Your Goal As with any effective marketing campaign, you must know your goal before you can plan a good strategy for achieving it, let alone measure your results. Yes of course, but then perhaps the next person will review the book as well. Paperback books can be given away on Goodreads. Imagining Your Name on a Book?
To generate the most interest for your upcoming title, provide as many copies as you can — up to To promote the giveaway, add a widget to your website, share on social use GoodreadsGiveaway , talk it up on your blog, or send information about it out in an email. Authors are encouraged to interact with the community, including reviewing books, joining groups, and being actively engaged.
You can also have the book listed in numerous places via Liistopia. This is an additional way for readers to find books and vote for their faves. Users create lists with specific titles describing the type or genre of the book and other users can add title to the lists. Authors are the only Goodreads members who can have blogs so take advantage. Author blogs are great for starting conversations and drumming up more interest.
If you have a blog already, import it to Goodreads. In order to best promote your giveaway, create ads targeted to fans of the genre and similar books. In addition to running ads for giveaways, after the initial giveaways you can run highly targeted ads to more generally promote the book to the Goodreads community. Through its taste algorithm, groups, and lists, Goodreads provides a targeted platform to directly reach avid readers, as well as help reach fans of similar books and genres.
Typically, readers on Goodreads are also very engaged and more likely to spread the word about the book. Definitely one of those movies that lives up to the book! I, too, have been reading voraciously, but your total blows mine out of the water! I also surpassed my yearly goal on Goodreads, but my goal was only 25 books for the year. I wish I could do audiobooks, but I find that without my eyes focused on something, my mind wanders.
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