what is goodreads?
Goodreads is a social media site that was also recently acquired by Amazon. It is much like Facebook or Twitter, but it's centered around books. So you can see what your friends are reading, share recommendations with them, and join book clubs and discussions about your favorite reads.
For an author, becoming a member of Goodreads is a great idea - it helps you connect with fans and create new ones by hosting giveaways (which we'll talk about in the next post). Once your book is live at Amazon, it pretty much will show up at Goodreads automagically without you having to do anything about it. But it's smarter to get your book added PRIOR to its release date, so that people can start adding it to their To-Be-Read lists. This is a walk-through to help people who are already members add their books at Goodreads. It's easy as 1 -2-3!
For an author, becoming a member of Goodreads is a great idea - it helps you connect with fans and create new ones by hosting giveaways (which we'll talk about in the next post). Once your book is live at Amazon, it pretty much will show up at Goodreads automagically without you having to do anything about it. But it's smarter to get your book added PRIOR to its release date, so that people can start adding it to their To-Be-Read lists. This is a walk-through to help people who are already members add their books at Goodreads. It's easy as 1 -2-3!
Step One
Join the Goodreads Librarian Group: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/220-goodreads-librarians-group
Step Two
Create a new topic under the "Add New Books" folder:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_folder/120471?group_id=220
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_folder/120471?group_id=220
Step Three
Copy the info under the "How to request a book be added to Goodreads" thread and paste it on your new topic (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/869773-how-to-request-a-book-to-be-added-to-goodreads)~ then answer the questions with all the info you have - if some of it is missing, it's okay but they prefer as much info as possible. Once you submit your topic, your book link should be live in a few hours to one day.
Once it's live, don't forget to use it to your best advantage and share it around!
Once it's live, don't forget to use it to your best advantage and share it around!
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