Goodreads allows users to keep track of books they’ve read, books they want to read, and the reading journeys of other registered users. While Goodreads is a wonderful resource for readers, it also houses a very lucrative market for indie publishers and authors. Through the Goodreads author program, Q&A groups, word of mouth, and the Goodreads recommendation engine, indie publishers and authors are able to establish a presence among the bigger five guns in the publishing world.
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Building a Social Media Following for Aspiring Authors
By Melinda Jasmine Crouchley
Where do you go first? Out of the plethora of social media options available, which is going to net you the most bang for your buck? Which is going to be the most efficient and effective use of your time?
Goodreads Says Goodbye to Free Giveaways
By Madison Schultz
Goodreads, the Amazon-owned social media site for bibliophiles, introduced a major overhaul to its giveaway system in early January. Previously, giveaways were free to host, making them a popular and cost-effective marketing tool for indie authors and publishers. Readers eager to win free books would browse the giveaways page and enter any contests that caught their eye, resulting in lots of exposure for books that might not otherwise get seen. The only cost to the host of the giveaway was that of the book (or books) and shipping.
Social Media Book Giveaways & You: Why Giveaway Culture Matters
By Joanna Szabo @Joanna_Shwaba
Online book giveaways are becoming pretty standard in the publishing industry’s marketing toolbox—so much so that readers have come to expect them. Giveaways familiarize readers with book covers and copy, increase the number of reviews they receive, generate pre-publication social media presence, and build loyalty around both the author and the publisher.
Emma Watson Enchants the Feminist World with Our Shared Shelf
By Gloria Mulvihill
You’ll be hard-pressed to find something about Emma Watson not to like. She is our beloved Hermione, as well as Brown educated, UN Women’s goodwill ambassador, a feminist, an advocate for equality, and an all around beautiful human being. She started HeForShe.org, a platform that provides advocates for gender equality a place to share their […]
The End of Readmill
By M. F. Corwin
One of the great things about spring break is having enough time to sit down and get some reading done. It was a shock, then, to find out that social reading platform Readmill is shutting down because Dropbox acqui-hired its staff, who will be joining the Dropbox team in San Francisco. What was Readmill? Launched […]