HOW TO PROMOTE A KINDLE BOOK ON GOODREADS
WHAT IS GOODREADS It
is a social cataloging website
It
permits individuals to sign up and register books to create their library catalogs and reading lists.
It
also allows users to create their own groups of book suggestions and discussions.
IN THIS PRESENTATION, WE WILL LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT WAYS ON HOW TO PROMOTE A KINDLE BOOK THROUGH THE GOODREADS AUTHOR PROGRAM.
PIMP YOUR PROFILE Add
a photo to your profile
Add
information about yourself
LINK YOUR BLOG Your
posts will automatically appear on goodreads. Your followers will be notified of your posts There will be tons of exposure for your books
PROMOTING A KINDLE BOOK WITH FRIENDS AND FANS Goodreads
has a friends system that works a lot like the friends systems on other sites
Join
a Goodreads Group
Join
discussions.
Leave
a comment.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE FRIENDS BUT IT'S EVEN BETTER TO HAVE FANS Fans are best for the ego Set up a Q&A Group for
discussion and invite your fans or friends. Goodreads members
love to chat with authors
YOU CAN ALSO SEND MESSAGES TO YOUR FRIENDS AND FANS
Be sparing with this to avoid being seen as a spammer.
Only send messages when there is a major event like giveaway or publication of a new title.
PROMOTING A KINDLE BOOK WITH PAID ADVERTISING ON GOODREADS Goodreads
offers pay-per-click contextual ads.
Select
demographic and genre so that your ads are shown to the right people.
Upload
a free chapter so they can preview your book directly from the ad.
PROMOTING A KINDLE BOOK WITH GOODREADS GIVEAWAYS Offer
a physical copy of your book. Don’t worry because you only have to give away one copy.
Consider
joining the Goodreads advertising program to advertise your giveaway.
RESPONDING TO NEGATIVE REVIEWS NEVER
post a comment or contact the reviewer through the message system.
By
commenting, you are pushing bad review up into a more prominent position.
Bad
reviews can be useful feedback that you can learn from the next time that you write a book.
REMEMBER:
Every author has some bad reviews.
RESPONDING TO POSITIVE REVIEWS Click
the button to like them. Or you can just leave a comment thanking that person. Either one of these actions will help the positive review up toward the top of the list.