Authors: How to promote your books on Goodreads
The Goodreads Author Program offers many features specially designed for authors to promote their books. If you haven't joined already, more information about the program, including how to join, can be found on our Author Program page.Once you're a Goodreads Author, you have access to several promotional tools to help grow your readership.
Here are a few great places to start:
Run a giveaway. Giveaways are valuable because they drive awareness and interest in your book with our community of millions of readers. To create a giveaway, click here. Be sure to check out our giveaway best-practices.T
ry advertising. Goodreads offers relatively inexpensive advertising to authors. To get started, click here.
To make your followers aware of an upcoming release or other news, consider writing a blog post or posting a status update about it.
Both will show up in the newsfeed for anyone who follows you.One thing to avoid when promoting your books: over-promoting. Avoid sending people private messages about your books, or joining multiple groups to post about your book.