Goodreads Takes Book Discovery Around the Globe (Otis Chandler at Publishers Launch Frankfurt 2013)

Publishers Launch Frankfurt 2013

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Top European Markets for Goodreads
(Excluding UK)
Germany France Netherlands Spain Italy
101%
127% 146% 157%
189%
Members
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Starting to make
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We will start by building out our
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Susan Ee
Author of Angelfall
Susan thank you for answering :) you have really made my day.
I love your characters and storytelling, you made a whole new
world seem so natural and refreshing, and I am pleased to
inform you that my very own paperback arrived the other day so
I am probably the only person in Zagreb (Croatia) who owns a
paperback copy of Angelfall!!! The panda hug is for you:
Susan wrote: "Thanks for the kind words, Zeljka.
Storytelling can be rather mysterious. I write down what the
character sees/hears/feels/does rather than "constructing"
that character. In the end, I'm often as surprised as the
reader over the result. That's part of the fun. :)"
Zeljka

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Each month, Goodreads members share...
The Role of Social in Book Discovery

“You have family,” Bob said. “You
have a wife who hates you. Kids
who are furious with you. A brother
and sister who make you insane.
And a nephew who used to be kind
of a drip but apparently is not so
much of a drip now. That’s called
family.”
950,000 Quotes

What if we had a chance to do it
again and again, until we
finally did get it right? Wouldn’t
that be wonderful?
950,000 Quotes

“Goodreads may well prove to be the killer app
for the new Paperwhite”
Quote by Engadget, Sept 2013

Goodreads is for all readers,
no matter how you read.

Social will create one of the
biggest changes in publishing in
the next five years.
Social will drive discovery,
especially serendipitous discovery.
Social will connect readers,
authors and publishers in new ways.

Otis Y Chandler, CEO
goodreads.com/otis
twitter.com/otown

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