Are you an author searching for a way to promote yourself and your books? If so then you NEED to not only be on Goodreads, but set up a Goodreads Author Program account. This SlideShare presentation gives you all of the information you need to set up your account.

1. Use Goodreads Author Program
As A Book Marketing Tool

2. What Is the Goodreads Author
Program?
 The Goodreads Author
Program is a completely
dree feature designed to
help authors reach their
target audience –
passionate readers.
 This is the perfect place
for new and established
authors to promote their
books.

3. What Can You Do As A Goodreads
Author?
 Take Control of Your
Profile
 Promote Your Books

4. Take Control Of Your Profile
 Here are some of the features
you can use on your profile:
 Add a picture and bio
 Share your list of favorite
books and recent reads
Write a blog and
 Publicize upcoming events,
 Share book excerpts and
other writing
 Write a quiz about your book
or related topic
 Post videos
 Add the Goodreads Author
widget to your personal
website or blog

5. Promote Your Books
 Get the word out!
 Here are some of the
promotional tools available on
Goodreads:
 Sign up to advertise your
books to the Goodreads
Community
 List a book giveaway to
generate pre-launch buzz
 Lead a Q&A discussion group
for readers
 Participate in discussions on
your profile, in groups, and in
the discussion forums for your
books

6. How Do I Join?
 Sign in or sign up for an
account
 Search for yourself and click on
your published author name
 Clicking on your name takes
you to your basic author profile
page.
 This page is part of our
database of books and
authors and is separate from
your member profile page
(which lists your
bookshelves and friends)
 Scroll down to the bottom of the
page. Click “is this you?” to
send a request to join the
Author Program.

7. Who Can Join?
 The Author Program is
designed for people with
published books, or who are
in the process of publishing a
book.
 It’s best if your work is on a
bestseller’s website, such as
Amazon.com or BN.com, but
Goodreads will accept any
author who has published a
book.
 If your book is self-published
and is not yet in the
Goodreads database, you
may manually add it.

8. Additional Book Publicity
Services
 Goodreads is a great
place to go to market
yourself as an author and
your books.
 However, you will benefit
more as an author through
add book publicity
services.
 Consider hiring a book
publicity firm like Smith
Publicity to teach you how
to market your book for
added exposure.