Goodreads: Managing & Sharing Your Online Bookshelf

September 18, 2008 at 10:02 am jdimos 1 comment

Just published a book? Looking for an online community where you can mention your new publication?

The good people at Goodreads.com may have your answer. Register as a member for free, engage other readers and writers about books, and get some buzz started about your new publications.

Visit them their homepage and take the tour. Read all about their groups by genre, how their community works, and even peruse a brief letter from the founder that says:

One afternoon while I was scanning a friend’s bookshelf for my next great read, it struck me. When I want to know what books to read, I’d rather turn to a friend than any random person, bestseller list or algorithm. So I thought I’d build a website — a website where I could see my friends’ bookshelves and learn about what they thought of all their books.

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Goodreads is a community of friends who enjoy reading and sharing their opinions about books. To improve the process of reading and learning throughout the world, Goodreads allows for the creation of personalized bookshelves, where you can organize what you’ve read, what you want to read and spread the word about good books. Review a title and get comments from other members. For new authors, goodreads is prime real estate to explore for marketing and sheer entertainment.

The Point: Getting involved with online communities that specialize in books is not only a rewarding, enriching experience, but also an opportunity to mention your recent release.

This is Justin, blogcasting from Wordclay, signing off.

Entry filed under: Marketing, Reading & Writing. Tags: bookshelf, community, free, Goodreads, Goodreads.com, publications, readers, register, review, writers.

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1. Book Marketing Noob | September 19, 2008 at 9:43 am

Thanks for letting us know about GoodReads. I’m trying to find ways on the web to market my book, and this looks like a good way to do it. Readers are who read books, so it makes sense to network with a community of readers and see if they are interested in my book. Thanks.
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