How to Promote Your Book on Goodreads with Mimi Chan

Welcome to Episode 60 of Published. Today, I’m speaking with Mimi Chan, the senior marketing manager at Goodreads about how to use Goodreads as an author to promote your book. Mimi gives us book marketing strategies and tips for authors. We talked all about Goodreads giveaways, Goodreads Choice Awards, author Q & As, how to get book reviews, and much more. This episode is filled with advice for authors looking and is an expert guide for authors using Goodreads to connect with readers and sell more books.
01:30 - Video starts
02:10 - How Goodreads Serves Authors
03:22 - Tools and Features of Goodreads for Authors
8:15 - Generating Book Reviews on Goodreads
12:05 - Goodreads Giveaways and How to Reach More Readers
20:55 - Advice for Authors with Books that Are Already Published
23:35 - Catherine Cowles, Celeste Ng, Colleen Hoover and Other Goodreads Success Stories
33:15 - How to Deal with Bad Reviews, and Other Things Authors Struggle With
36:42 - How to Optimize Your Book Listing on Goodreads for Discoverability
39:30 - Goodreads Events
43:00 - Parting Advice
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[@debbiesaarloos2543]

As a New writer, I found this interview very valuable. See you on Goodreads.

[@endgamesbeats]

This was great and I love Goodreads

[@zenlivingliterature]

Thank you for this interview! As a new writer, I have some work to do before my books are published.

[@JayTheAuthor]

THIS WAS BEYOND HELPFUL! Thank you!

[@tools4339]

thank you for the helpul amazing information and tips. We appreciate it.

[@JanetteGellarRomanceAuthor]

if Mimi Chan would like authors to join the author program before their book is published they should change the policy to allow it. Authors are having trouble joining because admins are rejecting them with the excuse that they're not published. We would LOVE to take advantage of the GoodReads site to promote our work and generate a following before the book is done but your policy doesn't allow it.

[@WritewithMagic-vg6zg]

Thank you Mimi for this wonderful information! I read conflicting information about adding books that haven't been published. Can I add books without a publication date?

[@Thefreemans-interesting-music]

Mine is full of old books that need deleting. Can't find a way to do it. So no point trying to attract readers to my old rubbish.