{"id":10775,"date":"2012-03-21T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/blog\/?p=10775"},"modified":"2012-03-21T09:00:09","modified_gmt":"2012-03-21T09:00:09","slug":"how-to-reach-millions-of-readers-on-online-book-review-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/marketing\/online-marketing\/how-to-reach-millions-of-readers-on-online-book-review-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"How to reach millions of readers on online book review sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Books-I-Love-Books2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10776\" style=\"float: left;margin: 5px 22px 5px 22px\" title=\"Books--I Love Books2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Books-I-Love-Books2.jpg\" alt=\"i love books for online book review sites\" width=\"230\" height=\"153\" \/><\/a>Smart authors don&#8217;t fret about the shrinking book review section in The New York Times, or the 12-page book section that the San Francisco Chronicle eliminated.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, they target online communities such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.GoodReads.com\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads.com<\/a>, the largest site for readers and book recommendations in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s why sites like Goodreads are so powerful if you want to find readers who will read, review and buy your books:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Its more than 7.3 million members create virtual bookshelves where they have added more than 260 million books they love reading.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Members recommend, review and compare books.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/li>\n<li>They keep track of what they&#8217;ve read and what they want to read.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/li>\n<li>They form book clubs. They debate plot lines and characters, and comment on each others&#8217; reviews.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>A Powerful Platform for Authors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Goodreads&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/program\" target=\"_blank\">Author Program<\/a> \u00a0lets authors write a detailed profile, publicize events like book signings, write quizzes about their book or topic, post videos, give away books before launching, lead Q&amp;A discussion groups, join book groups, and chat about their books in discussion forums&#8212;all for free.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Generate positive reviews on a site like Goodreads and you could be reaching millions more readers than if you had a book review printed in the shrinking New York Times.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/otis-chandler-of-goodreads.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10799\" style=\"float: left;margin: 9px 10px 9px 10px\" title=\"otis chandler of goodreads\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/otis-chandler-of-goodreads.jpg\" alt=\"otis chandler, ceo of goodreads\" width=\"100\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a>&#8220;People are more likely to get excited about a book their friend recommends than a suggestion from a stranger,&#8221; says Otis Chandler, the Founder and CEO of Goodreads who got hooked on the Hardy Boys series in the second grade. &#8220;We even created an amazing algorithm that looks at your books and ratings, and helps you find other books based on what fellow Goodreads members with similar tastes enjoyed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The site appeals to casual readers and bona-fide bookworms, and the next book they read might be yours.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<br \/><strong>Other Sites Where Readers Are Reviewing Books<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Goodreads is one of the dozens of online communities where you must have a presence if you&#8217;re serious about creating buzz for your books. Confused about which sites are best for you? Order the video replay of \u00a0<del>Join me at <strong>3 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 29<\/strong>, when I host<\/del> the webinar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/shop\/where-to-find-millions-of-readers-online-to-review-recommend-and-buy-your-books\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;<strong>Where to Find Millions of Readers Online to Review, Recommend &amp; Buy Your Books.&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll learn about the biggest and best online book review sites, online book clubs, web-based book discussion groups, and which ones are best for certain genres and even poetry.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll even throw in several excellent forums and listservs where publishers and authors can learn about writing and publishing. And I&#8217;ll show you where to find a network of nearly 2,000 book bloggers and book reviewers.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Register here<\/a>\u00a0even if the time is inconvenient because you can get the video replay and the other downloads and bonuses, within 72 hours after the webinar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smart authors don&#8217;t fret about the shrinking book review section in The New York Times, or the 12-page book section that the San Francisco Chronicle eliminated. Instead, they target online communities such as Goodreads.com, the largest site for readers and book recommendations in the world. Here&#8217;s why sites like Goodreads are so powerful if you\u2026&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/marketing\/online-marketing\/how-to-reach-millions-of-readers-on-online-book-review-sites\/\" class=\"rmlink\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","iawp_total_views":7,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[612],"tags":[608,633],"class_list":{"0":"post-10775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-online-marketing","7":"tag-authors-publishers","8":"tag-consumer-reviews","9":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Joan Stewart","author_link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/author\/jstewart\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}