Just over three weeks left till #ComedyBookWeek goes live on 16 July. I’ve made the following checklist for myself, but if you’re participating as an author, a blogger, or supporter, you may find it useful. This could also help you develop a greater presence on Goodreads by gathering followers and friends.
Things I’ve already done:
- Claimed author status and added my books to Goodreads (easy to do from the Author Dashboard). If you’re completely new to Goodreads, start with this how-to guide. If you’re a blogger or supporter, you can help by adding participating books to your library shelves.
- Connected my blog to my Goodreads author profile, so that every WordPress post is automatically posted there. Sometimes there’s a delay, but they do come through.
- Created Comedy Book Week event and invited my Goodreads and Facebook friends. If you’d like to add your own event go to Upcoming Events, and click on “add an event” on the upper right page.
- Held seven Shizzle, Inc giveways, which have helped me gather several hundred followers and friends, and have resulted in 1,800 adds to “read” shelves. I didn’t know why that would matter until I created an event and saw that I could invite my friends. Plus, every time I post an update or a blog post is published, they all get notifications.
Things I’m going to do:
- List a Goodreads giveaway for Shizzle, Inc, starting on 16 July and finishing on 23 July. The ad text will begin with “As part of #ComedyBookWeek, you can win…”. If you want to list a giveaway that’s longer than a week, make sure it either starts or ends during 16-23 July, as that’s when you get the most exposure. Don’t forget to mention #ComedyBo0kWeek.
- Update my “General status” daily with that day’s Calendar of Events. To post a general update, go to “Home” tab, it’s on the right-hand menu, under the “currently reading” book stats.
- Add #CBW event to the couple of humor book groups where I’m a member.
- Add Goodreads tab to Facebook. Directions are at the bottom of Goodreads author page.
If anyone has other ideas on how to get the most out of Goodreads during #ComedyBookWeek, please let me know and thank you!
Ana Spoke, author 
Looks like you’ve got quite a bit done!! I can’t wait to hear how #ComedyBookWeek goes 🙂
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If you ever get around to reading thrillers, please get in touch. I admire helpful people.
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I most likely won’t. If I do, I’ll make sure to let you know 🙂 Thanks!
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Hope it goes well :). Wish I could do more on goodreads but not sure I can do much more as just a book blogger. I will repost about #ComedyBookWeek again and post up a calendar link on my blog :). If there’s anything else I can do as a blogger than let me know. 🙂
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You’re doing heaps! Thank you so much 🙂
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I should get more into goodreads, I find it a bit frightening and confusing though, people are always messaging me. I suppose that’s the idea though!
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Are they messaging you directly or just inviting you to events? I did meet the FB group leader who is contributing a lot to #ComedyBookWeek because he messaged me first, so there are opportunities amongst the spam.
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Oh I’m sure there are, I should look really
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Where do you connect WordPress to Goodreads? That’s something I should do! 🙂
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Go to Goodreads author page, it’s one of the prompts closer to the bottom.
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Should we have one central place for GR giveaways, so people could sign in from one landing page? (Hint: Ana, would you like to add a #ComedyBookGRGiveaway to your page?) In case yes, here’s my link
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/enter_choose_address/189115?utm_medium=api&utm_source=giveaway_widget
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Hi, Portia, I got a dedicated site for the event, and will try to get it going in the next week or so. Hopefully the hashtag will workout as the uniting element, to let people know of the multitude of things that are happening.
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Hi Ana, a major characteristic of your blogging is helpfulness. I appreciate you and your efforts. :0) Mac
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Thank you, Mac 🙂 means a lot
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