Goodreads Authors/Readers discussion

Gee, Jack. Do you think you've mentioned it in enough places? There must be one or two little, dark corners where you neglected to spam your release.

You've certainly been around here long enough (2011) to know that a post in one thread gets seen by every group member in their daily wrap-up. But what the heck, this way, they can't ignore you -- right?

Not everyone minds their computer 24/7. He might be working in his yard (where I SHOULD be).

He's spammed this book in a few of my groups, and in one I think I had *8* notifications in one day. I linked him to a "how-to" where authors discussed how NOT to behave (like this), but of course he never bothered to come back and read it.

By the way, Jack: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Please read it.

<--THIS particular voracious reader of historical romance (love my highlanders!) and historical fiction is so put off, she just isn't going to touch this book.

P.S. Just because your book has a love story doesn't make it a romance novel. Just FYI, because romance readers really dislike being misled and leave reviews to that effect.

The best way to post something like this is to do it ONCE in a group, in the place that best fits it. EVERYONE will see it in their daily email wrap, including the romance folks even if it's posted in, say, the science fiction section.

Then post ONE ONLY in the other specialty groups you belong to that are appropriate for your book's theme(s). And if you want to avoid the appearance of spamming to those who might belong to several groups, you might pace your posts a day apart to each group.

This is definitely NOT the way to do it. People will see it and decide you're trying too hard and not even bother to investigate your book.

Hi

I'm Zara-Jo, and I'm a reader, not a writer. A friend told me there was a group who download books, read them and talk to the author on Book of the Month.

Can anybody help me find the right group?

I read a lot and I'd love to join in with something like that.

Thanks, if anybody can point the way.

Zara-jo wrote: "Hi

I'm Zara-Jo, and I'm a reader, not a writer. A friend told me there was a group who download books, read them and talk to the author on Book of the Month.

Can anybody help me find the right g..."

All of the groups are supposed to be like that, but authors can't resist hanging around potential customers, so you'll have to learn to ignore them when they promote. BUT all writers are also readers too.

Find a group for the type of books you like to read (start with "Groups" at the top of the screen) and you'll probably find a discussion thread for what you want. Each group is a little different.

If you can't find a discussion thread that's what you want, start one. That's the fun part of GoodReads.