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Welcome to the readers favorite monthly book giveaway. There is more information on using facebook ads for promotions in my new book smart social media for authors. A grand but overused tactic to improve kindle book sales is to spread your books amazon sale page link to as many free and paid book promotion sites as possible. At read it forward, we have a healthy obsession with authors, stories, and the readers who love them. Fill in the giveaway information, and youll be entered to win a copy of sallys cookie addiction. Amazon recently added a new tool they call amazon giveaways to our marketing toolbox. To show their appreciation, your favorite authors have come together to offer a book for free. Dec 06, 2017 you may have also heard some grumblings amongst the literary community about the new goodreads giveaways program that is launching on january 9, 2018.
The sparkling romances and intriguing mysteries you love are available as paperbacks and ebooks. Goodreads says goodbye to free giveaways ooligan press. Joleene naylor ideas for authorblog giveaways free printable bookplates beautiful classic and medieval bookplates could be used for giveaways last set, lol. It was also the opportunity for people to get randomly selected for a free paperback copy of the book be. So im planning a free book giveaway that last five days, from 6th may 2017 to 10th may 2017. A deeply moving story of carrying on even when it seems impossible.
Today goodreads announced that future book giveaways print or digital by self published authors would no longer be free and the selfpublished author community is up in arms over this. If you like the idea of getting an entry into a drawing for amazon gift cards or a kindle fire every time you buy a new title, you need to read this free ebook. Not every strategy works for every book and every author, so i always recommend looking at each option critically, especially when deciding if it suits your genre, and then budgeting accordingly. Book awards for selfpublished authors the book designer. I would never be able to hold a new book in my hands if it werent for the giveaways 8 i know many people sell books online that they have one, even arcs i see for sale. While you have paid services, you also offer free advertising and ive been able to combine your promos with my facebook promos whenever im promoting a particular book. Chances are youve entered an ever elusive book giveaway on goodreads. Many other authors offer free book giveaways on their sites as well. Each month we feature free and fun book contests and giveaways. Goodreads is changing its giveaways program, making it harder for readers to discover indie books.
Please read our privacy policy for full details here. Be sure to fill out the author survey and join our author email list form is below the giveaway. Ive put quite a lot of money, even more time, sweat and tears battling with all this new technology into it and would like to see it being valued at least to some degree. Goodreads is changing its giveaways program, making it. But for smaller presses andor authors trying to selfpub, it might prevent the ability to purchase a giveaway package. I like the idea, though, of only offering part of the book for free. Groups freebies, book giveaways and contests librarything. It has always been andrews heart to make his materials freely available, and our faithful partners enable us to do this. This is the place to find free book giveaways hosted by personal bloggers an extension of. Giving books away free has always been something of a controversial subject in selfpublishing circles, and when amazons algorithms changed some time ago to give less weight in ratings terms to giveaways as opposed to paidfor copies, many authors. Ill mention in the blurb that the ebook versions are free, and see what, if anything, happens.
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