Whether you’re traditionally published or self-published, as an author today you’re expected to participate in your book marketing campaigns. You are the linchpin! Nobody knows your books as... Read more

"Books have always been launched like rockets. The publisher commits maximum firepower to getting them off the ground. Most crash to earth. Some go into orbit." Michael Shatzkin, The Idea Logical... Read more

Calling The Library at Mount Char Scott Hawkins’ first book is technically not accurate–his Goodreads Author profile shows several computer reference books he wrote before then. However,... Read more

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Last year, Goodreads helped authors and publishers give away more than 300,000 print books in our popular Giveaways program! Thanks to this success, authors and publishers have been... Read more

Approximately 38 plays and 154 sonnets as attributed to Shakespeare, as well as a variety of other poems—in total, his complete works consist of a whopping 884,647 words (written by hand, not on... Read more

There are many places to interact with readers on Goodreads, including Ask the Author, in the newsfeed where readers post their reading updates, in book reviews, and in group discussions. Every... Read more