THE Group for Authors! discussion

Can someone help me? I've written the sequel to The Parchman Preacher. It's called The Parchman Redeemer. Manuscript is 74,238 words. How do I go about asking for ARC reviews on Goodreads? I can't find where to ask on the Goodreads site.

Be careful what you ask for...

Why do you say that? Bad reviews that can't be deleted?

Some readers are ARC collectors and they don't give reviews.

Others give scathing reviews without really reading the arc's.

Know your readers/reviewers. There is also an FCC rule in which the reviewer has to acknowledge that they got the book free in exchange for a review.

My suggestion...visit some reviewers blogs and see which reviewers blog about books in your genre. I really would not want a reviewer who specializes in Romance or Erotica to review my SF/Fantasy books.

Best of luck...

Michael, sounds like you may be looking for this: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/new

See also: https://www.goodreads.com/help/show/1...

There are groups on Goodreads where you can ask for ARC reviews. Of the 3 physical books I sent out for a giveaway, only one person did a review, and then they left the website and their review was deleted. These days I favor using eBook ARCs, and I've gotten a better response.

https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

Other than that, I recommend looking for bloggers in your genre who review books.

Or you could try approaching people who reviewed the first book, since the second is a sequel.

Ahh, A.W., yes, I'm already doing that. Thank you. And Nick, I see what you mean. Thank you very much. Judy and Rivka, yes, thank you. I'll look into those. Y'all are great to respond and help. Don't you love Goodreads? Authors helping each other! It's unbelievably difficult to get agents/publishers to be interested in anything other than established authors. Are we still living in a "it's who you know" world?

Can someone tell me how to get an author's novel on Goodreads in the group discussion segment of Goodreads?

Michael, it would probably be best to start a new thread for this question as your question no longer falls under the heading of "ARCs on Goodreads".

To clarify, which group discussion segment are you referring to on the discussions page?

Any group reading Religion/Fiction

Thanks for clarifying! The group would have to voluntarily start discussing your book for it to appear here. The best way to improve the likelihood of this happening is by increasing your book's visibility through the methods listed above. For more advice on promoting your book, you may want to take a look at this help topic.

Thank you.