Making Connections discussion

Hi everyone! I hope this is ok here. I wasn't sure if this was allowed, and if not let me know. I have been contacted recently by a few different authors looking to have me organize a blog tour for their upcoming books, and I wanted to ask if there were any book bloggers out there who would be willing to join a list of bloggers for any tours that may come up in the future. You can be a seasoned blogger or a newcomer, it doesn't matter. I am hoping to build at least twenty or so bloggers for this list and would love to connect with some fellow book bloggers and maybe make this a reality. I appreciate anyone who takes the time to read this, and if this is something you'd be interested in, feel free to DM me, leave a comment here, or send an email to [email protected]. Thanks, guys!

hi there, would like to know the details of how this works.
thanks

does the blog must be in English?

Anthony wrote: "Hi everyone! I hope this is ok here. I wasn't sure if this was allowed, and if not let me know. I have been contacted recently by a few different authors looking to have me organize a blog tour for..."

Hi there. Basically, I've had a few authors reach out wanting to know if I'd help put together a blog tour for their books. I'm fairly new to organizing this kind of thing, but I've been a part of plenty of tours with my blog. Basically, you have your name, email, and website/blog added to a list for blog tours, and whenever one comes out I email you to ask if you would be willing to participate. If so, then we'd arrange a day in advance for your review/post to go live, and then I'd send any materials for the tour to you, such as book covers, social media links, purchase links, a copy of the book, etc. Then you would be responsible for posting on the day we scheduled it for barring any unforeseen complications, and that would be it.

If this is something you'd be interested in, feel free to let me know. I'd be happy to have you be a part of some tours in the future. Again, for now, it's only a couple of authors, so this isn't a major commitment or anything at this time. No pressure. Thanks :)

Tika wrote: "does the blog must be in English?"

Hi there! While I know most of the authors asking for this blog tour are English speaking and many blogs would need to be in English, I can always ask the authors if they would be willing to have their book featured on a non-English speaking website or blog, so I could always leave that up to the authors and then message you if you'd like to be added. Thanks for asking that is a great question. :)

Annu wrote: "hi there, would like to know the details of how this works.
thanks"

Hi there. Basically, I've had a few authors reach out wanting to know if I'd help put together a blog tour for their books. I'm fairly new to organizing this kind of thing, but I've been a part of plenty of tours with my blog. Basically, you have your name, email, and website/blog added to a list for blog tours, and whenever one comes out I email you to ask if you would be willing to participate. If so, then we'd arrange a day in advance for your review/post to go live, and then I'd send any materials for the tour to you, such as book covers, social media links, purchase links, a copy of the book, etc. Then you would be responsible for posting on the day we scheduled it for barring any unforeseen complications, and that would be it.

If this is something you'd be interested in, feel free to let me know. I'd be happy to have you be a part of some tours in the future. Again, for now, it's only a couple of authors, so this isn't a major commitment or anything at this time. No pressure. Thanks :)

Hi Anthony I’m new to book blogging but would be interested in being a part of something like this. Do you have an idea for the genre type of these authors?

Brianna wrote: "Hi Anthony I’m new to book blogging but would be interested in being a part of something like this. Do you have an idea for the genre type of these authors?"

Hi Brianna! It's a pleasure to meet you. Right now the main author seriously asking about me helping start a blog tour for them has a sci-fi and fantasy-driven series that he is looking to get attention for. I've had a multitude of different authors ask about this, however, ranging from contemporary women's fiction to YA, Historical Fiction, Horror, and everything in-between. If you were to add your blog to this list, I would always check with you and send you the info for the books before I confirmed you for the tour, as I know not every author or book will be up a blogger's alley. I hope this answers your question and if you have anything else you'd like to know, let me know. It'd be great to have someone else join this growing list, and I look forward to hearing from you. Have a great rest of your weekend!

Hi Anthony, if you are still doing this, I would be interested. I am working on starting a blog and would love to find out more!

Okay sounds great! I’m still interested and you can put me on the list

Megan wrote: "Hi Anthony if you are still doing this, I would be interested. I am working on starting a blog and would love to find out more!"


Hi Megan,

Thank you for reaching out to me. Basically what I am doing is looking for bloggers who would be interested in working on blog tours. If you agree to be put on a list of other bloggers, you would send me your email and a link to your book blog. I would then be emailing you whenever an author reached out to ask me to help organize a book tour for their upcoming book. I would email you the information on the book, including genre, release date, etc, and you would then decide whether or not you wanted to participate in the tour. If you did, then I would schedule you on the tour and it would be up to you to review and post the review on your website by the arranged date. I would of course send a reminder out a few days before your scheduled review. If this is something you would be interested in letting me know and I would be happy to add you to our growing roster of bloggers. I look forward to hearing from you and hope you have a wonderful rest of your weekend.

Brianna wrote: "Okay sounds great! I’m still interested and you can put me on the list"

Hi Brianna,

That is great! I appreciate you letting me know and I'm happy to have you join my growing blogger list for book tours. If you either want to send me a private message here on Goodreads with your email and a link to your blog so I can add it to my list, or email me at [email protected], then I'd be happy to add you to that list. Thanks again, and I hope you have a wonderful rest of your weekend!