Do you know about BookMovement.com? They were founded in 2001 with the objective of becoming a resource for book clubs to recommend books to each other.The Preview & Review
This program introduces new titles to their members by giving free copies of books to 10-15 members (or one book club) to read and review for their peers.
Essential Book Club Planner
This tracks what book clubs are reading and enables member book clubs to share and distribute book information to their members. Clubs create their own private web page on which they post selections and send notices to members.
The Planner creates a reading guide for the selection, and emails the guide and other info details including a Google map of the meeting location, the Amazon price with a buy link etc. to the club members. It also sends a follow-up email to club members asking them to evaluate their book selection for their peers.
Much More
There are many other utilities to make reading and sharing more fun and to spread the word on good books. In the last 5 years, book club population 25% so there are now more than 5.2 million adults as book club members with the average member reading 36 books a year. (Only 12 of these are book club selections. By contrast, the average American reads only 5 books a year.
So if you want 22,000 book clubs to find your book, register at the site and discover the promotional opportunities at BookMovement.com.
Takeaway Truth
Look for good opportunities to promote your book and your name so check this site out and see if they can help you with those goals.
Kudos to you for providing this medium for authors and readers to share! A lovely way to connect! Johanna, author of the powerful new spiritual suspense memoir entitled Graffiti On My Soul--a book that will lead to very long and animated discussions at your book clubs! Check it out on Amazon.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting, Johanna. If I may be so bold as to give you a word of advice.
ReplyDeletePosting a Comment on another blog and leaving your URL is a great way to get some traffic back to you.
I'm sure your book is excellent. However, it's best to refrain from posting a hard-sell blurb about your book. That usually gains you the kind of attention you don't want.
If you're the author of the book, this won't help you. If you're being paid to post comments, these kind of comments usually get deleted by most bloggers.
I'm easy though. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and leave your comment.
Best wishes,
Joan