Five More Things You Can Do for an Author
Enter a Goodreads giveaway for their books! Many authors create Goodreads giveaways to help build the brand
awareness and generate some reviews for their books. Entering the
giveaway does a number of things: Gets the book on your shelves (which
gives it exposure); makes the book more popular in the giveaway (which gives it
exposure); perhaps scores you a free book that you can keep for yourself or
give to a friend(which gives it exposure)! A triple win, all with a few simple
mouse clicks!
Leave a comment on one of their blog posts! Comments help the
post show up higher in search engines and let your favorite author know that
that people are reading their posts. Blogging can feel like shouting out
in a canyon. Let your voice echo back!
Buy their books! (I wrote about this one before, but it is really important!)
This may seem obvious, and I know not
everyone can buy all of the books that they read. However, if you really
like an author, purchase their books rather than borrow them. Publishers
drop series that don’t sell well, so the best way to help ensure you’ll see
your favorite author’s next book is to buy it. If you’re on a limited
budget, save up for the books you really like. Your purchase helps ensure
that there will be a next book in the series!
Share their successes! Authors rely heavily
these days on social media to spread the word about their work. Help them
spread their reach! When your favorite author has something to brag
about, share it with your Facebook friends!
I'll have more good ideas from Tracy Weber, as you follow along on this blog.
Marilyn aka F. M. Meredith
Comments
Some good hints there, I review audiobooks which I publish on my blog, Goodreads, Audible Amazon, Facebook and Pinterest, I also Tweet.
I do get a lot for free in return for a review, so I feel I must do my best for authors. I also buy a couple each month.
It hadn't occurred to me that entering Goodreads giveaways would be useful to authors, or putting books on my shelves, I'll make sure I do in the future,
Thanks again