Featured Author Groups

How to Create a Featured Author Group

1. Sign up for our Authors Program, and make sure to add photos, videos, events, book excerpts, and a link to the featured group to your profile.
2. Create a special group "Q&A with [Author Name]" or "[Author Name] hosts a Q&A." Make sure to categorize it as a "Goodreads Author" group. The group description should clearly state what time range the author will be available to answer questions—we recommend at least 2-4 weeks.
3. We recommend that the author create at least the first four discussion topics. Our suggestions are: a general thread welcoming everyone to the discussion and encouraging them to introduce themselves, a thread for questions about the author's writing process and habits, a thread about the specific book (usually the author's newest), and a thread about the author's favorite writers and influences. New threads will form during the discussion, but we find that these topics generally get the discussion started.
4. Goodreads will feature the group in the groups and authors sections of the site. Also, once a few people have joined the group, it will have the chance to spread virally and naturally though the Goodreads community.
5. Goodreads features several author Q&A's in our monthly newsletter. To be considered for the newsletter, please contact us.