From Rags to Riches: Looking for promotion ideas?

If you're looking to promote your book and you don't want to spend a lot of money, you might want to consider a Goodreads paperback givaway. Unfortunately, if you don't have a paperback or hardcover copy of your book available, you're out of luck. The Goodreads rules state that you can't give away e-books in this promotion.  The cost is your cost for the paperback and the cost of postage to send the books to the winners.

The way it works is you agree to give away a certain number of books at the end of the promotion. Several months ago I made Dog River Blues (A Wes Darling Mystery) available for six weeks and gave away 5 paperback copies of the book. During that six weeks 670 Goodreads members signed up for the drawing and 59 put Dog River Blues (A Wes Darling Mystery) on their to-be-read list.

I am now one week into a six week promotion to give away five paperback copies of Weep No More. 106 members have signed up for the drawing and 10 have added Weep No More to their to-be read list.

Has it increased my sales? I don't know. But it has brought my name, and my books, to the attention of over 700 readers. I think it's worth it. If you are not a member of Goodreads it's free and it will give you contacts with many readers and writers. If you are a member or become one, feel free to friend me. After all, you can never have too many friends.

The Kindle edition of Weep No More is now available for .99 cents.

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