GoodReads Strategies to Increase Sales

Tell the truth: After indie publishing your book, did you rush to GoodReads and attempt to “friend” dozens of authors in a misguided belief the effort would ignite book sales? No doubt many of those overworked scribes who ignored your request wish you nothing but good fortune. They’re simply too busy writing, marketing and cultivating a readership to chum around with the new kid on the block.

Like FaceBook, GoodReads has instituted a friend limit of 5,000 because the current system doesn’t han...