This is not really a question about your books. As a new author, I am curious how long it takes goodreads.com to recognize me as such. They claim it takes two business days. It has been four or five, and I have heard nothing. Is there a published or unpublished rule that if you sell your own books and do not go through Amazon or Barnes and Noble then you're not worthy? -- Loved the post on wearing multiple hats.

Ross Eberle Yo, Michael!

Good to meet you. I read through your question and have decided to delve into researching it, as I did not immediately have the answer, myself.

Here's what I found out from this Q&A page about being eligible to join the Author Programme: https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/... <---- On here, it states quote, "It's best if your work is for sale or pre-order on a bookseller's website, such as Amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com. However, we will accept any author who has published a book. This includes international authors, as well as self-published authors."

This means Goodreads ought to recognize you as an author, no matter whether you went through Amazon or Barnes and Noble to publish a book or not. Are any of your books in the Goodreads database, yet? Have you taken the necessary steps to fill out an application as noted on this page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/program ? If so, did you check your e-mail and its junk/spam folder to see if they sent you anything, stating whether they've approved your application or not?

Let me know the verdict, and thanks for your compliment about my post on wearing multiple hats! :-D

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