Posting rules for authors – Read before you post!

[Alexandra]

Here’s all about your topics and how we’re going to keep it organized.

Every author can have 1 topic in the interview folder and one more in the freebies folder (in other folders you can start any nonspam topics you want).

Interview topics:
Create a new topic and choose your genre folder.
The title must include your name, ONE book or series title, and ONE main genre. Like this:
Alexandra Engellmann, the Sky Ghosts series, Urban fantasy
In some cases, if you have several books in totally different genres (not one book that belongs to multiple genres), you can duplicate your interview topic in two-three genre folders.

Share your bio and anything you want to include about your work in the first comment in your topic.
Then you’ll post your new interviews in new comments (full text or just the link), so aside from your author’s website, you’ll have a place for all your interviews on Goodreads for readers to subscribe and keep track of.
Why is it good? Because not all readers like subscribing to authors’ newsletters or following authors on social websites. Goodreads is safe and comfortable. Make sure you share this topic with your followers so they can subscribe.
You can share all of your interviews, not just the ones you did through Author AMA.
Example here

Freebie topics:
It’ll look practically the same as the interview topics, only there will be just one folder for all authors to keep it simple.
The main purpose of your freebie topic is for readers to check out what you have to offer if they liked your interviews and they haven’t read your works yet. Basically, it’s the first easy step in marketing – maybe you have free copies for reviews? Maybe an upcoming ARC? It’ll be something that readers can easily get and find a new favorite author without the purchasing barrier.
The freebie topic title will be the same: your name, one book or series, and one genre. Create two or three freebie topics for different books/series, if you need. But don't stuff one topic with different genres if it's just one book.
Inside, you can post about your books first, and then what you have to offer. Share all your upcoming promotions here: Kindle free days, giveaways, ARCs, beta-reads, etc.
Then go back to your interview topic and add the link to your freebie topic after your bio.
This way, after reading your interviews, readers can scroll up and easily access your freebies.
Example here


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