Publisher best practices

[Nick]

Hello Goodreads Librarians,

I work at Canelo, a digital publisher. We make ebooks and print books, which we sell on Amazon, as well as at other retailers.

We often get questions from our authors about when a new book is going to show up on Goodreads, and I thought I'd ask here to be able to give them better guidance and have a clearer understanding of how things work.

I know our titles generally get added to Goodreads from our Amazon listings, and that there is some data sharing that happens there, but I'd love to understand it a bit better, both so that we can inform our authors more accurately, but also maybe even so that we can help make your lives easier by making sure you can see and have the information you need.

When and how do books listed on Amazon get added to Goodreads?

Is this automated via a script that occurs, say, on publication? Do Librarians or users need to add them themselves?

What would you suggest is the best way for us as publishers to make sure our listings are on Goodreads at their most accurate? Should we be adding things ourselves? Would you encourage authors to sign up and add/claim their books? Is there something else we should or could be doing that would make things easier for you?

Thank you very much.

-Nick Barreto

[annob [on hiatus]]

Hi there, the librarian members of this group are not employees of Goodreads, so we can't offer much insight. I recommend you to direct your questions to their official support which is manned by GR staff:

https://www.goodreads.com/about/conta...

[Nick]

Thanks very much, I absolutely understand.

I guess my last question still applies:

Is there something you as a Goodreads Librarian wish we were doing that would make things easier for you?

Cheers,
-Nick

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂]

Hi Nick

as a general comment it is best to read the "sticky" information at the top of each folder. For example, adding new books has two (plus one for Librarians)

Providing links (especially to your book on Goodreads) makes it easier for Librarians & will likely get you faster service. It pays to give the ISBN, even when linking to your book.

Thanks for your question!