The Goodreads Author’s Marketing Checklist

Wish I could print this to read more carefully.

How do you upload a book trailer to the book page? I don't see any option with that.

Elaine wrote: "Wish I could print this to read more carefully."

Copy + Paste to Word or Google Docs and save to hard drive and/or print directly.

Great tips and suggestions 👏👍. There was actually one I hadn’t done yet. Thanks.

Elaine wrote: "Wish I could print this to read more carefully."

Copy and paste to a word doc--should work!

Great tips - thank you.

Very useful information!

Elaine wrote: "Wish I could print this to read more carefully."

Copy and paste to a word doc.

Elaine wrote: "Wish I could print this to read more carefully."

Elaine, I almost ALWAYS highlight and copy (Ctrl c) the page, go to a Word document and click Paste Options - Paste Text only--unless you want the illustrations, but that takes a lot of room and memory space. Print it out and read at my leisure.

This is great and so helpful, thank you so much!!! :)

Only If You Let Them
Monica Carolan

My latest book is the result of printing three earlier ones as a trilogy: 'Another Kind of Loving', "Beyond the Broken Gate' and 'Long Shadows' (£7,90 each) have turned themselves into a 640-page trilogy called 'Distant Echoes' (£12.90). The theme is the effect of war on the children and later generations of participants and the books cover the 20th century wars of World War One, World War Two and the break-up of Yugoslavia (maybe because of my childhood through World War Two?). The original books came out in 2005, 2007 and 2010, the trilogy in January of 2019. Time will tell whether it was a good idea.
Not sure where to add it on my Sylvie Nickels profile page.

I received an ad from NABE asking if I wanted to submit my book for the 2019 Pinnacle Book Achievement Awards - for a fee/buying a membership of course. Has anyone done this? Results? Worth the money?

Would be wonderful if someone in administration would list the reputable self publishing companies. I found mine by accident when I was looking for one, and found another from a forum, someone who warned against self publishing companies that take your author's rights. I found one who did not and it is family owned, and very glad I did. Excellent team! So, for the newbies, the indie writers, this would be very helpful. Would that be acceptable in this venue? A list with pros and cons from those writers dealing with them as well. We have to protect each other and this may be a start. Thank you!

How do you go about promoting your new book

My book is called the bride and moral purity through Christian Faith publishing

Elaine wrote: "Wish I could print this to read more carefully."

I'm coming to this page late, Elaine, but I'll toss this out anyway: Have you tried taking a screenshot and saving it? This works in Windows 10 on PC if you right-click on the copy you want to copy.

Great tips & suggestion.

You say "Author Dashboard," but I can't find any place where you say what or where that is. How do I get to it?

Ooh, ooh! This is actually something I know, Tim. ;)

After you've signed into Goodreads, toward the upper right corner of the screen you'll see your picture/avatar. Left click on the image, and you'll see "Author Dashboard" in the drop-down menu. Click to get to your Dashboard.

Good luck!

Kathleen wrote: "Ooh, ooh! This is actually something I know, Tim. ;)

After you've signed into Goodreads, toward the upper right corner of the screen you'll see your picture/avatar. Left click on the image, and yo..."

Thanks for the help, Kathleen. Actually, I had to wait until my membership as an author was approved, and then the dashboard was right where you said it would be.

I do think Goodreads could be a little more detailed in their explanations and assumptions, as in "Once you have been approved as an author, you can (whatever) on your author dashboard."

Ah, the old "wait 'til I'm approved" problem. That's what you get for being so action oriented, Tim. :)

As for less-than-detailed explanations, I'm dealing with that in another area right now. I'm doing my best to think in terms of how that's growing all those new synaptic connections as my poor brain tries to figure things out...

Would love a book review of my new print titled: I'm Grandma And I Miss You by June Cheryl Williams Edwards. The genre of this children's book is poetry. . .written from a grandmother to her grandchild with invitations for adventure. Available on Amazon, Barnes & Nobles, ann Apple. POD or E book.

this is my first comment in years, under my new identity, so of course it isn't about goodreads--it's about ms-word.

if you don't know this shortcut, it's very helpful.
along with Joyce et al, I "highlight and copy (Ctrl c) a page, then go to Word." However, instead of the "click Paste Options - Paste Text only" method, i added a button to my quick access toolbar (at the top of the window). that way i just have to go to word and click that button. doesn't sound like much of a time-saver, but it has been for me, especially since i keep my menus collapsed.

if you wish to do so:
go to the right-hand of the quick access toolbar and click the down arrow (label: customize blah)
click 'more commands' at the bottom of the drop-down
near the top of the options window that pops up, choose commands from 'all commands.'
click any item in the window immediately below 'all commands.'
enter the letter 'p.' that puts you on item 'page background.'
the 'paste' items aren't far below that.
select 'paste and keep text only.' click the 'add' button, then move the button to where you want it by highlighting the item then clicking the up or down arrow.

while you're there, get rid of buttons you don't use. if you have time, snoop around for any other buttons that you'll use a lot.
hope this is helpful.

Afterthought Department
These are my buttons, left to right:
new document
clipboard (seldom used, but gives access to 'copy history')
save
save all
save as
paste and keep text only
insert bookmark
autocorrect
change case
sort descending
sort ascending
word count
outline view

i use office 365, which is annoyingly microsoft-ish, but it's slightly better than paying for the updates every 3 years--$700+ if you've done all of them since 2010. and, btw, what features do you use at least weekly... that weren't available in the 2010 version? hmm.
with that said, the 365 version has many problems. one of them that has been active for over a year is that the 'sort' options no longer work for highlighted-only paragraphs. instead sorts sort the whole document--which is excessively useful, right?
but i need to sort stuff, so i click my new document button, copy and paste, sort, then copy the sorted text back where it came from.
thanks, microsoft. keep up the good work.

Elaine wrote: "Wish I could print this to read more carefully."
Use Lighshot by Skillbrains (a free download program). It lets you choose anything on your screen and copy it and then save it to a directory of your choosing on your PC.
This way you can download pics, or words, to your heart's content. Works wonders!

Glenn wrote: "Elaine wrote: "Wish I could print this to read more carefully."
Use Lighshot by Skillbrains (a free download program). It lets you choose anything on your screen and copy it and then save it to a d..."

Anyone know what a book trailer is on Goodreads and how you upload one?

It seems like many of the elements on Goodreads are out of date - like the advertising program for authors. It's curious that it still shows up. Comments can be pretty out of date as well. The world is spinning so fast that anything that is more than 2 months old has become ancient. Just curious.

An interesting checklist without a doubt, although as one person already pointed out: It would be wonderful if someone in the administration would list the reputable self-publishing companies.

There is only one thing on this list I have not yet done. But before I give it a shot, let me tell everyone else here a little about my series...

This is a book series which I've been writing since I was 14, 15, or 16. It is the Sky Fighters Novella Series, a coming-of-age epic saga, which involves two teenage boys, who live two distinct lives. After an attack on Earth by hostile, demonic aliens, the friendly, welcoming leader of a neighboring alien planet (Master Mantecado) hurriedly contacts 13 humans on Earth. His goal is to collaborate with said humans in bringing the Sky Fighters, an elite group of half-angelic warriors back from extinction. Both young men become highly-involved in the re-creation of the Sky Fighters. However, their greatest foes, the Python Demons have their sinister eyes upon them, as well as the rest of the multi-verse. Earth is now their newest target. They'll stop at nothing to take over or destroy it, Sky Fighter Land, and Evensongland outright.

They also have mystical powers, including Elemental Attacks, Teleportation, Invisibility, and once they're strong enough, they grow a set of wings and are able to fly! The series is currently 7 parts in length. Plus, I am in the process of writing at least 1 more part for it, plus an additional standalone/spin-off title.

Find out more about it on GoodReads right here: https://www.goodreads.com/series/2616...

Martin wrote: "Anyone know what a book trailer is on Goodreads and how you upload one?"

On the left-hand side below the followers is a video section. It's not specifically a book trailer section. You can use a Video URL to add one to your page.

Hope it helps!

My book is listed twice. Once under paperback version and once under kindle. Should they be combined into one? I have a rating and review on the kindle version and would like it to appear on the paperback version too.

How do I upload the cover of a self-published book that is not on Amazon?