Question about generating interest in a giveaway
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Authors,
I've previously run a book giveaway on GoodReads (for a physical book, of course) and I got about 1500 entrants. So I kind of expected that making some books available for free here (ebook format) would generate some level of interest. I'm offering a free copy of my released book, along with an ARC of the sequel. I'm hoping to get reviews of the sequel as soon as it drops on Amazon.
I'm making 100 copies available, and so far there are a mere 10 entrants.
Is there some other promotional tool I could be using here on librarything to generate interest? I don't want to drive my existing audience from social media here. Those folks are going to buy my sequel and give me reviews regardless.
I was hoping that I'd find new readers here on the thing. Any tips for building interest in a giveaway?
-Joshua
I've previously run a book giveaway on GoodReads (for a physical book, of course) and I got about 1500 entrants. So I kind of expected that making some books available for free here (ebook format) would generate some level of interest. I'm offering a free copy of my released book, along with an ARC of the sequel. I'm hoping to get reviews of the sequel as soon as it drops on Amazon.
I'm making 100 copies available, and so far there are a mere 10 entrants.
Is there some other promotional tool I could be using here on librarything to generate interest? I don't want to drive my existing audience from social media here. Those folks are going to buy my sequel and give me reviews regardless.
I was hoping that I'd find new readers here on the thing. Any tips for building interest in a giveaway?
-Joshua
