Self promoting etiquette

Hi all,

I'm new here as a LibraryThing author and have just posted a giveaway for my book which will run through August. Obviously, I'm keen to let as many people know about the availibility as possible but I dont want any members to feel I am spamming them. Are there any groups or discussion threads etc where it is appropriate to draw people's attention to my giveaway?

Many thanks for any tips.

I would recommend reading the How Authors can use Librarything help page here - http://www.librarything.com/about_authors.php

Without authors we would not have books to read but over promoting your own work on LT is not a good idea.

I would say that if you join discussions and let people get to know you as a person first and what things you like to read you are less likely to go wrong.

>1 GuillermoStitch:

I want to add something to what >2 calm: has said, and that is "Thank you for asking!"

You'll see this is the page to which @calm directed you, but do check out the Hobnob with Authors group: http://www.librarything.com/groups/hobnobwithauthors That group has several threads for promoting books; just be sure to choose the right category. You can find those listed on the main group page at the link I've given here.

yes! thanks for checking first. many don't. Will go check out your book because of it.

I appreciate these replies and will check out the recommended pages :)

Yes, thank you! I am brand new here today so your question and everyones answers are helping me as well. I am trying to set up my page, find my books and get them in here as well as learning what the etiquette is here as I plan for 2019 author events and such.