Juho Pohjalainen's Blog: Pankarp - Posts Tagged "giveaway"

Last year, I put my debut novel on a Goodreads Giveaway, over the course of a month racking in 1264 requests of people wishing to read it. I was pretty surprised so many people would want to give it a go, and quite happy with the final number.

Now my second book has surpassed that number - in less than a week!

So that's pretty cool, but I wonder how it could have been? Is it because this is my second attempt, and more established authors are more favoured by the readers - or by the Goodreads site itself - than complete newbies? Is it because I'm throwing away print copies this time, and those are in higher demand, or again propped up in better position by the site? Or is it because of a more appealing cover and/or synopsis?

Hard to say. I suspect I'll never find out. But I'm happy.

The giveaway is still going, if you want to take part. I appreciate all those expressing their willingness to read something I've tossed out there, even if I cannot throw a free copy to literally everyone asking for it. Thank you all.

I just came back from tossing the books into the mail. The three winners should be getting them sometime in the next couple weeks, luck permitting. They come from pretty much the opposite end of the world, so it may be a while.

Thanks again for taking part! And if you didn't win this time, let it be known that the ebook is currently free! As is the first book, for that matter, so you could grab that too.

I haven't had a giveaway for a while, and with a bit of plotting about I managed to put all three into one at the same time. For the rest of the week, The Straggler's Mask, Scourge of the Silver Wings, and Last Gasp to Bygone Stars are all available on Amazon for precisely zero dollars! You may not care for the genre or the content but you've nothing to lose!



(A battle against skeletal horror centipede not guaranteed to take place in any of these.)