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1,000 Goodreads Friends!!!
About five minutes ago I got my 1,000th Friend on Goodreads and I'm ecstatic. I published my first book, The Rock Star, on November 17, 2012 and I joined Goodreads a few days afterwards. I wish I had done it much sooner. Goodreads people are my people. I've been reading novels ever since I made the jump from comic books into the nether world of Stephen King's Horror novels way back in the 1970's when I was still a pre-teen. But as I've grown up, gone to college, and started my multiple careers, my friends and colleagues haven't always been readers, so my joy in finding and reading great novels was just something I enjoyed by myself. But in publishing my first novel I found Goodreads and now I get to share my joy of reading with all the readers like me that are here on a constant basis. I now publish a review for every book that I read, I'm part of groups that are made up of other self-published authors who have similar problems and joys that I have, I'm part of groups that share my similar interests in books, and through those groups I'm able to learn things I wouldn't have learned with out my fellow Goodreads friends, and find books that I wouldn't know about unless I was reading the group discussions and updates from my friends who are introducing me to whole new reading worlds.
And as a self-published author I'm able to introduce myself and my books to whole groups of readers that I would never be able to get in front of without Goodreads. Now the number of friends you have on Goodreads does not necessarily translate directly into sales of your various books, but it does give you another line of promotion that will lead to some sales. If you combine those promotional efforts with similar efforts on Twitter, Facebook, Linked In, and your own blog/website than you are going to sell a few books. Of course the best way of selling more books is to write good books that people will want to read, and people will find you. But being on Goodreads and the other site will help those people find you, and after writing a good book, thats the greatest battle.
I want to thank each and every one of my friends on Goodreads. I come here every day, multiple times a day, to read comments, to make comments, and to find new books to read. My only problem in life is having the time in a day to be able to read all the books I find here, be able to review them, make comments about others, and still be able to write my own books. But it's always better to be busy and entertained than bored and filled with the overwhelming need to cause trouble. It's much more productive to write about troubled individuals and get paid for it.
Thanks to all 1,000 of my Friends here at Goodreads I hope you enjoy my comments, reviews, and books as much as I enjoy all of yours, and look forward to a long and happy relationship.
And as a self-published author I'm able to introduce myself and my books to whole groups of readers that I would never be able to get in front of without Goodreads. Now the number of friends you have on Goodreads does not necessarily translate directly into sales of your various books, but it does give you another line of promotion that will lead to some sales. If you combine those promotional efforts with similar efforts on Twitter, Facebook, Linked In, and your own blog/website than you are going to sell a few books. Of course the best way of selling more books is to write good books that people will want to read, and people will find you. But being on Goodreads and the other site will help those people find you, and after writing a good book, thats the greatest battle.
I want to thank each and every one of my friends on Goodreads. I come here every day, multiple times a day, to read comments, to make comments, and to find new books to read. My only problem in life is having the time in a day to be able to read all the books I find here, be able to review them, make comments about others, and still be able to write my own books. But it's always better to be busy and entertained than bored and filled with the overwhelming need to cause trouble. It's much more productive to write about troubled individuals and get paid for it.
Thanks to all 1,000 of my Friends here at Goodreads I hope you enjoy my comments, reviews, and books as much as I enjoy all of yours, and look forward to a long and happy relationship.
