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As part of our series on helping authors market their books, this article is about GoodReads.
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The Goodreads Author Program
Become a Goodreads Author
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The Goodreads Author Program allows published authors to claim their profile page to promote their book and engage with readers. Once verified, an author profile will include the official Goodreads Author badge, which can be used to tell fans to follow on Goodreads.
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Benefits of Claiming a Profile Page
Manage Your Profile
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Update your profile picture, write your bio, and fix your book listings—by joining the Goodreads Author Program you’re able to keep the information about yourself up-to-date.
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Promote Your Books
Run a giveaway, connect your blog, advertise your books—the Goodreads Author Program gives you access to the
marketing tools you need to build buzz around your books.
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Interact with Readers
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Take questions from readers using Ask The Author, write reviews, and show off your taste in literature. Readers love to learn what books their favorite authors are reading!
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Claiming Your Profile
To apply for the Author Program, you can follow these steps when visiting the desktop version of Goodreads:
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Sign in or create an account, and then search for your most popular book via ISBN, ASIN, or title.
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On the book, click on your author name. Scroll to the bottom of your author profile page.
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Click “Is this you? Let us know!” to complete and submit the application.
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