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Other than that, pretty much anything goes. We don’t feature, I guess what you could call them, hardcore erotica novels. The reason I listed these requirements was simply to discourage the “make a quick buck” authors who will put out a 20-page low quality book.Īre there genres or types of books you do not accept?

There are several cases where, even if a book does not fulfill all of these requirements, I will feature the book - maybe because I know the author has successfully listed another book with us before, or the book looks like something our target audience would especially enjoy. Many authors have figured out that I don’t completely stick to those rules and I use them more as a guideline. Also, the book should be 80 pages or more (unless it is a children’s book). We generally look for books that have at least 8 reviews and an average rating of 4 stars. These ads are targeted specifically to book lovers which has the advantage that readers who receive the newsletter will actually open their emails because they are already interested in what we have to offer.Īre there certain criteria a book must satisfy before being accepted for promotion?

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We are continuously running a couple of ads on Facebook that, after much testing and trial and error, have a very nice conversion rate. So naturally, that’s the platform I chose to start off with. I love Facebook and was already spending a significant amount of time on Facebook before Choosy Bookworm. I remember hearing a great piece of advice that said “Wanna know which Social Media platform you should be on? It’s the one you will actually use.” Our main way to reach readers is through Facebook. Tell us about your strategy for promotion – how do you reach readers? Connecting with authors is what I do for fun and it truly is a special part of my day. I enjoy getting to know the authors better and love hearing feedback on their promos. I spend a good portion of my working time reading and answering emails and connecting with authors and readers, which is certainly time well spent. For these reasons, our daily newsletter has a very high open rate and many readers visit our page daily.Įncouraging readers and authors to write us has been beneficial to Choosy Bookworm because we often receive emails from readers and authors that help us to improve how we run not just our site, but our business as a whole. Readers are also encouraged to be engaged on Facebook and Pinterest, which has been very well received. We have set up an engagement campaign for our readers that works to educate and entertain them. Our main focus is to connect with authors and readers.

What sets your site apart from other promo sites? We call her our VIP, because she has taken the time provide us with a lot of direction. One of our most vocal supporters is author Jackie Weger, author of Finding Home. On our journey, we have received a lot of feedback and direction from readers as well as authors, and we are very grateful for it. It goes fast, and it’s been an incredible journey already! :o) By mid June, this number had grown to 4800. During this time, our readership grew a lot! Our first newsletter went out to 80 people in March and by the end of May, our list of daily newsletter subscribers had grown to 3800. The beginning of March is also when our newsletters began going out. We started putting up a temporary site in January of 2014 and set up a real site featuring books in March. Jay says the wonderful feedback from readers and authors encouraged him to build a site as well as set up a daily newsletter to accompany the Facebook group.Ĭhoosy Bookworm is still fairly young. Jay and his wife decided to build a Facebook group for book lovers and advertise the occasional indie book to other bookworms like themselves. He’s always been passionate about reading and has a Kindle crammed with ebooks. Jay Lee runs a book promo site called Choosy Bookworm.The mission of the site is to bring authors and ebook lovers together.

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