I’ve long loved print giveaways on Goodreads. Recently, Goodreads announced their upcoming Kindle ebook giveaway program. Authors/publishers will be able to giveaway up to 100 books during the length of the promotion. It is not yet clear whether author/publishers will be able to include a note to the winners. The giveaway can be run for a flat fee of $119.00.
Note: this program is so far available only to Amazon Publishing during its beta phase. That means Amazon Publishing and its authors. Not authors who publish on Amazon. This shouldn’t come as a surprise: Amazon owns Goodreads. Hence the Kindle ebook being the giveaway in this instance as well.
Key differences between Goodreads print v ebook giveaways:
- $119 flat fee for ebook giveaway; print book giveaway is free but author/publisher pays for books and postage
- At this point, ebook giveaways at this point only for Amazon Publishing and its authors
- At this point, ebook giveaways only in the US
Key differences between Goodreads ebook v Amazon giveaways (print and ebook):
- Goodreads allows giveaways during pre-order period; Amazon Giveaway does not
- Goodreads charges a flat listing fee; on Amazon Giveaway you pre-purchase your giveaway items (for print, you get a refund for any copies not given away; for ebook you are stuck with any ebooks not given away, although you can give them as gifts, but for that ebook only)
Print giveaways on Goodreads willl continue even after broad availability of the ebook giveaway program.
I’m looking forward to trying this when Goodreads releases it beyond Amazon Publishing.
Pamela
Pamela Fagan Hutchins writes overly long e-mails, hilarious nonfiction (What Kind of Loser Indie Publishes, and How Can I Be One, Too?), and series mysteries, like What
