Blog Book Tours and Goodreads

I am in the process of planning my first blog book tour to promote the release of my second book, To Hell in a Handbasket. The tour will take place in the release month of May, and I hope to visit 10-15 blogs. To educate myself on how to do a blog book tour, I joined the blogbooktours yahoogroup, which Dani Greer moderates as a revolving series of 3-month classes to teach authors about blogging, social networks, and planning and conducting a blog book tour. I've learned an awful lot being a member of the group and tried to share what I already knew with the other participants.

Dani has a blog associated with the group, where she posts information that has come up in the discussions. Her latest post is from a message I sent to the group about my interactions on the Goodreads social network, which I've belonged to for some time. Go to: Blog Book Tours: Goodreads to read what I had to say about using Goodreads to promote your book. If you're an author who is interested in planning your own blog tour, there's a click-on icon on Dani's blog to ask to join the yahoogroup. But be forewarned, you are expected to be an active participant in the class!