Anyone using GoodReads author program to promote their book?

Dawn Schaefer said:

I decided to run a small ad - ie $5 - on GRs. It went live an hour ago. In that time, my book jump 20,000 spots on amazon. While I can't be positive that the GR ad has anything to do with it, I find it interesting the jump corresponds to when the ad went live.

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From where to where? A jump that doesn't take you under 50,000 most likely did not result from a sale.

dolores haze said:

Word to the wise? Don't rate/review your own book. It doesn't look good.

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Hahahaha I did this... but I did it ironically.... i got a chuckle out of it but maybe you're right that it doesn't look good! lol oh well, too late.

Up to 15,000. I'm at 25,000 now. The lowest I've been is 50K.

I like Goodreads, but hate the Groups format. I would contribute much more to the group discussion (especially to gripe about books I hated!) if the format were more user friendly. Other than that, it's good. I enjoyed playig their neverending book-quiz for a while, then got nored with it. And I do intend to run an ad when the time is right.