Reddit for book promotion

kingsley · 01-12-2013, 04:29 AM

Just curious if anyone has experience with reddit or tried to use it for book promotion?

I've never really used reddit or other crowdsourced aggregators, but they seem to be popular with others.

Thoughts?

Old Hack · 01-12-2013, 11:35 AM

Have you ever bought a book because you saw it on Reddit?

I think Reddit can be helpful in directing more people to blogs or websites: but I'm not convinced it'll help in amassing more sales.

S.J. Magill · 02-09-2013, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by kingsley

Just curious if anyone has experience with reddit or tried to use it for book promotion?

I've never really used reddit or other crowdsourced aggregators, but they seem to be popular with others.

Thoughts?

I've done free giveaways and advertised them on Reddit. It got lots of my books out there but didn't translate into sales the way I hoped it would have.

sarahdalton · 02-09-2013, 10:51 PM

I've thought about doing an 'AMA self-published writer - ask me anything' not necessarily for promotion though, just because I'm interested about how self-published writers are perceived.

They also have a reddit writers section and you can post links to your work after you've been a member for long enough and gained some Karma. I think I might add myself to that.

It's social networking at its core so I don't see why not. My aim is always to try and make myself as visible as possible. As long as it doesn't take up too much of your time... now reading reddidt/r/funny... that's a whole other issue of procrastination

sarahdalton · 02-10-2013, 11:34 PM

This is the section I was talking about - http://www.redditauthors.com/

01-12-2013, 04:29 AM	#1
kingsley figuring it all out Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 67	Reddit for book promotion Just curious if anyone has experience with reddit or tried to use it for book promotion? I've never really used reddit or other crowdsourced aggregators, but they seem to be popular with others. Thoughts? __________________ Nicholas K Tulach Hammer & Birch / SkySpark Books Always willing to exchange free copies of any of our books for honest reviews

01-12-2013, 11:35 AM	#2
Old Hack You'll have to run faster than that SuperModerator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In the watchtower Posts: 11,493	Have you ever bought a book because you saw it on Reddit? I think Reddit can be helpful in directing more people to blogs or websites: but I'm not convinced it'll help in amassing more sales. __________________ I blog at How Publishing Really Works and The Self-Publishing Review, and I tweet as @hprw. See you around.

02-09-2013, 10:51 PM	#4
sarahdalton practical experience, FTW Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: A land that snows all times of the year - AKA England. Posts: 515	I've thought about doing an 'AMA self-published writer - ask me anything' not necessarily for promotion though, just because I'm interested about how self-published writers are perceived. They also have a reddit writers section and you can post links to your work after you've been a member for long enough and gained some Karma. I think I might add myself to that. It's social networking at its core so I don't see why not. My aim is always to try and make myself as visible as possible. As long as it doesn't take up too much of your time... now reading reddidt/r/funny... that's a whole other issue of procrastination __________________ author website \| blog \| twitter \| youtube

02-10-2013, 11:34 PM	#5
sarahdalton practical experience, FTW Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: A land that snows all times of the year - AKA England. Posts: 515	This is the section I was talking about - http://www.redditauthors.com/ __________________ author website \| blog \| twitter \| youtube

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