BOOK CONTESTS
Amazon has a new giveaway option for physical products, like print books. Scroll down toward the bottom of the product page to find this option.
Goodreads also has an option for authors to give away free books.
I’ve run several Goodreads giveaways and I’ve also run four Amazon Giveaways to give free print books away.
Here is how the two giveaway programs compare:
COST
Goodreads giveaways win when it comes to the author’s cost:
- At Goodreads, you can order author copies directly then ship them yourself with the cheapest shipping method available (economical if you restrict the winners to your own country). If you live in the US, you can also ship to US addresses via media mail. (It may be even more economical to drop-ship directly to the customer, rather than order author copies to your home first. However, ordering author copies lets you…
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