Does participating in book tours/cover reveals and author guests post drive traffic to your blog? What type of problems have you encountered when hosting them? (please keep it civil – no names or calling specific people out) As a blog follower, are you ever turned off by these kinds of posts? How much publicity is too much?
Does participating in book tours/cover reveals and author guests post drive traffic to your blog? Yes, it does. Of course it depends on the author and the event. A teaser or some other exclusive does better than a cover reveal for example. Also, site visits are increased by authors who tweet, or link the post from their website, Facebook, Goodreads, etc.
What type of problems have you encountered when hosting them? Really the only problem I’ve ever encountered is when the author fails to do the aforementioned. I’m always surprised when an author chooses not to help promote a post which is devoted to helping spread the word about their book(s), or character(s), or a giveaway of same.
As a blog follower, are you ever turned off by these kinds of posts? I normally enjoy that type of post from other bloggers, and since I participate in them as well… no…I’m not turned off by them.
How much publicity is too much? From an authors point of view…is there such a thing?!? Especially if it’s supportive and done well, I don’t see how it could be. I’d much rather see authors on book blogs doing such things and it isn’t for the reason you might think. It’d be easy for someone to think that my only interest is because I am a book blogger, but here’s the thing…when someone goes to an author’s web site it’s usually because they are already a fan of the author. The reason a book blog may be more helpful is because our followers are fans of many different authors, and therefore I believe more potential exists for an author to gain new readers. New readers = new sales, and if that reader likes the author what do you s’pose they’ll want to do? Recommend to friends, family…and so it goes.
What about you? What are your thoughts on these questions?
Tamie Xo
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