O.C. Writers

By Kristy Tate // 

You win by the inches. You might not think an inch counts, but it does. As Al Pacino once said, “If you win by an inch or a mile, you still win.” Another way of looking at it, if you have a heap of rice on one side of the table and move one grain at a time to the opposite side, at some point—that one grain of rice is going to make a difference. It’ll be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. Book sales, like all sales, also follow the law of large numbers. Another cliché, the more seeds you sow, the more seeds will grow.

In December, I experimented with posting freebies on Facebook sites. (Links to sites listed below.) In the past, because I didn’t really understand the law of large numbers, I didn’t bother advertising my freebies on Facebook sites. I saw them as a place where links are dropped but never clicked. But after some experimentation, I realized that if I spend about 20 minutes posting my freebie links to Facebook sites, I doubled the number of books I give away. (And in case you didn’t know, the more books I give away, the more books I sell.)

At first, posting on all these sites took considerably longer than twenty minutes, but once I created a graph, it became pretty streamlined. Tedious, for sure, but still a task I could accomplish in less time than it takes my daughter to pick out a Hallmark movie to watch. (I know because I’ve timed it.)

So, my New Year’s gift to you is this list of places you can promote your book, for free, on Facebook. Will it tip your scales? I’d love to hear if it works for you. If you have more sites to share, please do.

The way to use this chart:

Step one: Follow each link and ask to be accepted to the Facebook site. Be sure to read and abide by the rules.

Step two: Write out your book’s verbiage and post it at the top of the page.

Step three: Follow the link to the Facebook site.

Step four: Copy and post the verbiage on the Facebook site.

Rinse and repeat.

(Personally, I wouldn’t paste the link to the same book more than once a week, or so, unless you change the images and verbiage. I haven’t tried that, but it might be an interesting experiment.)

Here’s my book’s verbiage, for an example. 

It’s double-chocolate donuts meets kefir. Can two fifty-somethings from separate grocery store aisles overcome their differences? #FREEBOOK https://www.amazon.com/Half-Baked-Better-Romance-Eloise-Alden-ebook/dp/B0882LPHQL/

 

Free Ebooks for Kindle, Nook, and More

Public group / 11.2K members / Free books only

https://www.facebook.com/groups/FreeEbooksGroup

 

Passion for Books

Public group /·115.8K members 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/passionforbooks

 

Indie Author Book Promotion Page

Public group /·34.3K members   

https://www.facebook.com/groups/571135069563269

 

Writers and Readers Unite

Private group /·39.6K members 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/69073710111

 

Book Promotion

Private group /·33.5K members 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/BookPromotion/about

 

Authors, Reviewers, & Book Lovers

Private group /·29.1K members 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/104390866375519

 

Book Junkie Promotions

Public group /·30.1K members   

https://www.facebook.com/groups/400387529998315

 

All About Books

Private group /·24.2K members 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/AllAboutBooks2009

 

Amazon Kindle Goodreads

Public group /·36.8K members   

https://www.facebook.com/groups/kindle.goodreads

 

Nook & Kindle Readers

Private group /·24.8K members 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/388497611179690

 

Writers and Readers

Private group /·21.0K members 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/writersandreaders

 

AMAZON BOOKS, LIKES AND RANKINGS

Private group /·21.1K members 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/443014452450161

 

Promote Your Book!

Public group /·24.0K members   

https://www.facebook.com/groups/205686289555465

 

EbooksNBooksPromosGroup

Private group /·19.3K members 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/150897955015303

 

Kindle Publishers eBook Promos Only

Public group /·29.6K members   

https://www.facebook.com/groups/kinpub

 

Kindle Krazy! Authors Actively Seeking Readers

Public group /·30.1K members / Only post books and links for sale

https://www.facebook.com/groups/241846582600572

 

Kindle readers and authors

Public group /·38.0K members   

https://www.facebook.com/groups/337141432986476

 

There’s an eBook in the Room

Public group /·22.6K members   

https://www.facebook.com/groups/126014020784739

 

Celebrating Authors

Public group /·25.6K members   

https://www.facebook.com/groups/157960580960255

 

Ready to Read

Private group /·14.1K members 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/readytoread

 

Romance & Thrillers Group

Private group /·12.6K members 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/romanceandthrillersgroup

 

KindelMojo

Public group /·14.5K members   

https://www.facebook.com/groups/kindlemojo/buy_sell_discussion

 

Bookaholics Fantasy/Paranormal/Sci-Fi/Horror

Private group /·8.7K members    

https://www.facebook.com/groups/141612599209928

 

i love books

Private group /·16.0K members 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/iluvbooks

 

Julies Book Review- Reviewers for Authors

Public group /·17.7K members   

https://www.facebook.com/groups/JBRauthorpage

 

The Writers Message Board

Public group /·8.8K members / For blog posts

https://www.facebook.com/groups/143283442358144

 

Kindle Bookworms

Public group /·6.6K members      

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1911813762410663

 

Marketing for Romance Writers

Public group /·9.3K members      

https://www.facebook.com/groups/320970214616179

 

Book Lovers

Public group /·12.5K members   

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1403927939833497

 

Author Meeting Place

Public group /·7.5K members      

https://www.facebook.com/groups/authormeetingplace

 

Euphrates Bookstore

Public group /·10.7K members   

https://www.facebook.com/groups/EuphratesBookstore

 

The Best E-book Club

Public group /·8.1K members      

https://www.facebook.com/groups/192635697552276

 

The Kindle Hub

Public group /·18.4K members   

https://www.facebook.com/groups/327660353939762

 

SSLY reading room

Public group / 6.2K members      

https://www.facebook.com/groups/483908478369298

 

Great reads!

Private group /·8.6K members    

https://www.facebook.com/groups/237408103047434

 

Free for Readers

Public group /·1.7K members / Free books only

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1461599994100198

 

A New Place to Advertise Books

Private group / 13.3K members 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/aplacetosellbooks

 

Love 2 Read

Public group /·11.7K members   

https://www.facebook.com/groups/BooksILove2Read

 

Romance Readers

Public group /·19.0K members / Romance only

https://www.facebook.com/groups/romancereaders

 

ADVERTISE YOUR BOOK HERE”

Public group /·5.9K members

https://www.facebook.com/groups/the.barters.network/buy_sell_discussion

 

EBOOK READERS

Private group /·13.5K members 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1001635213186397/buy_sell_discussion

 

EBooks on the go

Public group / 17.5K members   

https://www.facebook.com/groups/365109846917813

 

Indie Writer Book & Self Promotion

Private group /·31.4K members 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/IndieBookPromo

 

Paranormal Romance…need I say more

Public group /·3.0K members      

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2209740988

 

Author Book Sale and Giveaway Promotion Share Exchange

Public group /·2.5K members      

https://www.facebook.com/groups/455678504576534

 

Young Adult Book Publicity Club by 📖 🐝

Public group /·2.8K members / YA only

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ya.book.publicity

 

Indie Writer Book & Self Promotion

Private group /·31.4K members 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/IndieBookPromo

 

Fantasy Book Lovers

Public group /·1.4K members / Fantasy only

https://www.facebook.com/groups/fantasybooklovers

 

My Kindle is Starving

Public group /·15.7K members   

https://www.facebook.com/groups/My.Kindle.Is.Starving

 

	https://www.facebook.com/groups/My.Kindle.Is.Starving

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KRISTY TATE is the Social Media Director for O.C. Writers and a USA Today bestselling author. To date, her newsletter subscriber list is edging toward 15,000. www.KristyTate.com.