A Social Network for Book Lovers!

What is Goodreads, exactly? Goodreads' mission is to get people excited about reading. 3 million members, Goodreads is the largest social network for readers in the world. Goodreads members recommend books, compare what they are reading, keep track of what they’ve read, form book clubs and much more.

Recommend books and compare what you are reading:

Get book recommendations:

Get recommendations (continued):

Keep track of what you are reading:

Join book clubs:

Join book clubs or groups (continued):

Case Study: Next Best Book Club

Next Best Book Club (continued):

Another useful group feature: Polls

How can members of Children’s Literature Council, use Goodreads for professional development? 1.Professionals can join the Goodreads Author Program 2.Join or create a group related to your passion for Children’s or Y.A. literature. 3.Be an active member on the site.

Goodreads Author Program Goodreads has more than 11,000 Authors promoting their work and interacting with fans

Edit your information and gather fans:

Publicize upcoming events, such as book signings and speaking engagements.upcoming events

Write a blog and generate a band of followers.

Upload Videos

Write a quiz about your book or a related topic.quiz

Share book excerpts and other writing.writing

Create Author Q&A Groups

Add the Goodreads Author widget to to your personal website or blog to show off reviews of your books.

Two additional ways to get the message out: Giveaways and Advertising

Giveaways 2,100 Giveaways completed Over 32,000 books given away. On average, approximated 1,500 people request each book.

Self Serve Advertising Easily create an ad for your book or product. Your ads will show on Goodreads in locations where members are searching for and exploring books. Target your ad by book genre, location, gender, or age. View custom stats for your ad to see views, clicks, and the number of Goodreads members who add your book. Watch as Goodreads' virality helps your books numbers grow via word of mouth.

Books added to Goodreads users’ “To-read” shelves with an advertising campaign

How can we use Goodreads to get children and young adults excited about reading? ?

Goodreads is a wonderful place to play. Never-ending Trivia Game Quizzes Quotes Fan an author Listopia Role-play groups Groups based on subjects that captivate young adults Facebook integration

The Never-ending Trivia Game 100,000 questions answered per day. Ask young adults to try it out! You can tailor the game to books that you have read Encourage students/kids to add questions about books that they are passionate about.

Quizzes Thousands of quizzes are taken each day. YA books are extremely popular Users can make their own quizzes and invite their friends.

160,000 Quotes

Fan an author

Listopia *Create a list and invite your friends to vote on it *Vote on all sorts of lists such as Booker Prize Winners, Books you would recommend to strangers, YA Books Boys would love, Afghanistan in Literature, Read these in school, would have preferred a root canal.

Role Play Groups

Groups for Young Adults *Encourage young people to join a group about a subject that they are passionate about. *Create a group where they will feel welcome

Facebook Integration Will attract young members Mimics most of the features you can find on Goodreads

What is the role of technology in connecting children and young adults to literature? Technology has made literature and writing even more important. Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads.

How do you see technology influencing how young people read? Social Peer pressure to read on Goodreads.

How will people connect with each other about their reading experiences? We think that is something our site is able to accomplish. You have a higher probability of finding someone who has just read the same book with the Internet.

What kind of developments do you think we will see in the near future that will affect young people and reading? E-readers. The book is not dead. Look at Twilight. A good story will attract readers.

Enjoy!