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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
Out of curiosity (and always looking for more avenues for promotion  ), can you give me a few examples of the reader sites you frequent? Especially those that have a goodly-sized science fiction readership. |
Baen is perhaps the obvious choice for searching for sci-fi books online. I don't recall if they have reader forums or not, but it is a known sci-fi source among groupies.
I belong to two web-based reader groups:
Goodreads is an often mentioned and good international source of sci-fi readers among others. There are discussion 'groups' (in their terminology), one specifically sci-fi based is called "Sci Fi Aficionados" and has 289 members at last check. Also note that if you are an author or publisher, you can offer any number of your books as giveaways under the "Explore" tab, and request a review of your winner. Even if you give one pBook or eBook away, it will generate hundreds of applicants and give you some publicity among serious readers.
Another group I recently joined is LibraryThing. Originally formed for librarians and professional readers, it is another old, established site that functions in much the same way as Goodreads. There are both "Early Reviewers" and "Member Giveaway" sections which also function to put books in front of thousands of very serious readers in exchange for an honest review, and their "Science Fiction Fans" group has 4,559 members!
There may well be others, but I don't have time to spread out that much. Those two and MR keep me more than busy. Hope this helps!
