Reader Hub: Connecting with Readers Made Easy

“Every author needs reader connections.”

As an author, how much do you value your readers? Enough to help them help you? Readers often want to do more than provide reviews. Many want to meet the author, converse with them, help promote their work, and have a connection. In fact, connecting with readers is now easier than ever thanks to Reader Hub: Connecting with Readers Made Easy, which goes beyond showing a picture of the book cover—what else can they do?

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Reader Hub is about Reader Connection

What if readers had the graphics to help promote your books? Now, that’s possible! Book Brush users now have access to something called Reader Hub. Reader Hub is an author mini-website that serves as a hub for book graphics created on Book Brush. The author uploads the graphics they want readers to use and distribute links to the sites. Readers visit the sites, download the graphics they want to use, and post them on their social media accounts. Including readers in your promotion process can help strengthen or create a connection between authors and readers. In short, building engagement has become simple with Reader Hub; connecting with readers is truly made easy through this innovative tool. Is there more to the process?

Beyond the Book Covers

I have seen wonderful posts of authors’ book covers or pictures of readers holding books prominently featuring an author’s book cover. This is great, but is there more? That’s why Reader Hub was designed: to help take readers ” beyond the book covers” in reader promos of authors’ work. This process can help create a deeper connection between authors and readers while growing exposure of the authors’ works. The work doesn’t stop there. Most importantly, with the Reader Hub platform, connecting with your readers is made remarkably easy, ensuring your readers and your works get the spotlight they deserve.

Author Actions

Authors can help their own cause by uploading a significant number of previously used graphics. If graphics are not appropriate or available, consider creating new ones. Some recommended Do’s and Don’ts for using the Reader Hub tool, which focuses on connecting with readers and truly makes the whole process easy, are provided below:

Do’s	Don’ts
1. Use previous graphics.	1. Don’t use graphics from old campaigns.
2. Make new graphics.	2. Don’t use videos. The site does not support them.
3. Use Instant Mockups to create some graphics.	3. Don’t leave Instant Mockups blank.
4. Use graphics for all formats of your books.	4. Don’t forget about Audible’s FREE 30-day trial for audiobook promotions.
5. Do tailor graphics for Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.	5. Don’t create graphics for other social media sites. They are not supported.
6. Create graphics for various sales sites	6. Don’t forget about your other sales sites.
7. Link the URL(s) to your author website.	7. Don’t only focus on one sales site.
8. Create a colorful banner for your Reader Hub.	8. Don’t leave your banner section blank.
9. Use a good picture for your profile picture.	9. Don’t use an avatar for your profile picture.
10. Develop a catchy profile name.	10. Don’t just use ‘author’ as your profile name.
11. Select the most impactful information for your About section.	11. Don’t forget, the About paragraph has 400 characters.
12. Do share your links far and wide.	12. Don’t forget to create and share your links.

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