We have some great news, Lulu has teamed up with weRead! If you aren’t familiar with weRead yet, you might recognize it under it’s previous name, iRead, the popular social networking application for book lovers.
Now, in addition to publishing your books on Lulu, weRead will enable you to connect with well over two million readers across a variety of social networks. You can even create your own author page, and interact with your fans!
Another feature of weRead is that it has the complete catalog of all books in print. Readers will be able to rate your mystery and adventure book against “The Da Vinci Code”, and your period romantic comedy can be easily compared with “Pride and Prejudice”.
weRead’s discovery and recommendation engine allows users to find the types of books they will be interested in quickly and easily. Who doesn’t want more people finding, reading, and sharing your book?
weRead works on many of your favorite networks including:
• MySpace
• Orkut
• Hi5
• Bebo
… even your own blog or website!
To get started, you can either:
• Go to http://www.weread.com and register for an account, or
• If you already belong to a social network listed above, simply follow the link to install the application on your profile
To help you get more familiar with weRead, and what you can do with it’s features, we will be doing a series of posts focusing on how you can use weRead to promote your work and interact with the largest possible audience of consumers. Some of the topics we’ll be covering include tips for setting up an author page on weRead, and using weRead to market your work.
I hope you’re as excited as we at Lulu are about our new partnership, and be sure to keep an eye out for more Lulu and weRead tips & tricks.