I’m a fast reader, and I do read a lot of novellas which only take an hour or so to finish up. So, yep, my books read count is rather high. I’ve had comments, questions and even accusations on how I can possibly read so much especially when a lot of posts go live on the same day. A couple of those comments were rather rude and nasty, just sayin’.
So here’s the secret… and if you’re a blogger this shouldn’t be a secret at all but something you’re using all the time.
Scheduled Posts.
It’s really that simple. I can request a book on NetGalley in January, its release date is in April, and I’ll have read it sometime in-between those dates and written up my review… and scheduled it to go live on publication day. It’s not dark magic, it’s being somewhat organized. Now, when there are more than five books due out the same day I will often schedule them over a couple days past release day – but for the most part that Schedule option is a lifesaver for me. Sure, sometimes life happens and I run low or out of Scheduled Posts, but that’s usually only a stray review here and there. Right now I have books scheduled to go live on my blogs up through August of 2018.
I own several blogs, in a variety of Romance Genres. I love my Shifters, enjoy Western Historical, swoon over a good Regency, adore Paranormal Romance, always have time for a good Contemporary Romance and have fun with a puzzling Mystery. I’m also retired, so if I want to do nothing but read from the moment I wake up in the morning until I hit the bed that night… I can do that, the dust bunnies will wait til tomorrow. I can hop on Amazon and load up my Kindle with five or six novellas and be quite happy for the rest of the day. I’ll often do that when I’m reading an older or longer series – do a binge read and then space the reviews out over a few weeks.
So – I’m just sayin’ – before you make up your mind to comment on how quickly another person appears to be reading books, consider that they might have read them months ago… and you’re only hearing about it today because of… Scheduled Posts options.
I’ve never been judgmental about how quickly people read, but my blog wouldn’t exist without scheduled posts. Sometimes I get busy and don’t have time to blog. If I didn’t schedule posts, the blog would be a very quiet place.
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I hear you loud and clear!
Scheduling posts is simply second nature now. I have to talk myself through letting a post go live right away now lol.
When I started blogging years ago I did the read and review right away. Then I happened on Anna from Herding Cats and her Blog-Ahead event. And the light-bulb just went off and I’ve been scheduling ever since.
Yeah, it’s never even crossed my mind to worry about how fast someone reads or how often they post on their blogs. But I’ve recently gotten a couple emails accusing me of being a fake reviewer because of my books read count. Because of this, I’ll not be taking part in some activities in 2019 if that’s going to be the result.
When I read a blog post, I never even think about the scheduling aspect. I just chill and enjoy the post. 🙂
I do, however, admire fast readers. To be able to read multiple books in a day would be heaven on earth!
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That’s exactly what I do, too. I’m more interested in what someone is saying rather than thinking about how many books they read today. (rolls eyes laughing)
I’ve never been a reader who can have 2 or 3 different books going on at once. I need to “be in” the story too much. Over the years I’ve found myself reading faster, not skimming, but the pages fly. Maybe my mind is thinking about the next book in line and is impatient. 🙂
It is a nice feature isn’t it – scheduled posts. I don’t often have access to internet until I’m ready to deal with my provider – so I can do posts in advance.
Scheduled posts are second nature to me now. I honestly don’t know what I would do without that option.