Adding a video to your Goodreads author page

Videos will appear in the left sidebar on your Goodreads author page, underneath your profile photo and the list of your followers.

Prerequisites

• You already have a Goodreads author profile.
• Your video is hosted on YouTube.com or Livestream.com.

Adding a video

• Navigate to the ‘Add a Video’ page. There are two ways to get there.
  • Option #1
    • Go to your Goodreads author profile.
    • Click ‘Add New’ in the videos section in the left sidebar.
  • Option #2
    • Go to your author profile.
    • Click ‘Edit My Author Profile’ at the top of the right sidebar.
    • Click ‘videos’ in the left sidebar.

   
  

• Add a title and the video URL (aka the URL from YouTube or Livestream).
• Add a description if desired.
• If your video is about a specific book, select the book.
• Select the channel – trailer for a book trailer, etc.
• Select tags for the video if appropriate.
• Click ‘save’ to save your video.

Viewing and modifying your existing videos

• Go to your author profile.
• Click ‘Edit My Author Profile’ at the top of the right sidebar.
• Click ‘videos’ in the left sidebar, and then your videos will be displayed.
   
  
• To edit a video, click on the name of the video, then on “Edit this video.”
• You can also add comments to your own videos by clicking on ‘Add a comment.’