Goodreads photo puzzle
So...
I just went to upload a scan of a new Chinese cover to my Goodreads photo file in preparation for linking it from there and illustrating a blog post. However, it refused to upload, saying my limit was 20 photos. Since I already have something like 160 photos, this is puzzling. Is this a new restriction? Do I have to delete most of what I have saved in order to add anything more? Or is this some sort of mistake on Goodreads' part? (Well, obviously, but I mean accidental mistake.)
Anyone else run afoul of this?
puzzled, L.
I just went to upload a scan of a new Chinese cover to my Goodreads photo file in preparation for linking it from there and illustrating a blog post. However, it refused to upload, saying my limit was 20 photos. Since I already have something like 160 photos, this is puzzling. Is this a new restriction? Do I have to delete most of what I have saved in order to add anything more? Or is this some sort of mistake on Goodreads' part? (Well, obviously, but I mean accidental mistake.)
Anyone else run afoul of this?
puzzled, L.
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You could try to ask about it in the Goodreads Feedback Group: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
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Sorry for the confusion, Lois! Our team would be happy to help you with this; you can contact us here.
Emily wrote: "Sorry for the confusion, Lois! Our team would be happy to help you with this; you can contact us here."Thanks, Emily!
I have sent in a query; we'll see what I get back.
Meanwhile, my blog posts will be less colorful...
Ta, L.
Puzzle solved, sort of: Goodreads has recently added a photo limit of 20, and while they haven't gone back and arbitrarily eliminated people's extant files, I can't add any more till I get rid of 160 or so that I have. Nor can I link to pix on my own computer files, only to outside ones with a public URL. Nor can I just click 'n drag photos to a blog post. Most annoying, after I went to all the trouble to learn how to work the prior system.Well, I'll figure something out. Probably a delete-as-I-add method, when I get time and ambition. Which is not today.
Ta, L.
Um, goodreads? I would think you might institute an author level account--not a great way to show the love to the great authors who make more than use your platform!
Mary K wrote: "Um, goodreads? I would think you might institute an author level account--not a great way to show the love to the great authors who make more than use your platform!"Thanks for that feedback! We do have an author profile that has different features and benefits for authors, but I'll pass along your feedback about better support for photos.
Lois could you make a Google Drive (or similar) account, upload photos to it, make the folder public or even share each photo publicly, and link to photos there? That would be a public URL, and you would still retain control over your photos.
Lw wrote: "Lois could you make a Google Drive (or similar) account, upload photos to it, make the folder public or even share each photo publicly, and link to photos there? That would be a public URL, and you..."Support recced Photobucket for such services. Maybe later...
Ta, L.
Emily wrote: "Mary K wrote: "Um, goodreads? I would think you might institute an author level account--not a great way to show the love to the great authors who make more than use your platform!" Thanks for tha..."I agree with Mary K. Authors should have much higher privileges. Unlimited photo uploads for authors! Many post blog entries with covers images and other related activities they wish to share and promote to their readers.
PhotoBucket used to be free, but now costs $400/year if you want to link to it from a 3rd party site (such as GoodReads).All my old postings, including my blog of my trip to New Zealand, now have ugly placeholders in place of all my lovely photos.
Needless to say, I do not recommend PhotoBucket.
Kate wrote: "PhotoBucket used to be free, but now costs $400/year if you want to link to it from a 3rd party site (such as GoodReads).All my old postings, including my blog of my trip to New Zealand, now have..."
Ah, that's good to know. Shall avoid.
Ta, L.
I made an account on Imgur to check it out. It's free and it's easy to upload images to. From what I've seen of it, this one looks okay.They boast this on their site: "There is an upload limit of 50 images per IP address per hour. You can upload an unlimited number of images for free!"
(After uploading an image, I chose "direct link" and used that image url, instead of "image link" because that one wouldn't work for me, for whatever reason.)
https://imgur.com/
If you have a computer you can leave on all the time, it's actually incredibly easy to host the images on it and link to them in your post. It's a little bit of work to get set up, not too terrible, and completely free using Apache and a dynamic DNS service like No-IP. The most important thing about it is that you'll have unlimited space (as your computer allows) and be in full control of your images, never seeing an ugly placeholder like Ms. Halleron ran into. Send me a PM if you want a hand setting it up, I'd be happy to help my favorite author.
Derek wrote: "If you have a computer you can leave on all the time, it's actually incredibly easy to host the images on it and link to them in your post. It's a little bit of work to get set up, not too terrible..."(I know, random.) I had an email in my inbox that said "Comment from Derek". I have a brother named Derek, and I thought, "why is my brother leaving me a comment on Goodreads?" But, no. Someone else. I don't see that name very often. Dingus moment. ^^;; *tiptoes away*
Derek wrote: "If you have a computer you can leave on all the time, it's actually incredibly easy to host the images on it and link to them in your post. It's a little bit of work to get set up, not too terrible..."Sorry Derek, but I think this is *really* terrible advice. Running a web server responsibly is not easy and it comes with an eternal burden of management (until you give up and outsource the hosting to someone else). It's also, by the way, usually a violation of the terms of service of residential internet accounts, these days, at least in North America (not always enforced, but they generally expect you to at least have a business account and static IP in order to run servers; check that fine print no-one ever reads).
If you find it interesting/fun/empowering to run your own servers (which I do!) then it's great, but I really don't think it's anything like the best way for a typical person who *isn't* particularly interested in it for its own sake but just wants to show other people some pictures. Such a person is much better served by a responsible (so, probably paid-for) hosted service than by signing up for a future of ensuring their server is up to date with the latest security fixes, their domain name is paid up, their TLS cert is up to date, their TLS *configuration* is following all the latest best practices, all the content is backed up, they have a contingency plan when the power goes out or the network goes down, etc etc etc etc etc...
Well, you're entitled to your opinion. Almost everything you mentioned such as worrying about domain names, TLS certs, contingency plans for power outages... if you need those things for hosting a few pictures for a blog, you're doing it wrong. Free DDNS services are easy, your home's power is up more than 99% of the time so that's as good as the majority of inexpensive hosted agreements, and TLS should only be needed if you're passing sensitive content - which you're not. I'd also be curious about some of the etceteras which prompted you to write it five times; there's not much more to webserver considerations than what you've already written.Your only good points were regarding keeping your webserver software up-to-date to prevent security issues, and whether your ISP allows it. CenturyLink, one of the main providers in Minnesota, allows servers for non-commercial purposes - but you're right that a person should verify before proceeding.
Mostly, I feel like you are trying to make it sound like this is so complicated that no one should ever attempt it unless they know everything about it there is to know. If that were truly the case I'm sure you yourself would never have gotten started with it either. Yes, there are some things you need to be careful about, but it's not nearly as difficult or scary as you made it out to be.
