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Order your to-read shelf!
We've made some improvements to the recently launched order your to-read shelf feature.
In addition to being able to move items up and down, you can now use the edit view to enter the exact number you'd like to reorder the list to! This interface has worked well for Netflix so we thought - why reinvent the wheel?
On a side note I think the ability to order my shelves (you can make any shelf orderable in 'edit shelves') is the coolest feature we've launched this year. From a usability perspective what was happening was that as people added more and more books to their to-read list it became so large as to be useless - people were being forced to make separate 'to-read-soon' lists. I believe the ordering will fix this issue - and set the stage for many other things!
Here's a screenshot:
In addition to being able to move items up and down, you can now use the edit view to enter the exact number you'd like to reorder the list to! This interface has worked well for Netflix so we thought - why reinvent the wheel?
On a side note I think the ability to order my shelves (you can make any shelf orderable in 'edit shelves') is the coolest feature we've launched this year. From a usability perspective what was happening was that as people added more and more books to their to-read list it became so large as to be useless - people were being forced to make separate 'to-read-soon' lists. I believe the ordering will fix this issue - and set the stage for many other things!
Here's a screenshot:
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This feature is totally awesome! I love that we can order overall, but I especially love the editing feature which is much easier than moving a book up and down one spot at a time. Keep up the great work! There have been so many fabulous improvements this year :)
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Very cool. I had a separate bookshelf for the next books I'm planning to read. I can dump that one now. Thanks!
That is pretty cool. You are making this site better and better all the time. Thank you so much for feeding my book addiction. :D
Thank you!!! Thank you!!! Thank you!!!Marco, the "read" shelf is the only shelf we can't order with numbers 1 to whatever. However, there's all sort of views with which you can view it.
Terima kasih buaanyaakk, Otis!!!
That's the Indonesian expression for Many many thanks :D
That's the Indonesian expression for Many many thanks :D
neat idea. i must say that when i saw the title of this post my eyes got very big, because i thought it meant "order" as in "buy in a single click" and, in short, i was afraid (cf. prufrock). :)
At the risk of sound computer illiterate - which I admit I am - Otis, can you please give more detailed instruction on how to renumber the to read shelf? I've tried (and tried and tried) but can't seem to figure it out. I'm a "step by step" type of girl. thanks!
Wow. This is a really useful feature. Good job!
1. Go to "my books"2. Click on "to-read"
3. Click on "edit"
4. Click on "reorder shelf"
5. Reorder your shelf
6. Click the reorder button when you're done to save your changes
Thank you! That's a very cool feature.
Great addition to an already great site :)
that is pretty neat....it won't necessarily be something I use because I don't always have an order in which I read things. If I know I'm going to read it next I'll add it to my currently reading shelf. But I still love it when you add new features like this!Plus I don't know how I would reorder my nearly 300 books! LOL
Hi Vitalinew - thank you for the Step by Step instructions. Got it! Now let's see if I can stick to the order before buying any more LOL
I read the title and misinterpreted what it means...
Which brings me to a suggestion (I'll also post it in the suggestions forum):
Why not have an "auto-delivery" mechanism that you can setup through Amazon? Like, you get the book off the top of your to-read shelf every specified interval (2 weeks, a month, etc.) auto-purchased through your Amazon account [they store your CC info already]...
That would *really* make it like Netflix's queue.
--Kyle
Which brings me to a suggestion (I'll also post it in the suggestions forum):
Why not have an "auto-delivery" mechanism that you can setup through Amazon? Like, you get the book off the top of your to-read shelf every specified interval (2 weeks, a month, etc.) auto-purchased through your Amazon account [they store your CC info already]...
That would *really* make it like Netflix's queue.
--Kyle
Hey, I just tried to reorder my to-read shelf, and the ones I left blank are the ones that are visible on the shelf now, whereas the ones I thought would be reordered are nowhere to be found. Could you please explain this to me? How the heck do I fix it? (I tried going back and saving it that way to no avail... ergh!)
Brilliant!! I have so many books on my to-read list that it indeed has become useless. Thanks!! Will try it out asap. :)
Way to go Otis! I noticed you guys had added this feature a week or so ago and loved it! Thanks!There's another way to get to that feature (that's the way I've been using it :)
1. Go to "my books"
2. Click on "to-read"
3. Click on "main" or "list" views
4. Place your cursor under the arrows in your order column. Two more options will pop up: 'move to top' and 'edit.' Click on edit.
5. Reorder your shelf
6. Click the reorder button when you're done to save your changes
I'm sorry, but it may be because my computer is old: I cannot reorder my to-read list by message 11's or 23's instructions. In the first, there are three things that say "edit", under Shelves: To Read, Date Read, and the far right column next to the x's. None of these work for me. If I follow #23's instructions, I never see a "main" or "list" view. What am I doing wrong? star quilt
Nora wrote: "I'm sorry, but it may be because my computer is old: I cannot reorder my to-read list by message 11's or 23's instructions. In the first, there are three things that say "edit", under Shelves: To R..."Hi Nora, hope you are doing okay. Five years later, so not sure whether you will get this. Did you ever receive assistance with regard to your problem? I am trying to reorder my list and scrolling through the threads for assistance. This thread is the first one that I encountered, so will go through the others, so will appreciate it if you can assist please.
I wish you'd make an option where you can drag the books to reorder them, this would also make it possible to do in the app. I would like being able to look at the books in the cover view instead of table view and still reorder them.
Wayne wrote: "Nora wrote: "I'm sorry, but it may be because my computer is old: I cannot reorder my to-read list by message 11's or 23's instructions. In the first, there are three things that say "edit", under ..."Hey I just found you need to go into Bookshelf edit and make the list sortable then you can change the numbers.
Hope this helps
