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message 51: by Miranda (new)

Miranda (alohahomora) | 113 comments I just read a book for The Chase, but it isn't showing up in the challenge. How do I make it show up?


message 52: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90920 comments Mod
You have to make sure that you've added the book to your shelf that you created for 'the chase', so when you shelve the book as 'read' you also shelve it as 'the chase'. You also need to set the date finished ☺


message 53: by Lesley (new)

Lesley (allusivezang) Not sure if this is where I would ask this, but how do you get involved with ARCs? I have been wondering for awhile, but can never figure out how to sign up to receive them or whatever it is that you need to do....


message 54: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90920 comments Mod
Hi Lesley, we do some read-to-reviews in the group here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group... where you can sign-up to get free review copies of books, and other groups do similar things. One of the main places to recieve review copies and ARCs from is www.netgalley.com - it's free to sign-up, and there are some books on there that are listed as 'read-now' which means that you don't have to wait for publisher approval to download them.
Does that help? feel free to ask any other questions you may have ☺


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message 56: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90920 comments Mod
First you have to join the Goodreads Feedback Group here - https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1
because the challenge thing is still in beta testing (even though its been in testing since 2012)
then, go to the group you moderate, and on the right hand side, under
'group home'
'bookshelf'
'discussions'
should be...
'create challenge' ☺
It's fairly easy to work out once you click that ☺


message 57: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Black (ohfortheloveofbooks) | 7 comments Thank you.


message 58: by Maria (new)

Maria (mariasaleem) | 882 comments How do you delete a bookshelf? Thank you.


message 59: by Abi (new)

Abi (abi_gr) | 27659 comments Maria wrote: "How do you delete a bookshelf? Thank you."

Go to "My books" then go to where your shelves are in the left hand corner. It will say "bookshelves" at the top, and next to it will be "edit" Click that, and then press the cross on the left on whatever shelf you want to delete :)


message 60: by Maria (new)

Maria (mariasaleem) | 882 comments Yay! Thank you :)


message 61: by Danielle ♥ (last edited Jun 18, 2015 09:59AM) (new)

Danielle ♥ (readwithmedani) | 2410 comments How do you post a picture with the standard image tag if your image is just a .jpeg file and not a URL?

standard image tag (missing < & >): img src="http://www.goodreads.com/image..." width="40" height="100" alt="description"/


message 62: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90920 comments Mod
You have to upload the picture somewhere online first, then use its URL that way. I usually use photobucket.com but you can also use a picture uploaded as a photo on your goodreads account ☺


message 63: by Maria (last edited Jul 16, 2015 03:06AM) (new)

Maria (mariasaleem) | 882 comments I have reviewed 8 books on goodreads. But my profile says only 7. I don't know which review isn't getting counted. I viewed my reviews and all 8 of them were there.What do I do to let my profile show the exact number of books I've reviewed?


message 64: by Irene (new)

Irene (raenne) | 4856 comments Maria, I think you have to request a reset in the goodreads feedback group


message 65: by Maria (new)

Maria (mariasaleem) | 882 comments Ok,I'll try...


message 66: by Maria (new)

Maria (mariasaleem) | 882 comments Thanks,Bookbuyer
@Irene I have joined Goodreads Feedback Group,where do you think I should request a reset for my reviews? Will I have to to make a new thread for it? So sorry to bother you


message 68: by Lesley (new)

Lesley (allusivezang) how do you post a status update that isn't related to a book you read or are reading?


message 69: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90920 comments Mod
On a PC, on the 'Home' page, on the right hand side of the page where it lists which books you are reading, you should see a little link, underneath your books, which says 'add a general update' - click that, and you can do a status update seperate from your books ☺


message 70: by Amanda (new)

Amanda  B Gillespie (amanda_shocknawebookblogger) | 313 comments How do you go about getting more followers? I have 1... (insert sad eyes here, LOL!!)


message 71: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90920 comments Mod
I'm not really sure, I find that chatting to people and discussing books, reading other people's reviews etc, is the way to get more friends/followers ☺ It also makes Goodreads a lot more fun ☺


message 72: by Maria (new)

Maria (mariasaleem) | 882 comments How can you give recommendations for multiple books at a time?


message 73: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90920 comments Mod
I have no idea, I'm not sure its even possible.


message 74: by kelly (new)

kelly (kellybanne) This isn't really a technical thing, and it's okay if you don't know, but how do you get considered for an ARC book? I know it's a ways down the road for me though.


message 75: by kelly (new)

kelly (kellybanne) megan ••book slayer•• wrote: "You can sign up at NetGalley.com and request ARC's."

Is it possible that publishers or who ever chooses, could choose me on goodreads? Like based off of my reviews on goodreads? Or do they not do that on goodreads?


message 76: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90920 comments Mod
Kelly wrote: "megan ••book slayer•• wrote: "You can sign up at NetGalley.com and request ARC's."

Is it possible that publishers or who ever chooses, could choose me on goodreads? Like based off of my reviews on..."


I've known some small publishers to message people based off Goodreads reviews, but not larger publishers.


message 77: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90920 comments Mod
You click the little link on the bottom right of the comment which says 'reply', and then post a comment as usual ☺


message 78: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90920 comments Mod
I have no idea, I've never used an iphone.


message 79: by Anna 'Bookbuyer' (new)

Anna 'Bookbuyer' (bookbuyer) | 22764 comments Evelyn wrote: "But how do you do it on IPhone app?"

As far as I know you can't. :/


message 80: by Maria (new)

Maria (mariasaleem) | 882 comments How do you delete all books from a specific shelf?


message 81: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90920 comments Mod
Go to the shelf, and click 'batch edit' at the top of the page, then select which books you want to remove, and then click 'remove books' - I think that should do it ☺


message 82: by Maria (new)

Maria (mariasaleem) | 882 comments It doesn't work for exclusive shelves does it :/


message 83: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90920 comments Mod
Probably not, I'm not sure you can batch delete books from your shelves completely, you can only remove them from a certain shelf.


message 84: by Maria (new)

Maria (mariasaleem) | 882 comments Ok. Thanks for the help!


message 85: by Christine (new)

Christine | 902 comments How do you put GIF in Goodreads? I still don't get it. :(


message 86: by Fuzaila (new)

Fuzaila (feistyhijabi) | 1336 comments Christine wrote: "How do you put GIF in Goodreads? I still don't get it. :("

You use the image tag. You know , < img src="link " > (Avoid the spaces in between the tags though) Copy the gif link from the browser, but it has to end with .gif else the tag doesnt work. Like, http://www.abcdef.com/image.gif


message 87: by Olga (new)

Olga Hi, didn't find this thing in other threads. If I want the BR about the book that was already planned on February and has a thread, how do I act?


message 88: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90920 comments Mod
Hi Olga, if you want to join a buddy read, just comment on the thread to say that you are joining, and then start reading (on or around the start date) and leave your thoughts on the thread using spoiler tags where necessary ( < spoiler > without the spaces ) ☺


message 89: by Anna 'Bookbuyer' (new)

Anna 'Bookbuyer' (bookbuyer) | 22764 comments Like where is the thread? Or how is it 'formatted'?


message 90: by Anna 'Bookbuyer' (new)

Anna 'Bookbuyer' (bookbuyer) | 22764 comments Okay. Well basically you go to the thread. Here it is - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And post a book and if you want a time frame for when you want to start the book and wait for someone to comment saying they also want to read the book. :)


message 91: by Anna 'Bookbuyer' (new)

Anna 'Bookbuyer' (bookbuyer) | 22764 comments It's probably because you are on the app. The app is really bad for chatting and it HATES long threads. Are you able to go to the desktop version?


message 92: by Anna 'Bookbuyer' (new)

Anna 'Bookbuyer' (bookbuyer) | 22764 comments Are you talking about the picture? Like Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling


message 93: by Anna 'Bookbuyer' (new)

Anna 'Bookbuyer' (bookbuyer) | 22764 comments Okay that's actually really easy.

First of all it should be noted you CANNOT do this on the APP. Only DESKTOP.

Second above the chat box your will see two blue links. Click the one that says add book/author

Go the the bottom of the pop up box and click cover instead of link.

Type in the book you want to read like HP and click add.


message 94: by Anna 'Bookbuyer' (new)

Anna 'Bookbuyer' (bookbuyer) | 22764 comments If you are not in the app it's possible. At little harder but possible. Same steps. :)


message 95: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90920 comments Mod
I find that the site misbehaves when I use it on chrome through my phone. Even though I'm on the internet site rather than the app, the 'post' button for posting comments disappears unless I press enter twice!

Don't worry too much about posting the cover, you can just type out the book's title when you post your review ☺ It's more important to get the information down than it is to post the cover ☺


message 96: by Maria (new)

Maria (mariasaleem) | 882 comments How do you centre-align text in reviews? Like in the following: (14th paragraph: "many that live deserve death")

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 97: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90920 comments Mod
I think it's < blockquote > without the spaces, and then < / blockquote > to close ☺


message 98: by Maria (new)

Maria (mariasaleem) | 882 comments Sarah wrote: "I think it's without the spaces, and then to close ☺"

Thanks!! Let me try it 😊


message 99: by Maria (new)

Maria (mariasaleem) | 882 comments It works! Thanks!! 😁


message 100: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90920 comments Mod
no problem ☺


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