Comments, Questions & Suggestions

[Ian, Moderator]

How do I add my favourite books/covers to my profile page.....can't seem to find any way to do it in the site help section

[Ian, Moderator]

Thanks Fiona.....I'll try that

[lifewithshaza]

Hi everyone!

I have a quick question, I am trying to sell some of my books, that I shall never read, do you know of any where good that I can list them?

Am I am able to advertise in here? There is a list in my profile but I do also have an Amazon marketplace.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[Helen]

I think I prefer the genre choice as the other group I joined gave me a choice of 3 for March and the cheapest is £10 whereas with genres I probably have one unread that will fit.

[Karen]

Could we have a books & libations topic or a books & edibles topic just for fun?

I mentioned it in the comments for this month's genre selection poll and we had a couple of laughs about it.

Just an idea...

[Em]

Sure Karen, will add it now!

[Andy]

What about a challenge to read all of the World Book Night books!

[Lynne - The Book Squirrel]

Andy wrote: "What about a challenge to read all of the World Book Night books!"

I was thinking of doing that myself, I have read some of them, but would love to read the rest...if we do, count me in.

[Liz, Moderator]

Andy wrote: "What about a challenge to read all of the World Book Night books!"

Kate Atkinson - Case Histories
Margaret Atwood - The Blind Assassin
Alan Bennett - A Life Like Other People's
John le Carré - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Lee Child - Killing Floor
Carol Ann Duffy - The World's Wife: Poems
Mark Haddon - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Seamus Heaney - Selected Poems 1966-1987
Marian Keyes - Rachel's Holiday
Mohsin Hamid - The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
Gabriel García Márquez - Love in the Time of Cholera
Yann Martel - Life of Pi
Alexander Masters - Stuart: A Life Backwards
Rohinton Mistry - A Fine Balance
David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas
Toni Morrison - Beloved
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Half of a Yellow Sun
David Nicholls - One Day
Philip Pullman - Northern Lights
Erich Maria Remarque - All Quiet on the Western Front
CJ Sansom - Dissolution
Nigel Slater - Toast
Muriel Spark - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Sarah Waters - Fingersmith

[Lynne - The Book Squirrel]

Is that a yes then Liz?

[Helen]

ooh I've got one in my TBR- Fingersmith

[Liz, Moderator]

Lynne - The Book Squirrel wrote: "Is that a yes then Liz?"

Yes Lynne, I'll post it up as a separate subject. (It'll take me a while to complete the challenge, that's for sure, but luckily I've read some of them already!)

[Lynne - The Book Squirrel]

I have read some and have some on my to be read list too.

[Susan]

I've read six of these, have two on my bookshelf, and there are eight that I would like to read, so maybe I will think about the others.
I do often really enjoy books that I was at first not too sure about, so a challenge like this would be interesting.

[Gill]

I've only read a couple but there are a few on there that I'd like to read. I'll join the challenge but probably won't get them all read.

[Timothy]

Hi,
Just giving you all an early warning for one of the U.K.s best home grown events for all bookies out there. No! not the turf accountant type but those who love books!
Make a date for Winchester on Friday evening the First of July. It will be my privilege to introduce the star speakers for a 'Warts and All' look at booming Independent Publishing Industry.
This 'work shop' will cover every aspect of the new ways of publishing. All the speakers represent the very best available in their respective fields, they are, in no particular order and a couple of them subject to confirmation:-
Kim Cross,
co-founder and managing director of Grosvenor House Publishing, one of the most respected companies in this field, will give the publishers/service providers side of things.
Sue Rule,
relating her experience in getting her work published. Her books, Cloak of Magic, The Staff of Power, and hopefully the final book of the trilogy will be available on the Authors OnLine stand on Friday and Saturday in the main exhibition.
Sue uses Print on Demand and ebooks and was briefly seduced into a flirtation with a 'main stream' publisher, before returning to the Authors OnLine family. Her work represents the best of her genre, which I suppose you would classify as fantasy?
David Elliot,
well known to regular G.R. browsers for his widely acclaimed work 'Clan', which can only be described as unique. It makes me glad I live in
Norfolk today and not the 'North' in the past!
His new work 'Pieces of Fate' will also be available.
David is a true 'Indie' having done it all himself, his work is available in a wide variety of formats.
Sarah Whitaker,
the author of a series of illustrated cook books, as good as anything out there in both quality and content.Sarah's books are a shining example of what can be achieved with a bit of determination, after she was initially badly bitten by one of 'the sharks' out there. Sarah opted for the 'short run' option, and the quality of her books speak for themselves.
Carrie King,
What can I say about Carrie? Everyone who has read 'Joni-Pip' say it is the ultimate book of this generation for kiddies and young adults. Inevitably it has been compared with all the 'greats' of the past and stands against the best. Again Carrie has 'done her thing' differently using a small independent publisher. Bothy books have certainly done her work proud, Joni-pip is available in a variety of formats and editions to suit the various age groups, we look forward to the next in the series.
So there you have it, 'Warts and All' A successful and respected publisher/service provider and four of the very best 'Indie' authors telling their stories of why they did it 'their way' three of them G.R. authors. Can you really miss this event? finishing with a Q and A session. The 'workshop' starts at 7.30 and is supposed to finish at 10.30.on the Friday evening. Two points, one accommodation is available and if you come by car you will need a parking permit, the latter is, I believe free. For more details contact Barbara Large details on the 'Winchester Writers Conference' web site.
I look forward to meeting some of you there.
All the best Paul Rix [Old geezer]

[Sarah]

Hello there,

I'm new here and just want a bit of advice, please. How important is it to put the exact edition that you have on your bookshelves? For a couple of books the exact edition I have wasn't on the list so I just picked a similar one for now. Also, is there any way to know who has viewed your profile?

Thanks,
Sarah.

[Em]

Hi Sarah, Welcome to the group!

I don't think it matters if you select a specific edition for your books or not - I usually just pick one with roughly the same cover art!! Now I read some normal books, some on Kindle and listen to audiobooks too I usually go to the effort of changing to the right format but I'm sure there's many people that don't...

If there is a way to see who has viewed your profile, I haven't discovered it but maybe someone else can shed some light on that one...

[Helen]

I try to get the right cover and format but after that I'm not so fussy.

[Alanpalmer]

The only differences I can see are 1) it displays the right cover picture; 1) if you update how your progress is going (e.g. oage 253) it will calculate the percentage progress (different editions have different page layouts).

[Helen]

Picture of a book has appeared under group details, are we supposed to be reading it?

[Lynne - The Book Squirrel]

Helen wrote: "Picture of a book has appeared under group details, are we supposed to be reading it?"

I saw that too! Can't remember if we still did these or not!

[Helen]

I've never seen one up there before. Surprised me.

[Ian, Moderator]

I've removed it. Don't know how it got there.

[Helen]

Well done Mod

[Richard]

1st or 3rd person writing style. which do you prefer ?

[Paul]

Hi Richard.
There's nothing wrong with third person, but I prefer first person, because what happens to the hero is more immediate and for younger readers this feels more exciting. The drawback is, you can't 'cut away to the baddies'.

Bright Lights, Big City is an interesting case in point because it's all in second person - you do this, you run here. The author chose this because the book is about 80's drug-fueled hedonism and egotism, and he wanted the reader to feel that they were at the centre of everything going on.
Bright Lights, Big City
Are you a reader or a writer?
POW

[Michael]

Looking back at the World Night books, I've read three of them. Lee Child's The Killing Floor must be quite old because I read it a long, long time ago. It was a good Reacher novel if you hadn't been introduced to Child's well-worn character. Agent Zig-Zag was almost unbelievable, but a good read and a remarkable insight into just how bad some of the Intelligence Services were, on both sides! As for Dissolution, show me a better thriller writer than C.J. Sansom who can write of Tudor history and make it so exciting. No gizmos, no satellite technology, no mobile phones, wire taps etc., etc. Just plain old craft and damn good story telling.

[Helen]

Can we get the voting started please? Might need to buy something as we're running out of 'my' genres.

[Em]

Do any of you clever people know about using the Facebook widget put books on a timeline?

I've had an enquiry asking if there are any problems as doesn't seem to be working properly and as I don't use it, I haven't a clue!

[Lynne - The Book Squirrel]

Em wrote: "Do any of you clever people know about using the Facebook widget put books on a timeline?

I've had an enquiry asking if there are any problems as doesn't seem to be working properly and as I d..."

I used it all the time from the review page by clicking on the box but suddenly it stopped sending to Facebook and the box to tick has gone too.

[Andy]

I believe they have changed their facebook app so that it only works with the new facebook timeline. You have to update your facebook page to timeline before it will work. I also re-selected the app on goodreads and it seems to work ok.

[Em]

I knew someone would know!

[Helen]

Not been on facebook since I started chatting to you lot. It's my UK group club birthday on the 27th ish.

[Dave]

Helen wrote: "Not been on facebook since I started chatting to you lot. It's my UK group club birthday on the 27th ish."

Happy Group Birthday to you!!

Will you be baking and sharing cakes??

[Helen]

No, I don't expect so! When did you join?

[Paul]

Is there a suitable place in this group to let the members know about a free download promo I'm having for one of my ebooks imminently? I've spent a while checking though the fairly extensive forum here, but I can't see a suitable topic? That leads me to think that such announcements are not wanted, but I thought it wise to check, just to make sure.

[Em]

Hi Paul, we have a folder called "Authors" which can be used to promote books and free downloads etc so you could post an announcement there. There is also a folder entitled "Getting Books" which is another place within the group to notify members of your promo - I hope that helps...

[Paul]

Thanks. That definitely helps. I'm always at pains to avoid posting in the wrong place, but different groups have different ideas and policies. It's hard to always comply!

Thanks again.

[Ian, Moderator]

Just discovered you can add private notes to a book. I've always posted any notes e.g. why I've added it to my "to read" list in the review section. Small things please small minds I think.

btw - does anyone know how to (if possible) put a link to a book review in a comment box?

[Weenie]

Ian wrote: "btw - does anyone know how to (if possible) put a link to a book review in a comment box?"

Do you mean someone's GR review? Maybe it's as simple as going to the review you want, copying the link at the top and pasting in the comment box, eg below, one of my reviews?

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

[Ian, Moderator]

Thanks Weenie. That's just what I meant.

[[deleted user]]

Hi everybody. New here. Got a few questions.

How do you add chapters to a book without the orginial text disappearing? I tried it ysterday and the original text disappeared, leaving only the new text. And how do I keepmy boook on the first page. It slipped off the first page. I find it confusing. I notice multiple same-book covers. Is this becasue people are having the same problem?

[Helen]

I have no idea what you're talking about so can't help.

[[deleted user]]

I was talking about when you want to publish a chapter of your own book on here.

[Jordan]

This may sound really stupid but what about doing Vlogs on like youtube about books that we are reading at the minute or want to read and people can recommend some good books to the people that make the videos :D. Just a random suggestion :P

[Em]

Hmmm, I'm not sure Alex but it might be worth posting your question in the Authors thread as someone among our writers may have had experience of that.

[Zoe, UK Book Club Creator]

Would anyone be interested in something like Teamspeak or Ventrillo for voice chatting?

[✿Claire✿]

Hi everyone,
I think this might be the best place to ask as I'm getting a bit confused.... as a GR group, do you ever do group reads or anything like that where everyone reads the same book or same sort of book?

Thanks :)

[Ian, Moderator]

Not at the moment, but happy to facilitate that if people want to.