Clueless Newbie Question

[Hilary]

I am a clueless newbie and am just wondering is it 'done' to add your own books to your book shelf? I didnt quite like to rate it...

[David]

I've added mine, Hilary, in order to easily see if someone else has added my books. I haven't rated it though, as that feels like bad form to me, and quite naturally I'd rate all my books 5*.

[Abigail]

If you're going to rate your own books, you better give them five stars!

I have my shelves as well, but unrated. The shelf is called I wrote this.

[Hilary]

Thanks for your advice guys. You're all so nice. I wasn't aware I could create my own shelf - that's my next task then (I'm supposed to be researching and editing today!). To be honest I really only wanted to shelf my books so I can add them to a list. Really appreciate your comments. Hx

[Emma]

I add my books, but with no ratings, no reviews, simply so when I go on someone else's profile, I can click 'compare books' and see if the other person has ever considered my work.

[Jim]

I agree with Henry. An oft-quoted business adage pertaining to management performance supports his recommendations. "Your work speaks for itself. Don't interrupt".

[Theresa]

I think Jim and Henry have good valid points. My book is claimed through my author profile. I have not rated or reviewed my own work.

[Abigail]

Eh, I see no harm in shelving them. To each her own. :)

[Hilary]

I have shelved the books but not rated or reviewed them and put them on a couple of genre related lists. Agree that it would be self defeating to leave comments. Thanks for replies - very helpful.

[[deleted user]]

I put my own books on my own shelves, and on the shelves of groups I belong to where it's allowed. Nothing wrong with a little marketing effort. However, I don't rate my own books, and I think it's fairly disingenuous when an author does so.

[Cheryl]

I put my books on a shelf called my_books simply so I could add them to a Smashwords list. I emphatically DO NOT rate or review them because I don't see the point. Of course I'm going to give them all 5 stars and, in my humble opinion, all that does is artifically inflate the ratings. It's up to the readers to rate my work if they wish to do so.

[Abigail]

Point taken, Henry.