How to use "Show Metadata" feature for my book

[Quoleena]

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I would like to incorporate this in my book, but there are no instructions on how to do this. Please advise.

Also, I added an alternate cover edition today. How do I get it to show up in the Explore section of Goodreads? Right now my book shows up in the Time Travel category of thumbnails, and I would like the new cover to replace the old one if possible. Also, the new edition shows up as default in searches (since I set it as the degfault), but the old one still shows up as the thumbnail on my home page. Does it just take a while for the system to recognize the changes?

Thank you!
Quoleena

[Quoleena]

Have any authors tried this? If you can help me out, it would be greatly appreciated :)

[lethe]

This may be a good question for the Author Feedback Group: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

[Quoleena]

I'll give it a try, but its really just a technical, how-to question. I sent a contact email to Goodreads support a few minutes ago, so I know I'll hear back from them soon enough. Thanks!

[Paula]

Meta data is added when you review a book.

On the book review page is a hyperlink Edit Metadata, selecting that link takes you to the meta data page

You need to be on the review page for the book with all options expanded, the page shows start and finish dates, recommendation and the private notes field

[Paula]

It can take up to 48 hours for the thumb nails to change

[Quoleena]

Paula wrote: "Meta data is added when you review a book.

On the book review page is a hyperlink Edit Metadata, selecting that link takes you to the meta data page

You need to be on the review page for the boo..."

Thanks, Paula! So, if I want to add metadata to my own book, I have to give it a star rating and/or review? In that case, oh well!

Thanks for your help :)

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Quoleena wrote: " So, if I want to add metadata to my own book, I have to give it a star rating and/or review?"

No, you don't need to rate or review it. But you do need to have added it to your shelves. Then you can access a review page (edit review) and edit metadata.

[Paula]

you probably don't need to actually write the review, but the page is accessed from there.

The meta data does not actually show anywhere that I can remember.

If you want to add tags, then those are generated from bookshelves the book is added to, so you would need to create bookshelves with the appropriate tags and add your book to those

[Quoleena]

Thanks so much, ladies! That answers my questions completely :)