Comprehensive How To Use Goodreads + Tips Of The Day

[Mandapanda]

Are you talking about the nicknames that us moderators have Dot? Because that is just a moderator superpower! *grins* Not for mere mortals!;)

[Dot]

Oh yes. I see how it works now. (gives evil eye)
;o)

[Jan]

There is also a 'search dicussion posts' box where you can enter someone's name, or your own of course, and it will come up with comments by that person (or yourself as the case may be)and also comments where their name is mentioned. This doesn't search one particular thread, but is useful when you're not sure which thread you used for making a particular comment that you want to follow. You can then click on the comment that you're interested in, and it will take you back to that discussion.

[Mandapanda]

Thanks Jan!:)

[Rosanne]

Dot, I just love your avatar!

[Dot]

Rosanne wrote: "Dot, I just love your avatar!"

Thanks Rosanne. I found it on the internet somewhere. I do have a black cat and I can imagine him reading like this when we're all at work and school. He's 'that' kinda guy. LOL!

[[deleted user]]

I'm not sure if this as been asked, but i was wondering how you put the nickname or second line next to your name
i.e Mandy get your spoilers here!
thanks
sorry to use you mandy :D

[[deleted user]]

Melanie the grey nickname in italics is available to moderators only. You can edit your own name if you would like by editing your profile. It would not appear the same as Mandy's nickname.

[[deleted user]]

hazar! i see i had a feeling it would be something like that i was just curious as to why some had it and some did not thanks gail :D

[Geoff]

I am looking for the way to add a photo to a message. I have uploaded the photos to my file section of GR, but can not work out how I post them in to the message.
Would appreciate any help.
cheers
Geoff

[[deleted user]]

<@img src="http://www.goodreads.com/image...&quo...

This is the html code you need just remove the @ from the above code and replace the http address of the photo you want to post.

[Geoff]

I have received a couple of reviews of my book recently and one of the reviewers has ticked WON - tried to find out what this means, but can't - any idea ?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Geoff wrote: "I have received a couple of reviews of my book recently and one of the reviewers has ticked WON - tried to find out what this means, but can't - any idea ?"

Sorry Geoff, over my head :( Maybe Mandy or Gail might have some idea....

[[deleted user]]

She has put it on her book shelf of books she has won! If you win books on goodreads they like you to identify them as such. I think it's an attempt to encourage others to enter the give-away competitions.

[Geoff]

Ha Ha ! never thought of that one - tried to break down the letters - write one now, what o'nother, etc :-o)
thanks Gail.

[Cheryl]

I think it's also an attempt to honor the ARCs as unfinished. If you've ever read an Advanced-Reading-Copy you've seen that there's a disclosure about the book being unfinished and subject to change before publication, so reviews based on the ARC may not be 100% relevant to the book as being sold. I mark that shelf as First-Reads to help distinguish.

Also, Geoff, she may enter other contests besides GR's giveaways, and have books that she won elsewhere on that shelf. Just FYI, probably TMI.

[Mandapanda]

I didn't notice until today that Goodreads has its own blog. All the latest news and updates about our favourite website written by GR employees: http://www.goodreads.com/blog

[Adele]

Mandy wrote: "I didn't notice until today that Goodreads has its own blog. All the latest news and updates about our favourite website written by GR employees: http://www.goodreads.com/blog"

That's actually how i found out about the spoiler html. Awesome isn't it! :o)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Mandy wrote: "I didn't notice until today that Goodreads has its own blog. All the latest news and updates about our favourite website written by GR employees: http://www.goodreads.com/blog"

Wow, that's worth a look when I've got lots of spare time, thanks Mandy..:)

[Mandapanda]

Just found the most amazing feature on Goodreads. Did you know you can search books by 'Places'? For example you could search for all books that are set in Australia. Of course the setting of the book has to be entered by the person who initially adds the book to Goodreads but I know there are plenty of people in this group who are librarians and add books on occasion.

I can't see how to get to the 'Places' page except via a book which has the setting entered as part of its description, so I'll put the links here:

’Places‘ (all locations where books are set)

Books set in Australia

Example of a book where the setting is listed in the book details

From what I can see you can't add the 'setting' in the initial ’Add a New Book page‘.

You have to go into the 'edit details' of a book that's already been created: Example (look down the bottom of the page. You click on ‘add a new setting‘).

There are some problems with this feature.

* The 'Places' page is not searchable. You have to go through each page to find what you want. Luckily for us Australia is on the second page, HOWEVER...

* When you 'add a new setting' to a book you are prompted for the place name. The 'country' is optional. But if you just write the place name (e.g. Dubbo) and not the country you'll never find the book in an 'Australia' search.

* There seems to be no direct link to the 'Places' page. You have to go via individual books.

So if this feature interests you there is a discussion about it in the Goodreads Feedback group you can check out.:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Wow, thanks for that Mandy. :)

[Geoff]

Thanks for the info Mandy - I have just added
Ice King / Liverpool / 1804 and it works :-o)
Not that I expected not to work, I was more bothered about me getting it right!

[Geoff]

I will be overseas (Malayisa) from 14th March to 29th March and I wish to stop / suspend GR e-mails, so that my ISP's inbox doesn't throw a fit with overload. I will not have access to a computer while I am away, so how do I suspend messages?
cheers
Geoff

[[deleted user]]

You need to go

1) into edit your profile.

2) Click on the tab Notifications.

3) untick all the boxes that identify emails to be sent, don't forget to click on [none] for notifications from your groups.

4) Don't forget to reset it on your return or we will come hunting you. :)

[Geoff]

Thanks Gail - no I'll not forget as I am suspending all my 'links' with close to a hundred e-mails a day the inbox would shut down after a couple of weeks :-O)

[Patricia]

Mandy wrote: "Just found the most amazing feature on Goodreads. Did you know you can search books by 'Places'? For example you could search for all books that are set in Australia. Of course the setting of the b..."

Mandy, thanks so much for that tip. I hadn't added the settings to my children's books and they're all set in Australia. I've just added that important feature. You beauty!

[Mandapanda]

Geoff wrote: "I will be overseas (Malayisa) from 14th March to 29th March and I wish to stop / suspend GR e-mails, so that my ISP's inbox doesn't throw a fit with overload. I will not have access to a computer w..."

Go to your name at the top right of the page. Click on the down arrow and select 'my account'. (you may be prompted to sign in at this stage) Click on the 'notifications' tab. This is the page where you control all the information that is sent to you.

Go about 2/3 down the page (below your list of groups) and you will see 'unsubscribe from all Goodreads emails'. Click on that. You will be able to unclick it when you get back from holidays.:)

Oops! I didn't realise we had gone on to a new page and you've already answered it. Thanks Gail!!:)

[Neko]

@Mandy- Hehehe, i was going to do the same thing earlier on XD But i found it useful to find it out so now i know.

[Davina]

Tried to be clever and put a line through the book I finished for the Autumn challenge. Did something majorly wrong(don't know what)and crossed out everything.

[Neko]

Davina wrote: "Tried to be clever and put a line through the book I finished for the Autumn challenge. Did something majorly wrong(don't know what)and crossed out everything."

Possibly you didn't close your tag off correctly when using the html.

When I mean close it'll look something like <@strike>book<@/strike>

to show the code i added the @. But find your end code which should have the strike and make sure the / is infront of strike.

So it'll look like <@/strike> (again ingnore the @)

[Davina]

Laura wrote: "Davina wrote: "Tried to be clever and put a line through the book I finished for the Autumn challenge. Did something majorly wrong(don't know what)and crossed out everything."

Possibly you didn't ..."
Thanks I'll try again

[Davina]

Laura wrote: "Davina wrote: "Tried to be clever and put a line through the book I finished for the Autumn challenge. Did something majorly wrong(don't know what)and crossed out everything."

Possibly you didn't ..."
Yay I did it. Thanks Laura

[Neko]

Davina wrote: "Laura wrote: "Davina wrote: "Tried to be clever and put a line through the book I finished for the Autumn challenge. Did something majorly wrong(don't know what)and crossed out everything."

Poss..."
Sweet :D! Glad it worked ^_^

[Lauren]

Hi Mandy,

I am new to the Aussie Goodreads group. Thank you for your instructions on creating an Aussie Readers Goodreads 'button.' I have just added one to my site.
In less than 24 hours with this group, I have already started networking with fellow Aussie readers and blogs- it is great!

Thanks again!

Jayne

http://www.australianbookshelf.wordpr...

[Mandapanda]

No probs Jayne. Have you seen our discussion on Australia's Best Book Blog sites? You might be interested in listing your blog there and finding other Aussie bloggers: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/3...

[Patricia]

Jayne wrote: "Hi Mandy,

I am new to the Aussie Goodreads group. Thank you for your instructions on creating an Aussie Readers Goodreads 'button.' I have just added one to my site.
In less than 24 hours with..."

Hi Jayne, it's nice to see someone from NSW. Welcome.

[Lauren]

Thanks Mandy, I will check that out.


Thanks Patricia, i am from Sydney... it's great to see so many aussie booklovers connecting in one place...

Jayne
http://www.australianbookshelf.wordpr...

[Patricia]

Jayne wrote: "Thanks Mandy, I will check that out.


Thanks Patricia, i am from Sydney... it's great to see so many aussie booklovers connecting in one place...

Jayne
http://www.australianbookshelf.wordp..."

I'm from Sydney too, but have now moved to the Mid Nth Coast. You'll love it here, Jayne. So many wonderful people.

[Laurel]

Mandy wrote: "Just found the most amazing feature on Goodreads. Did you know you can search books by 'Places'? For example you could search for all books that are set in Australia. Of course the setting of the b..."

I'm amazed, Mandy. Who gathers all this information. Laurel
http://aussieauthorsatwork.blogspot.com

[Mandapanda]

Who knows Laurel but it's fun playing around with it!;)

[Cheryl]

Sometimes imports come with lists of characters, places, etc. attached as tags or fields to the book description. The volunteer librarians (in the Librarians Group) will often add missing bits, including covers, if you ask there, especially if you can give them a link to the book page on goodreads and a link to the source of the info. you want them to add.

[Maggie]

Is it just me or is anyone else not receiving the usual updates about all the groups they belong to?

Every day or so I receive an email advising me of all the discussions that have taken place on Aussie Readers. I used to be notified of the other groups I belong to as well, but that no longer happens. I've checked my status on those groups and it is the same as ever, and the same as what I've selected for Aussie Readers.

So why don't I get told about those groups discussions too?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I don't know why it's been happening Maggie. I have had the same problem, every now and again. It seems, with me, a little like...if you are not active in the group/on the thread for a certain period of time, you don't get the updates, until you are active again. Even tho it says 'you are following this discussion'.... That's my guess, but it may not be the case.....

[Sally906]

Question - I have noticed some of my friends have a list of favourite books on their profile - others done - I don't appear to have one. How do you get this to appear on your profile?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Carmel? Laura? I don't know Sally, I've got the same list, and I didn't do anything to put it there...I thought it was just a GR thing that happened automatically, they 'see' what you read, and put the covers of some of them at the top of the profile page??

[Michael]

You can set which bookshelf it displays but by default it should display your favourite or favorite shelf

[Neko]

Sally go to the "Edit shelves" page- http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/edit
Then you'll just need to click on 'feature' on whichever bookshelf you want to feature on your front page. That should make it work :)

[Michael]

Laura wrote: "Sally go to the "Edit shelves" page- http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/edit
Then you'll just need to click on 'feature' on whichever bookshelf you want to feature on your front page. That should make ..."

What she said (I had to double check first)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Laura! :)

[Neko]

Phhsss Lost! I checked it before I posted it..lol xD