Comprehensive How To Use Goodreads + Tips Of The Day

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I'm afraid you'll have to go to the Goodreads Feedback group for that Maggie. There is nothing we can do, it's a GR staff thing only... I agree it's a little annoying, so here's the link if you'd like to put your point across to them.

http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1...

Let us know how you get on:)

[Danielle]

Can someone tell me please how to add a spoiler alert to discussions. A search in the Goodreads help section gave me nothing and a Google search just listed all discussions with spoiler alerts.

[Michael]

just type this (minus the spaces) < spoiler > ... < /spoiler >

[Danielle]

Michael wrote: "just type this (minus the spaces) ... "

Thank you Michael

[Sally906]

I have just re-read On the Banks of Plum Creek but because it is marked as read already (2007) how do I get it to reflect in this years stats? Anyone know? I wondered if I changed it to currently reading then "finished" it again would that work?

[Amy (Lost in a Good Book)]

If you go into your 'read' shelf you can just change the date you read it by clicking edit and changing the date

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Did you try Amy's suggestion Sally, and did it work? Thanks Amy!

[Sally906]

Brenda wrote: "Did you try Amy's suggestion Sally, and did it work? Thanks Amy!"

Amy wrote:If you go into your 'read' shelf you can just change the date you read it by clicking edit and changing the date.


Yes just tried it - books read now showing as 94 instead of 93 - whoo hoo!!!!

Thank you

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good news:) Thanks.

[Michael]

Sally906 wrote: "I have just re-read On the Banks of Plum Creek but because it is marked as read already (2007) how do I get it to reflect in this years stats? Anyone know? I wondered if I changed it to currently..."

What I do is review another edition of the book, so if you look at my list you'll notice free different versions of Frankenstein; one for each time I've read it

[Sally906]

Michael wrote: "...What I do is review another edition of the book, so if you look at my list you'll notice free different versions of Frankenstein; one for each time I've read it ..."

I'll bear that in mind for next time :)

[Peter]

MandyM wrote: "Getting around Goodreads can be daunting at first. Here are some tips: This is the the link to the help page on Goodreads.

CHANGING FONT AND STYLE
Most GR users want to know how to make text bold..."

Thanks Mandy, I've been mucking around here for a few weeks and that's the best info I've come across

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Peter wrote: "Thanks Mandy, I've been mucking around here for a few weeks and that's the best info I've come across "

Glad you find this thread helpful Peter...Mandy is no longer in the group, but if you have any questions, just ask and there are any number of us who will help you out.

[Peter]

Oh, okay. That's a shame. I was about to send her a thank you message that I just changed the word "was" to italics in one of my reviews. Worked like a charm.
Thanks Brenda

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Peter wrote: "Oh, okay. That's a shame. I was about to send her a thank you message that I just changed the word "was" to italics in one of my reviews. Worked like a charm.
Thanks Brenda"

You're welcome!

[Kassassinn]

Man, I just found this thread a little bit too late. When I first started, I wanted to delete a shelf that I spelt wrong. I tried googling it, but none of the websites made sense... Until I realised that there is actually a Goodreads website that I could log into & delete it from. :)

[Khenan]

I have 341 books read, but 342 rated. hooooow do i find that pesky book! :(. looked in my tbr/currently reading shelfs and not found. other than pure chance, is there any way to find it?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Not sure how that works Khenan...mine is way out! But maybe your 341, plus the currently reading 1 is what it is? I think the only way...which would be long and tedious, would be to click on the 342 and print all those, then click on the 341 and print those, then do the comparison O_O!!! I know there have been many threads in the Feedback group about numbers not corresponding, so I'm not sure if it's a bug, or if there's another way they calculate it....

[Michael]

Have you tried looking for to see if it's a duplicate; http://www.goodreads.com/review/dupli...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Michael...how do you find links like that?

[Michael]

When you look at your "My Books" page there are a few interesting links underneath your shelves on the left.

Including; find duplicates and most read authors

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks so much for that! I'm just going through and deleting some...other than the ones I've actually read twice:)

[Sally906]

Michael wrote: "Have you tried looking for to see if it's a duplicate; http://www.goodreads.com/review/dupli..."

Just spotted this tip - thanks - I had two duplicates that have been fixed up now :)

[Liam || Books 'n Beards]

This has probably already been mentioned, but I only just discovered it today;

In "My Books", at the top-right next to the search bar is a Stats button which allows you to see how many pages you've read for the year and some other neat stuff.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Liam, that's interesting:) Pretty cool actually!

[Deb]

I was wondering if anyone knew how to list a book as a re-read? I noticed that on a previous post Michael suggested using a different edition. I tried that but it still comes up with the original date read? any help appreciated. thanks.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Deb, I'm afraid there is no way within GR (at the moment) to specify a re-read. If you go to the feedback group, there is continual and ongoing requests for being able to show your re-reads. Hopefully something will be done about it, sooner rather than later. In the meantime, all you can do is use a work around of some kind...record it yourself until such time as you can do it with tools provided by GR.

[Liam || Books 'n Beards]

You can edit your review, hit "advanced" and there's a field there for "number of times read". So I suppose you can sort of keep track in a sense.

But I agree, I'd like to be able to re-read a book and have it show up on my update feed.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Liam, I have just added that helpful hint to our BASIC thread http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

[Deb]

Brenda wrote: "Deb, I'm afraid there is no way within GR (at the moment) to specify a re-read. If you go to the feedback group, there is continual and ongoing requests for being able to show your re-reads. Hopefu..."

Thats a shame. Hopefully this minor glitch will one day be remedied. Thanks Brenda for your friendly help.

[Deb]

thanks Liam and Brenda - I have done that and noted in the private notes section when I re-read the book so at least I have a record of it. Thanks for the hint.

[Liam || Books 'n Beards]

When (hopefully not "if") the function comes in, should be able to input it at that point. Hopefully.

[Sharon]

mmm, guys, how do I add a favourte shelf? I've noticed lots of people have favourite shelves. Do I ad a shelf and call it a favourite shelf? If someone could lead me in the right the direction it would be very nice.

[Liam || Books 'n Beards]

If you go to your profile (just click your name above your last comment, or your picture in the top-right), under your details and so on there should be a "Sharon's favourite books" bit, and under that in green text "Create favorites shelf".

[Sharon]

Thank you Liam, I'll give it a go.

[Sharon]

I can't see it. Just my details than my blog stuff then updates, with bookshelves on the left hand side a little down the middle, and favourite authors near the bottom

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I can't see it on Sharon's profile either Liam...is it because she's an author, therefore her profile is different to the readers' profiles?

[Liam || Books 'n Beards]

Ahhh, yes it would be. Hmm not sure how that would work then. As far as I can tell it literally just creates a bookshelf called "Favorites", so if you made a bookshelf called "Favorites" it might get around it.



Here's a screenshot showing its location on your own profile, anyway. I'm not sure how you'd do it as an author profile if the above doesn't work.

[Steve]

You can probably change the help pages to show directly what to put in. For example: &lt;b&gt; will show up as <b>.

The same trick works with stars too -- &#9733; and ★. The & has to be litterally '&amp;' but will display correctly.

[Sharon]

mmmm - Liam, I don't have that shelf, but I want one LOL I'll find somewhere else to go and ask, then come back and let you know how I go.

[Mish]

Hi Sharon, try this

Go to 'My Books'
Create a shelf called 'Favourite'
At the top of your bookshelf click 'Edit'
From there tick 'Feature' where your Favourite is

Hope that works

[Sharon]

okay, I made a favourite shelf, than made it a feature, but than realised my previous featured shelf which was read or something wasn't showing up either....Maybe it needs to be made a sticky shelf???? I'll go and try that :D

[Sharon]

mmm ... I just stickied it too...maybe it takes a while to urgenate...

[Sharon]

Guys, thanks for your help and suggestions.

But, I've just checked a couple of writers I know and they don't seem to have a featured or favourite shelf...I wonder why we can't have one??? Where do I need to go guys to find out how we can fix it or suggest that we would like a favourite shelf too. I would actually prefer a favourite shelf than my blog showing up straight under my profile for no other reason than it looks consisitent and I appear to have no favourite books :(

[Liam || Books 'n Beards]

I thought authors had reader profiles anyway. Hmm.

[Sharon]

Brenda, Mish, Michael, Liam, I'll take up that last link Michael gave in the morning... and thank you for helping xxx

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good luck Sharon, the Feedback Group should have some answers for you...perhaps you can let us know when you do:)

[Sharon]

I didn't end up posting in the thread. I can't find a writer who has one :(

[Neil]

How do you upload a photo of front cover of your book if good reads archive don't have a picture uploaded? Example book I'm reading now, Peter Brock, How good is this! The real story by Wayne Webster.

[Neil]

I just checked and the Peter Brock book cover has been uploaded. But would still like to know for future reference.