“Recommendations” Feature: For a book already on someone's TBR shelf.

[Lisa Kay]

“Recommendations” Feature: For a book already on someone's TBR shelf.

Several people have complained that now, when trying to recommend a book to someone that already has it on their to-read shelf, it will not allow them to do so. This is good, as a reader doesn't get multiple recs for the same book by multiple people, but frustrating for someone who really wants a second someone to try the book. Especially if the second someone they are trying to make a rec to has thousands of TBR books.

As an alternative, you can hyperlink to their comment thread on the book! This will generate a notice, and they will be able to respond.

See the example below (Screen #1), in which I am trying to recommend The Bride and the Beast, by Teresa Medeiros to one of our RLftCI moderators, Heather. By the red arrow, and below her name, it says “marked-as-to-read”. If you click on this (it will become underlined), it will hyperlink you to her comments thread on the book (Screen #2). Be patient, as it is a slower response than to other links!

Screen #1


Hyperlinks to: (which will generate a notification to her after you post a comment!)

Screen #2

[Kesha]

You are my GR feature guru Lisa...you totally rock!!!!

[Lisa Kay]

Awwww... Kesha, you make me blush.

[Marilyn]

Yeah...How do you get to be so smart? Are you a geek in disguise? Really curious to know.

[Lisa Kay]

No. I was just married to one for years; must of rubbed on while I was sleeping, Marilyn. LOL! Became "superuser" on my hospital's different systems through the years.

[Marilyn]

Well, it's certainly nice to know we have a go-to person for all of this! Thanks! :)