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Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny
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That's awesome. Thanks, Dhestiny!
You're welcome, Danielle!
You're welcome, ladies!
I've tried it already, and love it.(((((((((hugs))))))))))))) to my best girl
It's really helped me keep things organized better.
You're welcome!
Well, it doesn't work for me. It's hard to click and hold and get the "Add to Goodreads". Once done, however, I don't see "Add to Goodreads" -- just an Amazon logo. So then I switch to amazon, pick a book, and then do what? If I click on the Amazon logo, all I get is like a big photo screen only it's blank. I feel like such a bimbo. What am I doing wrong?----
Edit: Now when I click and hold, it won't move at all.
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UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant
(last edited Jan 15, 2012 06:56PM)
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Marilyn, you click on the Amazon icon and drag it to your browser toolbar. Then'll you see the words "Add to Goodreads" on the tool bar and when you're at amazon looking at a book, then you click the "Add to Goodreads" words on the tool bar.Did you do all that and it didn't work?
Dhes, I clicked on the Amazon logo and dragged it to the toolbar and got a logo with the windows logo and to the right of that "amazon<1>". The brackets were really square ones but my keyboard doesn't have those. Then I went to Amazon, picked a book and when I clicked on the "logo+amazon<1>" I got a "Windows and Fax Page Viewer" with the Amazon logo square in the middle of the page. There are no words in the tool bar that say "Add to Goodreads".
Hmmmm..... I have no idea why that happens, Marilyn. I'm so sorry. Are you using Internet Explorer for your browser? I'm using Firefox and it's fine. Okay, I just tried it with Internet Explorer (in case that's what you're using) and here's what I had to do...
Instead of trying to drag it to the toolbar, right click on the Add to Goodreads link.
Choose ADD TO FAVORITES and when the little box pops up saying it might not be safe, click okay anyway. Then when the next box pops up, where it says Favorites, use the little arrow and a drop down menu comes up, choose FAVORITES BAR. It was then added to the toolbar and I went to amazon.com, typed in Come Monday and when I got that exact book page, I clicked ADD TO GOODREADS and Goodreads came up with the Come Monday page.
OH, no, you don't click on the amazon logo, Marilyn, you click on the words "Add to Goodread" below the logo to the left. That's what you drag to the tool bar, unless you're using IE and then you'd do it the way I mentioned above.
Yes, I'm using Internet Explorer 8. I got the Add to Goodreads into my Favorites List under Amazon but it simply refuses to move to the toolbar. I've tried moving things before from Favorites to the Toolbar and had no problems. It acts like it wants to move but when I let go, nothing. Eh, I'll keep trying different things until I can find someone with more knowledge than me. It shouldn't be this hard. Maybe it has something to do with the Popup Blocker although I've given my okay there too. Geez, computers! To the moon...!
The first time I tried it on IE8, the popup blocker came up and I told it to allow it.Instead of putting it IN your favorites list, add it to your favorites BAR. Right click, when the "add to favorites" comes up, click the little arrow beside the word "favorites" and you should see "Favorite Bar" When I chose that, it went right to the tool bar.
I wish I could actually see it for myself... not sure that I'd be any better at it, though.
Good luck!
Bingo! Although, in EXP 8 there is no "Favorites Bar". I just clicked on Favorites at the top...I think. Duh, if I had to do it again I don't think I could. Thank you so very, very much for your time and patience! :)----
Edit: Thought I had it, but no. Something flashed.
You're welcome and Yay!! Way to go and congrats for figuring it out!!Now remember... if you buy the book and it takes you to the order screen, that button won't work. It only works when you're actually ON the book page.
So what I do is, if I'm buying it, I click the "Add to Goodreads", when that page comes up I add it to my shelves, then I buy it.
If it's a free book, I do the same, add it to my shelves, then go back and buy it.
But it's been a Godsend in helping me keep my books organized!!
Dhes, I was wrong. It still doesn't work. Maybe I should change my browser.
I don't know, Marilyn. I tested it on IE 8.... From the Widgets tab in your Goodreads account, you right click on the words Add to Goodreads.
A little box pops up and you choose Add to Favorites.
Another little box pops up that says the favorite might not be safe. Click yes anyway.
Another little box pops up called Add A Favorite.
You see Name: Add to Goodreads
Beneath that you see Favorites with a little arrow to the right. Click the arrow.
You should see a folder called Favorites Bar. Choose that, then click "Add"
It SHOULD appear on your IE toolbar.
Where in that list of instructions does what you see change from what I see?
Well, your instructions are plain enough. I guess I'm tired. Time to check out and try again tomorrow. Thanks, anyway. At least I have you instructions point by point.
You know, sometimes it's just the computer or the browser... if we go step by step and see where our things start to differ, we might be able to figure it out.I use Firefox almost solely because there are so few issues with it, but it should work on IE as well. When you're up to it, we'll try again!
Rest well!
Thanks. By the way the link in my browser tool says "Goodreads My Account". It even flashed kinda red when it took but clicking on it only takes me back to my profile account page where I first clicked "Widget" and where I right-clicked on the "Add to Goodreads" thingy. Anyway, I'm off to bed and my book. Night. :)P.S. Maybe I should try Foxfire or Google chrome but I'm afraid to try something new.
Well, the button isn't that important, not worth switching browsers over, unless you want to do it just so that you can say you beat it into submission! LOL!By the way.. you're using PC? Not a Mac?
You know what? Today, the button stopped working for me. It worked earlier, but then this afternoon, nada. GAH!
I have been fooling around on my end and clicked on an Amazon logo (a little round thingy with just the letter "a") and was asked if I wanted an Amazon toolbar; I said yes and, voila!, there's a whole new tool bar that reads, L-R: amazon (w/a down arrow), $Today's Deals, 10 Best Sellers, +Wish List, and Related Items with a blank fill-in box which you use to search with and then another "a" w/down arrow which offers when you click the arrow various other search sites such as Amazon, Google, Yahoo and Bing. Back over to the 1st "amazon" (on the L) the down arrow offers "Your Account", "Your Orders", "Your Recommendations", "Your Wish List", etc. I think I'll keep it. Meanwhile, on my Amazon Wish List (several items down) I found a group list of "Wish List Books" tied to my Goodreads "TBR" list. Apparently, every book I ever clicked on from Goodreads that I put on my TBR list also ended up on Amazon's Wish List. Go figure. @#!$^!! This will do nicely. I'm thru chasing this dog's tail.
P.S. I had clicked on a book to put it on my Wish list when I was asked if I wanted the Amazon Toolbar.
Congratulations!!!
I haven't tried any of this yet, but there's a newer version of IE. It's IE9. You may have to update your browser Marilyn. Don't know if it'll work, but at least you'll be up to date.
Thanks, Gwen but I think I'll just stay put for now.
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UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant
(last edited Jan 21, 2012 08:57PM)
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And yesterday Otis announced that Goodreads is going to stop using Amazon as a data source, so who knows what that means to the amazon widget!
Marilyn wrote: "Thanks, Gwen but I think I'll just stay put for now."You're welcome! :)
Today they announced that Barnes and Noble is no longer a data source for Goodreads. I wish I understood all the techy talk about why we're not using them anymore.
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Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny
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I have no clue about all that. It sounds like a really bad idea, because it's cutting out some of the indy ebook authors who only sell their books on those sites. I don't like that idea at all!
It don't like it either. Both Amazon & Barnes & Noble?! Wow! When it comes to technical issues my brain seems to go on the blink on certain stuff.
Yeah, I thought I'd "rescue" a book today. I was thinking, since there isn't much at the author's website, I'd check the publisher. Guess what! It is Montlake Romance --- which
is
Amazon. LOL! Now what?
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UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant
(last edited Jan 23, 2012 10:31AM)
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From what I understand, Barnes and Noble didn't give them a choice.... There's a discussion in the Goodreads Librarian group about it, but it makes no sense to me.
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Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny
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I read a bit of that discussion, and I was lost.
You're welcome!
1. Go to your Goodreads profile, edit account, and choose the "widget" tab. On the right side you'll see Plug-ins and an Amazon.com image...
2. Click and hold the "Add to Goodreads" link and drag it to your browser tool bar.
When you're looking at a book on amazon, just click the "Add to Goodreads" thing in your toolbar and it will pull up that book on Goodreads. Then you can add it to whatever shelves you want to.
You actually have to do it BEFORE you buy the book though. Once you leave the book page on amazon, the link won't work. So don't forget to either buy it or add it to your wishlist.
This is SUPER handy for those of us who get lots of freebies, then forget to add them to Goodreads.