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카지노싸이트 Hack: The Power of the Want to Read Shelf
Every month, more than 18 million books are added to “Want to Read” shelves on 카지노싸이트.
What's a Want to Read shelf, you ask? You'll notice the green "Want to Read" buttons near each book cover on the site. When you click on that button, not only do you make it easier to plan your future reading, you also unleash the power of the Want to Read shelf.
Let us explain: Adding books to your shelf isn't just an easy way to track books you're interested in; it also helps build a book's buzz and gives you inside access to when that book is on sale, or free as part of our Giveaways program!
We'll break it all down for you! But first things first…
Never forget the books you want to read
Remember that book your friend was telling you about? Or that bestseller you've been meaning to read but keep blanking on the name? If your Want to Read shelf is up to date, you're always ready for your next trip to the bookstore or library. You can also view your Want to Read shelf on Kindle when you connect your 카지노싸이트 and Kindle accounts.
Pro Tip: Scan book covers straight to your Want to Read shelf
You can use the 카지노싸이트 smartphone app to easily scan book covers to your Want to Read shelf, which is really helpful when you're snooping through a friend's bookshelf. You can learn more about the scan function here.
You determine which upcoming and new books have the most buzz
If you shelve a prepublished book, you'll be notified when that book hits the stores. In addition, those shelvings on a book page let our editorial team measure the excitement for an upcoming book. We use that data to alert readers to the hottest books of the month, season, and year.
Share your future reading plans with your 카지노싸이트 friends
Adding books to your WTR shelf also creates a newsfeed story on your 카지노싸이트 homepage, depending on your newsfeed privacy settings. This lets your 카지노싸이트 friends know what you're looking forward to reading. If you're nice, they may even loan you their copy.
Get a great deal on a book you've got your eye on (and maybe get it for free)
United States-based 카지노싸이트 members will be notified if there's a 카지노싸이트 Deal for a book on their shelf. Your WTR shelf is also used to personalize your 카지노싸이트 Deals landing page. In addition, when you add a book to your shelf, you'll get an email alerting you to a chance to win that book if it becomes part of the 카지노싸이트 Giveaways program. The best part? Because publishers often run a giveaway to build early buzz on a book, you can sometimes get your book for free before it's in stores!
What's a Want to Read shelf, you ask? You'll notice the green "Want to Read" buttons near each book cover on the site. When you click on that button, not only do you make it easier to plan your future reading, you also unleash the power of the Want to Read shelf.
Let us explain: Adding books to your shelf isn't just an easy way to track books you're interested in; it also helps build a book's buzz and gives you inside access to when that book is on sale, or free as part of our Giveaways program!
We'll break it all down for you! But first things first…
Never forget the books you want to read
Remember that book your friend was telling you about? Or that bestseller you've been meaning to read but keep blanking on the name? If your Want to Read shelf is up to date, you're always ready for your next trip to the bookstore or library. You can also view your Want to Read shelf on Kindle when you connect your 카지노싸이트 and Kindle accounts.
Pro Tip: Scan book covers straight to your Want to Read shelf
You can use the 카지노싸이트 smartphone app to easily scan book covers to your Want to Read shelf, which is really helpful when you're snooping through a friend's bookshelf. You can learn more about the scan function here.
You determine which upcoming and new books have the most buzz
If you shelve a prepublished book, you'll be notified when that book hits the stores. In addition, those shelvings on a book page let our editorial team measure the excitement for an upcoming book. We use that data to alert readers to the hottest books of the month, season, and year.
Share your future reading plans with your 카지노싸이트 friends
Adding books to your WTR shelf also creates a newsfeed story on your 카지노싸이트 homepage, depending on your newsfeed privacy settings. This lets your 카지노싸이트 friends know what you're looking forward to reading. If you're nice, they may even loan you their copy.
Get a great deal on a book you've got your eye on (and maybe get it for free)
United States-based 카지노싸이트 members will be notified if there's a 카지노싸이트 Deal for a book on their shelf. Your WTR shelf is also used to personalize your 카지노싸이트 Deals landing page. In addition, when you add a book to your shelf, you'll get an email alerting you to a chance to win that book if it becomes part of the 카지노싸이트 Giveaways program. The best part? Because publishers often run a giveaway to build early buzz on a book, you can sometimes get your book for free before it's in stores!
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Mostly commenting because I love the post's infinite "Want to Read" image.As for all the comments on how to manage that list, I do two things:
1. Keep "on-deck-fiction" and "on-deck-non-fiction" shelves for books I actually have copies of and that I plan on reading next.
2. I only ever add the first/next book in a series to these and the to-read shelves - saves me from huge series that I may end up never reading (all of or at all) from spamming my own list.
카지노싸이트 ratings are useless since far too many people rate everything 4-5. 3 should be a good average book in your estimation. Most books should be 3's. Really good ones are 4's. The very best books you've ever read are 5's. When the average book is rated over 4.0 the system no longer contains any useful information. Its like figure skating judging. Scores of 1-10 starting at 9.5.
Caitlin wrote: "Sara wrote: "What I need aside from that is a button or stars indicating how much I want to read that. Because maybe that book is interesting but the next one is even more interesting and I want to..."Just create short lists to help manage what you want to get to sooner.
Brian wrote: "카지노싸이트 ratings are useless since far too many people rate everything 4-5. 3 should be a good average book in your estimation. Most books should be 3's. Really good ones are 4's. The very best books you've ever read are 5's. When the average book is rated over 4.0 the system no longer contains any useful information."Exactly! Especially since when you hover over the stars to rate, 1 star says "did not like it", 2 says "it was ok", 3 says "liked it", 4 says "really liked it" and finally 5 says "it was amazing".
Also, we should be allowed to rate 0 star as "hated it" or something. But zero star equals no rating...
Cara wrote: "Sara wrote: "What I need aside from that is a button or stars indicating how much I want to read that. Because maybe that book is interesting but the next one is even more interesting and I want to..."I pretty much do the same thing! Mine is called next-up, and I limit myself to 6 books total on that list. If I find a book I Want to read more than a book that's currently on that list, I have to take a book off in order to add it on. Sometimes a book sits there on the list for months because others keep beating it out, and maybe eventually I'll replace it, but it basically represents the things I'm most excited about reading next. I also made it my display list on my profile page, so that I always am reminded of what's next on my plate, and in case anyone else wants to know too!
Sara wrote: "What I need aside from that is a button or stars indicating how much I want to read that. Because maybe that book is interesting but the next one is even more interesting and I want to read it firs..."This is why I have a large number of bookshelves! Rather than having all 300 books in my Want to Read list in one giant bubble, I have them separated out by monthly goals, by reading club, etc. It definitely helps keep me on pace and target.
Laura wrote: "I also made it my display list on my profile page....."I'm so borrowing that terrific idea. Completely forgot about the display page shelf. After all, I already know what my favorites are. What I need to remember is what I put on hold at the library!
Yaaresse wrote: "Laura wrote: "I also made it my display list on my profile page....."I'm so borrowing that terrific idea. Completely forgot about the display page shelf. After all, I already know what my favorit..."
I do this! I also recently started tracking which books are unavailable on OverDrive in audiobook vs ebook and which books of each format I've recommended. This helps me focus on which books I'd need to grab from the b&m library and which ones to recommend next.
what i need is for giveaway books to not automatically be added to my 'want to read' shelf... it's just one more way for the publishers/authors to generate fake buzz, and forces users to partake in that as a condition of a freebie, or spend time cleaning up the list later.
Sara wrote: "What I need aside from that is a button or stars indicating how much I want to read that. Because maybe that book is interesting but the next one is even more interesting and I want to read it firs..."I started a 2nd shelf of "read next" so I know exactly which ones I'm most interested in and should go for next.
Sean wrote: "With over 1,000 books on my "Want to Read" shelf, it's become pretty useless to me. I almost wish there was some other way to organize them."There is. It's called adding new shelves.
Sean wrote: "With over 1,000 books on my "Want to Read" shelf, it's become pretty useless to me. I almost wish there was some other way to organize them."Me too, over 1200 books. I would love additional sort/ search/ categorization features added for this shelf.
Emily wrote: "Cillian wrote: "I am aware of what ARCs are. But when you READ the ARC, the book is exactly that: Read. Want to read implies you haven't read it; why is it okay to rate books based on...what exactl..."Actually, it should violate them because no one looks at someone's rating and goes "OMG, LOL, they really want to read this book."
No, we look at what people use the rating function and assume they're using it properly. If you want people to use it based on how much they want to read the book, then take it away. You use the rating system to, you know, rate the thing you just read.
Topher wrote: "what i need is for giveaway books to not automatically be added to my 'want to read' shelf... it's just one more way for the publishers/authors to generate fake buzz, and forces users to partake in..."Uncheck the "add this to want to read" shelf or whatever it is.
Topher wrote: "what i need is for giveaway books to not automatically be added to my 'want to read' shelf... it's just one more way for the publishers/authors to generate fake buzz, and forces users to partake in..."I thought there was a box that you "uncheck" to make that stop?
Did it change? I've not entered for any in ages. After four years of not winning a single one, I don't even look at them anymore.
Yaaresse wrote: "Topher wrote: "what i need is for giveaway books to not automatically be added to my 'want to read' shelf... it's just one more way for the publishers/authors to generate fake buzz, and forces user..."I always uncheck that box. I still participate once in a while (never won either). I think I just did one a few days ago and it definitely still had the box.
I should say I uncheck the box because I always already have this in my to-read folder and so it would just be a duplicate.
Topher wrote: "what i need is for giveaway books to not automatically be added to my 'want to read' shelf... it's just one more way for the publishers/authors to generate fake buzz, and forces users to partake in..."Fake buzz? You're entering a giveaway for the book, clearly you want to read it. How is that generating "fake buzz"?
As for the star ratings. Really? People actually has such low standards in their reading selection process that they let something as useless as average ratings dictate it?
Alison wrote: "I simply need more time.... ;-)"Amen.
Peter wrote: "Really? People actually has such low standards in their reading selection process that they let something as useless as average ratings dictate it?" Dictate? Of course not.
Prompt to consider something I might not have noticed or known about before when it pops up on someone's shelf? Sure. Sometimes. I won't automatically add it just because it has 4 or 5 stars, but I sometimes take the time to read a couple of reviews and go find a sample. OTOH, if there are 100 ratings and the average is very low, I usually won't bother.
Love the features, but I feel like mandatory adds from giveaway entries dilutes its effectiveness. Wanting to win a particular book that I'm mildly interested in is vastly different from definitely wanting to read (and be kept up to date on) that book in the future. I find I'm spending a lot of time deleting unwanted books from my list...
Sara wrote: "What I need aside from that is a button or stars indicating how much I want to read that. Because maybe that book is interesting but the next one is even more interesting and I want to read it firs..."yes, especially when you are like me and have over 500 books currently on your goodreads TBR
Sara wrote: "What I need aside from that is a button or stars indicating how much I want to read that. Because maybe that book is interesting but the next one is even more interesting and I want to read it firs..."I love this idea! It will help me prioritize my lists better, and I won't waste time moving from book to book deciding what I want to read first!
My want to read shelf is a very scary place. I've had to expand my want to read into other shelves/designations since there are so many books on the original.
Emily wrote: "Sara wrote: "What I need aside from that is a button or stars indicating how much I want to read that. Because maybe that book is interesting but the next one is even more interesting and I want to..."I assume that someone who rates a book they haven't read is either:
- a paid representative of the author or publisher or
- has a political/personal axe to grind or
- would choose to rate a book that way regardless of how well written it was.
Once 카지노싸이트 has too many ratings and reviews that are not the result of the quality of the book, it will no longer have value to me. I stopped using/reading Amazon ratings and reviews 7 years ago for exactly this reason.
It's called Brand Destruction.
Sara wrote: "What I need aside from that is a button or stars indicating how much I want to read that. Because maybe that book is interesting but the next one is even more interesting and I want to read it firs..."In 'want to read' section there you can prioritize the books by adjusting the shelf position in the first column. I think its better than adding stars to book you haven't even read it yet.
This is so true! I always try to go through my bookshelf at least once a month.
People should just go ahead and use shelves and stars which ever way they think works for them.
I do wish these settings could be switched to another exclusive shelf. I've always had a large library, so there's no way I combined Want to read with Wishlist. I have thousands on my Wishlist - exclusive created shelf since 카지노싸이트 did not create one automatically when they made a book site, which I always found strange -- and Want to Read are the 3000 books I own and want to read (not read yet)I don't want notifications about sales for books I already own. If I could switch the settings to the Wishlist shelf, then I could actually use these features.
I narrowed down my WTR shelf from over 13,000 to just over 10,000. And as of this year I made an exclusive "To Read Soon" shelf for books I know I want to get to but get lost in the 10k tumult. It's worked out pretty well so far! I love my 10k WTR shelf!
Topher wrote: "what i need is for giveaway books to not automatically be added to my 'want to read' shelf... it's just one more way for the publishers/authors to generate fake buzz, and forces users to partake in..."If you're entering the giveaway, clearly you want to read it. If you don't want to read it, don't enter the giveaway. I don't see the problem.
Pranjal wrote: "Sara wrote: "What I need aside from that is a button or stars indicating how much I want to read that. Because maybe that book is interesting but the next one is even more interesting and I want to..."You can't do this once your shelf becomes too large. And GR gives you the warning that "reordering isn't allowed for large shelves."
The "power" of my Want To Read shelf is completely moot, since the only books I put on there are ones I already own, and most of them aren't current releases. Additionally, since I think it is rude to flood my friends' feeds whenever I go on a book shelving binge, I have that setting turned off.I know star ratings can be used however a person wants per the TOS (more or less), but please don't dilute the already dodgy ratings of the site any further by using them for indicators on what you want to read next. Turn on the positional sorting options for the shelf if you want to rearrange things, and/or create separate sorting shelves.
You can get the private notes field to show up on your to-read shelf by going to the Settings menu for the shelf and making sure "notes" is checked. Save the settings for the shelf, and the private notes field will be visible and editable with a single click. NB, you have to refresh the shelf after putting any information into the field in order to see it; it doesn't update automatically.
Erin ☕ *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "I do wish these settings could be switched to another exclusive shelf. I've always had a large library, so there's no way I combined Want to read with Wishlist. I have thousands on my Wishlist - ex..."Unfortunately that won't happen and it would be easier for you to make your "Want to Read" shelf your Wishlist shelf. Switch them in your mind and on your GR shelves, I know you have lots of books but I'm just trying to give you the alternative so you can get the recommendations/giveaways you want. I think that's going to be your only solution.
Sean wrote: "With over 1,000 books on my "Want to Read" shelf, it's become pretty useless to me. I almost wish there was some other way to organize them."I know the feeling! I have shelves like "tbr-crime" or "tbr-fantasy" to keep track of them.
I wound up making an additional want-to-read shelf once the giveaway system started forcing us to add books to our want-to-read shelves in order to enter the giveaways. My original want-to-read shelf was getting clogged with books I didn't win and was only mildly interested in. I look at my new to-read shelf for ideas when I am deciding what books to acquire next, but I rarely look at the one called want-to-read now. I do miss the days when 카지노싸이트 was not being so aggressively turned towards marketing, but it still works as a site for booknerds to keep their booklists, and do all sorts of bookish things. Probably in the next decade this site will have been superseded by another bookish social site once this one is too taken over by the commercial/marketing side, but in the meantime, it works.
I never assumed the rating system actually captured the quality of most books, since each person's interpretation of a 3-star rating differs quite a lot, and we all use our shelves differently, so just seeing that someone shelved a book is pretty meaningless too without further context. I prefer to just read whatever catches my interest, usually at libraries or thrift shops, not on any online feed, and I look at other people's ratings and shelves only out of curiosity about those readers, and not for information about my own future reading.
There have been many times when I look at my "Want to Read" list and wonder "Why did I want to read that?". So a notes / memo section would be great so one could remind oneself how they came across that particular title, who recommended it, etc.
Jamie wrote: "I wound up making an additional want-to-read shelf once the giveaway system started forcing us to add books to our want-to-read shelves in order to enter the giveaways. My original want-to-read she..."Well said, Jamie! And I completely agree that what you call a 3 may not be what I call a 3. People have different standards for their 5 star ratings. My ratings are: 5-loved it, 4-liked it, 3-it was okay, 2-didn't like it, 1-hated it.
Gumaro wrote: "lol i will have over 20,000 books in my want to read in 3 years"you say that like it's a bad thing :)
Vee ♔Under Mountain Books♔ wrote: "Yaaresse wrote: Okaaay...so you've really just said, in effect, "We're not even pretending anymore that the ratings system serves any real purpose to the reading community at large or that the cour..."I often get ARCs 5 - 6 months pre-pub, read them and rate them, and I'm small-time compared to those who only review ARCs and read in genres where they can consume 2 - 3 books per day. The biggest problem is fake users - a user profile is set up solely for the purpose of promoting a single book across multiple lists and groups. THAT behavior GoodReads could police, but they'd have to hire people to be responsible for it, and there's no revenue in identifying bots.
Trust your friends' reviews over the average rating. That's at least my motto.
The amazon side of 카지노싸이트 is showing. This promotionl piece, I means hacks, is simply to prompt more 카지노싸이트ers to use that shelf as spam.That ratings driven content most of the time flood the Genre suggestion page with books you wonder how the heck its so popular. That is one of the reasons genres such as Young Adult, Adult etc have such an ewww reputation!
I reserve my Want To Read shelf for books I already own, but have not read yet. So I made a Wish List shelf for what I want to read but do not own.
Topher wrote: "what i need is for giveaway books to not automatically be added to my 'want to read' shelf... it's just one more way for the publishers/authors to generate fake buzz, and forces users to partake in..."Agreed!
I add books to my "Want to Read" pile as a list of books I dont own but I know for sure I can get at my library. Them adding books on there just wastes my time as I now have to go through and delete them, otherwise, i'll waste my time looking for a book I can't get.
Heather Codename: ♕Dutchess♕ wrote: "Topher wrote: "what i need is for giveaway books to not automatically be added to my 'want to read' shelf... it's just one more way for the publishers/authors to generate fake buzz, and forces user..."
They've recently taken the option to uncheck the box. It now says something to the effect of, by entering the contest you agree to let it be put on your want to read shelf. There is no way around it and it doesn't inform you of this beforehand either.
Topher wrote: "what i need is for giveaway books to not automatically be added to my 'want to read' shelf... it's just one more way for the publishers/authors to generate fake buzz, and forces users to partake in..."There's a checkbox. Uncheck it. I do, every time. The great news is, it's not automated and it's under our control.
"You can use the 카지노싸이트 apps to...." NO, I can't, you guys do not support my Windows phone and it is disappointing!
Κάρστεν wrote: ""You can use the 카지노싸이트 apps to...." NO, I can't, you guys do not support my Windows phone and it is disappointing!"Don't take it personally. The app stinks no matter what phone one owns. Just use the desktop version on all devices all the time. Trust me.
Carol wrote: "Topher wrote: "what i need is for giveaway books to not automatically be added to my 'want to read' shelf... it's just one more way for the publishers/authors to generate fake buzz, and forces user..."You can’t uncheck the box anymore.
Pocket wrote: "Topher wrote: "what i need is for giveaway books to not automatically be added to my 'want to read' shelf... it's just one more way for the publishers/authors to generate fake buzz, and forces user..."You can go just to the books's page after entering the giveaway and remove it from your shelf.
Well said. I’m going to assume/hope that Emily has misspoken or made a mistake and that it’s not GRs policy to allow readers to rate books based on enthusiasm to read it. I get ARCs all the time and some have embargo dates for reviews while others don’t. Some also have different release dates based on country and I recognise GR can’t keep up with this. However it would be very easy to prohibit a book rating to be made on a book until it is marked as read. I can’t imagine any GR user having a problem with this. Executive shelves can be set up to organise WTR books in order of enthusiasm and I do just that with an Up Next shelf.