Tell us what titles or genres youve enjoyed in the past, and well give you surprisingly insightful recommendations. It is separate from the discussion forums that are on itself. Mar 07, 2014 the longpress menu also gives you a nifty option to pull up book extras provided by shelfari. Your author profile also increases your promotion and status within the shelfari community. Where author central will give readers more information about the author on the amazon site, shelfari will give more information about the book on the amazon site. Kindle for mac is a free app which allows you to read your kindle books on your mac. If a book has extras, you simply click on that menu item and youll get a easily viewable selection of categories. You can shelf up to 200 books for free as a trial, though, before deciding if its something youd want to support.
Adding information to your books helps solidify your author status and makes your profile more attractive to shelfari readers. Here about 30 popular community, read, answers, book shelf sites such as shelfari. Read ebooks on your netbook, laptop, or pc with kindle for. Book extras are communitycurated factoids think wikipedia that are meant to provide readers with. New version of kindle for ios can column like you see em. For print books sold in the us market, amazon also tracks sales through. It provides information about book titles that are.
Jan 26, 2012 this is something called shelfari extras, and it provides instant context for the book you are currently reading. I found the book extras element to shelfari not really about a book im considering reading, but as an encyclopediamore like wikipedia than goodreads. I want a catalog not another social media platform. Click on the books title and go to the book extras tab and click on visit shelfari. Visit the books tab, click on your book, and view the book extras tab. I know some shelfarians are talking of boycotting amazon for handling this situation so poorly. New features were introduced to shelfari in december 2007, with books in bookshelves given realistic book covers. Shelfari provides reading stats and lets you import books from other. What that means is, when youre reading an ebook on a kindle, if you click the button for menu, youll see.
To throw away all the contributions to the shelfari site catalogdatabase done by very serious book enthusiasts, myself included, would be a very, very grave tragedy. If youre passionate about book trivia, youll love shelfari, because the book extras. How do i delete books from my galaxy tab by samsung. I get that goodreads is a giant compared to shelfari and it makes economic sense to be prioritized. Shelfari is amazons community for readers and authors that works much like goodreads and librarything where people can put up a virtual bookshelf and. There is not one big way to promote your books but a bunch of smaller tactics. It is no wonder amazon chose to tap shelfari for its shelfari extras feature in the kindle for pc application. Like many readers and aspiring librarians, i used to track my reading using spreadsheets, so i was thrilled with the features offered by goodreads, librarything, and shelfari, and have been. Just learned shelfari got axed, lost all the books i had.
Ive just begun reading again and wanted to see other. Log into shelfari using your authorcentral username and password and begin adding information on your books. Shelfari is a community website owned by amazon since. They are extra tidbits of info about the book taken from. All the book extras are provided by shelfari, an editable book encyclopedia. You can track books, join book discussions, add friends connections, get recommendations. Mar 04, 2012 the result is almost like a purposebuilt wikipedia just for books. More ways to share and enjoy your love of reading through the. Access character descriptions, important places, popular quotations, themes, and bookspecific glossaries from shelfari, the. Jan 21, 2016 i found the book extras element to shelfari not really about a book im considering reading, but as an encyclopediamore like wikipedia than goodreads. Log into shelfari using your authorcentral username and password and begin adding information on your book s. Shelfari is a much prettier version of goodreads, which allows book lovers to build virtual bookshelves, discover what books are being read on a daily basis by friends, or find toprated.
Below those options is a gear icon for other settings. Shelfari is a site that allows readers to add information about their favorite books to the database. And dont overlook my book extras in shelfari, including a glossary of specialized terms invented for the novel. For example, i added book descriptions public domain from a princess of mars to the glossary. Ive just begun reading again and wanted to see other books i had read but learned shelfari was killed. So about to start reading the book feel free to read it also and join in the discussion on it. For each book you can add a list of characters, quotes, locations, and more.
Book extras including character lists, plot summaries, and series information are. Amazon author central adds twitter updates, public notes. Book extras are powered by the community and can be. See the winners in the only major book awards decided by readers. When i hold down on the book i want removed, this pops up go to last read, go to begining, download to home, shelfari book extras. Comparing goodreads, shelfari, and librarything i love.
Both shelfari and goodreads were owned by amazon so why didnt amazon transfer accounts and saved book lists to goodreads. Mar 26, 2012 shelfari is amazons community for readers and authors that works much like goodreads and librarything where people can put up a virtual bookshelf and declare author status. An awesome feature is read first chapter free, which lets you peek into every book. I currently only average about 1 book a month, so to me the price is fair. I have added this book to read at the book group at bookclubit. Using goodreads and shelfari linkedin learning, formerly. Shelfari recommends books, gives huge amount of detail about. This should help you see the benefits of adding extra information to your books, which may entice readers towards your book s. Powered by shelfari, amazons community of book lovers, book extras make it easy for customers to see supplemental material about the book they are. Kindle fire updated with sharing, book extras cnet. Shelfaris bookloving community edits details called book extras. Best books of the month author interviews the reading life and more. Access character descriptions, important places, popular quotations, themes, and book specific glossaries from shelfari, the communitypowered encyclopedia for book lovers. Like many readers and aspiring librarians, i used to track my reading using spreadsheets, so i was thrilled with the features offered by goodreads, librarything, and shelfari, and have been compulsively recording the books ive read and want to read online since 2007.
Where author central will give readers more information about the. The options that pop up when you highlight text are. Its an application powered by shelfari, an amazonowned wiki for books. If youre passionate about book trivia, youll love shelfari, because the book extras feature lets you edit the description of every book with various facts about the plot, characters, author, and more. Last year i read over 170 books, many specifically recommended by members in my various shelfari groups and i buy most of my books through amazon. How to read an ebook without an ereader jeaniene frost. Sep 07, 2012 kindle for mac is a free app which allows you to read your kindle books on your mac. Logged into goodreads using amazon shelfari account and none of my books are there. I found myself signing up for all sorts of extras, including the. Using shelfari is one of those easy to implement tactics that authors should consider. You can read free and purchased kindle books without a. How publishers and authors can enhance their book pages digital.
They are extra tidbits of info about the book taken. Book extras including character lists, plot summaries, and series information are available for many popular books. What that means is, when youre reading an ebook on a kindle, if you click the button for menu, youll. For the past few years, amazon has supported two online communities of readers. Shelfari recommends books, gives huge amount of detail. Personalized book recommendations from the goodreads recommendation engine based on books youve enjoyed. Creating a free virtual bookshelf in shelfari youtube. Shelfari is, like goodreads and librarything, another social book. The privacy with no one bothering you with unwanted notifications. Users can also add book extras like plot, quotes, character descriptions that are easily transferable between kindle apps. Anyone can add information about a book for others to see. Book extras are community edited database which includes series.
Here about 30 popular community, read, answers, book shelf sites such as share book recommendations, join book clubs, learn more about your favorite b. With shelfari, it is integrated in with the book extras and the xray feature on amazon. Mar 11, 2015 an awesome feature is read first chapter free, which lets you peek into every book. Comparing goodreads, shelfari, and librarything i love my. The new book extras feature gets information from shelfari. Drawing on amazons shelfari reader community, book extras offer a quick rundown of character bios, a glossary of bookspecific terms, author information, and a listing. Oct 11, 2010 the second new feature is the book extrasa entry from the go to menu. What that means is, when youre reading an ebook on a kindle, if you click the button for menu, youll see an item called book extras. Things to do on shelfari add information to your books. Click on the book s title and go to the book extras tab and click on visit shelfari.
Shelfari is amazons community for readers and authors that works much like goodreads and librarything where people can put up a virtual bookshelf and declare author. Shelfari book extras chances are that you havent heard about shelfari. Both services share the same mission helping readers find new books and share their reading so it makes sense to merge them and create a great experience for readers on just one platform. Add note, copy and more, which leads to book extras by shelfari. Book extras are communitycurated factoids think wikipedia that are meant to. The new book extras feature gets information from which is a social network for book readers that was acquired by amazon in 2008. Sep 23, 2014 once you create your webpage, you can visit your shelfari page by clicking on the books link to display your books. I just sent a book off to 1dollarscan to be converted to electronic format.
Access character descriptions, important places, popular quotations, themes, and bookspecific glossaries from shelfari, the communitypowered. Kindle for android is more than just a killer ereader cnet. Chances are your friends are discussing their favorite and least favorite books on goodreads. Yet, amazon should know that shelfari members are very voracious readers. You can buy the book, but it links just to amazon or abebooks which is part of the amazon family for collectible editions. Shelfari is a much prettier version of goodreads, which allows book lovers to build virtual bookshelves, discover what books are being read on a daily basis by friends, or find toprated books. If i wanted to digitize hundreds of books, i would look for a different solution. Mar 28, 2012 amazon is also bringing book extras to its books. After downloading my entire 2000 books from shelfari last year,i am still editing each book, goodreads just marked allll of them read.
The result is almost like a purposebuilt wikipedia just for books. Books display in two columns when reading in landscape orientation on ipad. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Add, edit and delete book extras information that comes in through the shelfari community. Users could also create groups that other members could join, create discussions, and talk about books, or other topics. Read ebooks on your netbook, laptop, or pc with kindle. Shelfari another way to promote your ebook funderstanding. I use shelfari for a convenient and organized catalog of. Amazon also says that the updated app is more stable than before, though frankly id never noticed crashes in. This is something called shelfari extras, and it provides instant context for the book you are currently reading. Shelfari and authorcentral both use your username and password. Shelfari allows one to recommend books, share ideas about a book, interact with authors, discover books that are popular and more.
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