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I uploaded the wrong book cover for a book how do I change that? The book cover should have been for Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech and another book cover was put in its place.
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You can't edit it and need to report it. Please check out this post:Lilapo9 wrote:Dear Scott,
I uploaded the wrong book cover for a book how do I change that? The book cover should have been for Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech and another book cover was put in its place.
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1 - I have added the ability to submit publication date data for books. This is done very similarly to the way genre can be submitted.
2 - I have modified the report feature so that when reporting a book as having incorrect spelling--of either the title, subtitle or author fields or combination of those--one can quickly just type in the correct spelling. This will save the reporter hassle of manually having to find the correct version of the book or submit a new copy of the book.
I am continually working on improving the moderator control panel to make it easier to use so that other members will easily be able to moderate and confirm the reports of misinformation. That in turn will help keep the data on Bookshelves accurate, while maintaining the feature of giving a lot of power to each and every member to submit data for books.
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Fixedryanj1 wrote:Hi, Scott. Well done and thanks for the new options. I just thought I'd let you know that the ability to select a genre for a new book (or one with a genre not already allocated to it) has entirely disappeared and now only the publication date remains. You might want to look into this
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Important Notice: Through a mistake I made when merging some of the reports of misspelled titles or duplicate books, I accidentally deleted some books from members' shelves instead of merging the book with the alternately spelled version. This doesn't affect all ratings of those books, and can only affect those books that were merged. I have created a link to a list on the homepage of Bookshelves that lists all of the books that were potentially affected. That list automatically filters out books already in one's shelves. So please quickly take a look and see if there are any books that were removed from your shelves by mistake. I am very sorry for the mistake and will work much harder on preventing this kind of data loss in the future.
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Do we type it into the 'good book' field?Scott wrote: 2 - I have modified the report feature so that when reporting a book as having incorrect spelling--of either the title, subtitle or author fields or combination of those--one can quickly just type in the correct spelling. This will save the reporter hassle of manually having to find the correct version of the book or submit a new copy of the book.
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No, you do not need to do that. If the 'Good Book' field is empty, you will be prompted to enter the correct spelling manually. I have just made a change to the notes on the report form advising of this.Graverobber wrote:Do we type it into the 'good book' field?Scott wrote: 2 - I have modified the report feature so that when reporting a book as having incorrect spelling--of either the title, subtitle or author fields or combination of those--one can quickly just type in the correct spelling. This will save the reporter hassle of manually having to find the correct version of the book or submit a new copy of the book.
When trying the report form myself, I found it was much easier to just type in the correct spelling then go find the "good book".
Also, by having the reporting member enter the correct spelling, the software is able to check automatically if the correct version already exists and create it if it does not.
Perhaps it would make things more clear if I just remove the "good book" field for the URL?
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Question: I am thinking it would be a good idea to do something with authors on Bookshelves. For instance, each different author could have an automatically-generated page on Bookshelves much like each book has a page. The page could list all the books currently on Bookshelves by that author and perhaps could list the members who like that author or who like books by that author.
I could also generate an automatic list of the members who have added the most books by that author to their shelves.
Maybe I could add a way for members to select a few favorite authors. Similarly, I am thinking maybe of having an option for members to select like a "top 4" books from their shelves. Basically, this would be for members who have a significant number of books in their shelves including their respective 4 out of 4 shelves. They could choose a top 4.
Thoughts and feedback are greatly appreciated.
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I would love to see that in action
And thank you!
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I've thought about all of these myself, so of course I think they're both great ideas!Scott wrote: Question: I am thinking it would be a good idea to do something with author's on Bookshelves. For instance, each different author could have an automatically-generated page on Bookshelves much like each book has a page. The page could list all the books currently on Bookshelves by that author and perhaps could list the members who like that author or who like books by that author.
I could also generate an automatic list of the members who have added the most books by that author to their shelves.
Maybe I could add a way for members to select a few favorite authors. Similarly, I am thinking maybe of having an option for members to select like a "top 4" books from their shelves. Basically, this would be for members who have a significant number of books in their shelves including their respective 4 out of 4 shelves. They could choose a top 4.
Thoughts and feedback are greatly appreciated.
Perhaps we could stretch that four to five, though? It just seems like a much more rounded number as one might usually have a "top five" but rarely a "top 4".
I've also been wondering whether the "trash bin" might be used in the same way as a "misc." folder in which to store books that users want to either: a) read in the later future or b) keep somewhere because they're undecided. Also, if one uploads a new book it must be added to one of the shelves (usually 'to read' for many people, though I opt for the "trash bin") which can be quite cumbersome. Thus the 'to read' shelf becomes filled with too many books that users don't intend to read for quite a while. This can be solved by either: a) offering users the ability to completely remove books from their shelves, b) making the "trash bin" private and using it as a personal sorting area (and also change its name) or c) adding another compartment in which to store books of this sort. Personally, I think both options A and B combined would be the most effective as C would only be more cumbersome. Would this be possible?
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