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BearMountainBooks · 07-31-2012, 10:18 PM

I believe there is a place now (relatively new) where you can make private notes about a book on GR. It was added (or is being added) because readers keep asking for it. Shelfari already has such a section and I use it frequently to leave a "private" review with notes I want to remember, but don't necessarily want public. I was complaining to a friend that GR didn't have it, and apparently they have recently added something. I haven't used it yet, but fully intend to.

You can keep your info "private" and allow friends to see it by creating a password/question that you only tell your friends. BUT, I am not sure if that includes reviews or just the conversations you have with the friends. One of my friends had his settings to private, so to friend him, he had to tell me the answer to input to his question. But any comments we made on books from his list stayed invisible to others. So for whoever was asking about it above, there should be info on "privatizing" your booklist and reviews and whatnot because I know people do it.

I like GR better than LibraryThing. I'd put Shelfari in second place. Both are great for keeping track of books, taking notes, adding stars or reviews. LibraryThing has decent giveaways and so does GR. They control their giveaways very nicely--a book has to be 6 months new to be in a Giveaway so authors can't just run and rerun them. I didn't know this until recently, but it was great to be able to put my latest book in a giveaway. It's run very well.

It's also great to enter the various giveaways too. Many of them are world wide.

I like the "heart" and people behind GR. They just run a nice ship.

07-31-2012, 10:18 PM	#43
BearMountainBooks Maria Schneider Posts: 3,746 Karma: 26439330 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Near Austin, Texas Device: 3g Kindle Keyboard	I believe there is a place now (relatively new) where you can make private notes about a book on GR. It was added (or is being added) because readers keep asking for it. Shelfari already has such a section and I use it frequently to leave a "private" review with notes I want to remember, but don't necessarily want public. I was complaining to a friend that GR didn't have it, and apparently they have recently added something. I haven't used it yet, but fully intend to. You can keep your info "private" and allow friends to see it by creating a password/question that you only tell your friends. BUT, I am not sure if that includes reviews or just the conversations you have with the friends. One of my friends had his settings to private, so to friend him, he had to tell me the answer to input to his question. But any comments we made on books from his list stayed invisible to others. So for whoever was asking about it above, there should be info on "privatizing" your booklist and reviews and whatnot because I know people do it. I like GR better than LibraryThing. I'd put Shelfari in second place. Both are great for keeping track of books, taking notes, adding stars or reviews. LibraryThing has decent giveaways and so does GR. They control their giveaways very nicely--a book has to be 6 months new to be in a Giveaway so authors can't just run and rerun them. I didn't know this until recently, but it was great to be able to put my latest book in a giveaway. It's run very well. It's also great to enter the various giveaways too. Many of them are world wide. I like the "heart" and people behind GR. They just run a nice ship.