How to get more out of kindle for iphone and ipad imore. For the past few years, amazon has supported two online communities of readers. Authors can put extras about their books that will display on their book listing on. Kindle fire update brings sharing, book extras, print.
Mar 28, 2012 drawing on amazons shelfari reader community, book extras offer a quick rundown of character bios, a glossary of book specific terms, author information, and a listing of locations within the book. There is also a feature called book extras which uses amazons shelfari social networking service. Book extras are community edited database which includes series information, character descriptions, important places, memorable quotes. Fantasy aficionados are well aware of the works of sabaa tahir and patrick rothfuss. Comparing goodreads, shelfari, and librarything i love my. Book extras are communitycurated factoids think wikipedia that are meant to provide. However, this only works if there is a shelfari entry for the book and it has activity. It is separate from the discussion forums that are. Shelfari and awkward bookends to abebooksamazon deal.
Users could also create groups that other members could join, create discussions, and talk about books, or other topics. They allow you to track your reading habits, get book recommendations, and connect with. For those of you who dont know about shelfari, it is a book cataloguing and discussion site. You can also find cheryl kaye tardif on facebook, goodreads, shelfari and. How publishers and authors can enhance their book pages.
Powered by shelfari, amazons community of book lovers, book extras make it easy for customers to see supplemental material about the book they are reading, without even. Jan 26, 2012 this is something called shelfari extras, and it provides instant context for the book you are currently reading. Once you create your webpage, you can visit your shelfari page by clicking on the books link to display your books. They are extra tidbits of info about the book taken from. Using goodreads and shelfari linkedin learning, formerly. An awesome feature is read first chapter free, which lets you peek into every book. May 10, 2006 extras is the fourth book in scott westerfelds critically acclaimed, new york times bestselling series originally it was a trilogy. The river and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. For authors, one of the nicest features about shelfari is the ability to add a great deal of extra information about your book. Here about 30 popular community, read, answers, book shelf sites such as shelfari.
This is the stuff you add to your book that appears on shelfari such as characters, settings, etc. The new book extras feature gets information from shelfari. Incidentally, while shelfaris tight integration with amazon makes it an important social site. In this ebook edition, the watercolor illustrations are brought to life allowing you to interact with santa and his favorite scout elf. New features were introduced to shelfari in december 2007, with books in bookshelves given realistic book covers. Shelfari book extras chances are that you havent heard about shelfari. This is something called shelfari extras, and it provides instant context for the book you are currently reading. Click on the book s title and go to the book extras tab and click on visit shelfari. 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. I found myself signing up for all sorts of extras, including the high quality scan 600 dpi black and white and the high quality touch up.
I found the book extras element to shelfari not really about a book im considering reading, but as an encyclopediamore like wikipedia than goodreads. Using wiki functionality users could edit each books authors, title, publication data, table of contents, first sentence, and series. You can then add or edit book extras by visiting shelfari through a link that. 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. With shelfari, it is integrated in with the book extras and the xray feature on amazon. Kindle for android is more than just a killer ereader cnet. Kindle fire update brings sharing, book extras, print replica. Book extras are communitycurated factoids think wikipedia that are meant to provide readers with.
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. 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. Click on the books title and go to the book extras tab and click on visit shelfari. Access character descriptions, important places, popular quotations, themes, and bookspecific glossaries from shelfari, the communitypowered encyclopedia for booklovers. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. To link this to shelfari after filling it out click the visit link. Powered by shelfari, amazons community of book lovers, book extras make it easy to see supplemental material about the book you are reading, without leaving the book. He becomes involved with a gang which leads to him becoming an assassin and. At the bookshelf and the two libraries already mentioned will also interact with my other book reading and sharing activities on the world wide web at such places as goodreads, shelfari and book. Both services share the same mission helping readers find new books and share their. Shelfari recommends books, gives huge amount of detail. The first three books uglies, pretties, and specials follow tally youngblood, a fifteenyearold girl living in a futuristic world so dominated by plastic surgery that anyone who looks normal is ugly.
Amazon also says that the updated app is more stable than before, though frankly id never noticed crashes in earlier. Book extras, an integration of shelfari much like the kindle touchs xray feature, are also accessible now. 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. Comparing goodreads, shelfari, and librarything i love. I use the 75 book challenge to keep track of my reading and only sortof track read, reading, tbr, but i imagine if shelfari had been where i nested back when i was exploring book homes, i would have been much more invested in that. At the bookshelf and the two libraries already mentioned will also interact with my other book reading and sharing activities on the world wide web at such places as goodreads, shelfari and book crossing, as well as at other sites that i may become involved in over time. Read ebooks on your netbook, laptop, or pc with kindle for. Now you can see your books book extras in your author central account. Where author central will give readers more information about the author on the. Shelfari another way to promote your ebook funderstanding. Shelfari shelf goodreads meet your next favorite book.
Shelfari recommends books, gives huge amount of detail about. In fact, amazon encourages authors to contribute to, and edit, shelfaris book extras as well see in the next item. All the book extras are provided by shelfari, an editable book encyclopedia. The new book extras feature gets information from which is a social network for book readers that was acquired by amazon in 2008. The shelfari catalog could be edited by users, though some changes had to be approved by shelfari librarians.
The longpress menu also gives you a nifty option to pull up book extras provided by shelfari. Mar 07, 2014 the longpress menu also gives you a nifty option to pull up book extras provided by shelfari. It includes wikipedia and shelfari information, which is the companys. Both are mystery thrillers with a dash of paranormal thrown in for a little extra spice. Shelfari allows one to recommend books, share ideas about a book, interact with authors, discover books that are popular and more. Shelfari sets itself apart by allowing users to add and edit many details about each book, such as a summary, a list of characters with names and descriptions, quotes, settings and locations.
Shelfari s user interface draws a lot of praise from design blogs, but less from book people and even less from the book people already on librarything. Shelfari is a community website owned by amazon since august 2008. On shelfari, i use a lot of page numbers for statistics and series groupings. Using wiki functionality users could edit each books authors, title, publication data, table of. Customers can view descriptions of characters, a glossary of common terms used in the book, information on the authors and common locations. Anyone can add information about a book for others to see. I really do wonder about what will happen with shelfari. Users could also combine redundant books into a single entry or add new titles not found in the. Mar 26, 2012 once you create your webpage, you can visit your shelfari page by clicking on the books link to display your books. Log into shelfari using your authorcentral username and password and begin adding information on your book s. How to read an ebook without an ereader jeaniene frost.
To throw away all the contributions to the shelfari site catalogdatabase done by. Im a member of both it and goodreads, and they each offer. Incidentally, while shelfaris tight integration with amazon makes it an important social site for marketing, competitors like goodreads the largest book social site with more than 10 million members are working. Amazon author central adds twitter updates, public notes. The privacy with no one bothering you with unwanted notifications.
Aya lives in a city in japan where currency is based on a persons face rank. 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 of locations within. If youre passionate about book trivia, youll love shelfari, because the book extras feature lets you edit. When his friend alberto gets mixed up with guns and gangs, he soon follows. This allows for a quick look at characters, locations, glossaries, and many other bits. I use shelfari for a convenient and organized catalog of. Hey there, kindle fire owners amazons rolling out a brand new software update for you, and it packs quite a few worthwhile and arguably overdue tweaks for your budgetconscious tablet. Ayas brother, hiro, is a successful kicker, a reporter of sorts, who has a high face rank. Support for print kindle replica content, which look like the corresponding print book with words and images in the position. Shelfari view of book extras in the same book as pictures in figure. The options that pop up when you highlight text are. For example, i added book descriptions public domain from a princess of mars to the glossary.
Both shelfari and goodreads were owned by amazon so why didnt amazon transfer accounts and saved book lists to goodreads. Shelfaris bookloving community edits details called book extras. Read ebooks on your netbook, laptop, or pc with kindle. Mar 04, 2012 shelfari sets itself apart by allowing users to add and edit many details about each book, such as a summary, a list of characters with names and descriptions, quotes, settings and locations, and. For each book you can add a list of characters, quotes, locations, and more. Children of all ages will enjoy playing hidenseek with. Sep 21, 2014 the options that pop up when you highlight text are. You can buy the book, but it links just to amazon or abebooks.
Just learned shelfari got axed, lost all the books i had. Log into shelfari using your authorcentral username and password and begin adding information on your books. For those of you who dont know about shelfari, it is a book. Powered by shelfari, amazons community of book lovers, book extras make it easy for customers to see supplemental material about the book they are reading, without even leaving the book. Incidentally, while shelfari s tight integration with amazon makes it an important social site for marketing, competitors like goodreads the largest book social site with more than 10 million members are working hard to extend their influence and content. An amazon owned company, is the place for book lovers to. What that means is, when youre reading an ebook on a kindle, if you click the button for menu, youll see. Mar 28, 2012 hey there, kindle fire owners amazons rolling out a brand new software update for you, and it packs quite a few worthwhile and arguably overdue tweaks for your budgetconscious tablet. It provides information about book titles that are. Click on the books title and go to the book extras tab and click on visit. Below those options is a gear icon for other settings. 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. I just sent a book off to 1dollarscan to be converted to electronic format. View descriptions of characters, a glossary of common terms used in the book, information on the authors and common locations referenced in the book, and more.
How publishers and authors can enhance their book pages digital. Extras is a post script to the uglies series that shows readers changes that have happened throughout the world since the mindrain that fell in the final book of the trilogy. Shelfari provides reading stats and lets you import books from other. Mar 28, 2012 amazon is also bringing book extras to its books. Amazon buys goodreads, expands their ebook empire the. New version of kindle for ios can column like you see em. The book description appears in a prime early position, below the cover image. Boy kills man is 2004 novel by british novelist matt whyman about child assassins in medellin, colombia. Ive just begun reading again and wanted to see other books i had read but. You can then add or edit book extras by visiting shelfari through a link that allows us to identify you as an author and give you a special author badge in shelfari. Mar 11, 2015 an awesome feature is read first chapter free, which lets you peek into every book. Its an application powered by shelfari, an amazonowned wiki for books. 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. Shelfari is a site that allows readers to add information about their favorite books to the database.
Certainly one of the blogmemes i see about shelfari is that, although initially impressed by its interface, users eventually become frustrated by the lack of control. Visit the books tab, click on your book, and view the book extras tab. I want a catalog not another social media platform. You can buy the book, but it links just to amazon or abebooks which is part of the amazon family for collectible editions.
Xray is a reading enhancement feature to help you find out more about what amazon calls the bones of a book. Online book communities are types of social networks that are for a specific community book lovers. Powered by shelfari, amazons community of book lovers, book extras make it easy for customers to see supplemental material about the book they are reading, without even leaving the. What that means is, when youre reading an ebook on a kindle, if you click the button for menu, youll see an item called. Oct 11, 2010 the second new feature is the book extrasa entry from the go to menu.
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