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Instructions for how to search for a book across all the topics within the Reviews and Discussions about Specific Books and Series would be really great. There was a book I wanted to post a review for. I searched for it in the genre I believed was appropriate, and did not find it, so I created a new topic. That topic was rejected because there was already a thread about that book in a different genre - one I never would have thought to look for it in, searching individually. The response to my topic being rejected was simply that I should search for topics before asking to create one. I had searched, I just hadn't searched everywhere. So instructions in this specific post about how to use the advanced search feature to search across multiple topics/genres, I think might be really helpful.
The other bit of feedback I got on creating a topic, I am not quickly/easily finding guidance on, so again, it might be something to put here. I had a topic disapproved because
"Please note that new members are not allowed to open topics for books with a low Amazon sales rank. Thank you."
I don't have a problem with this rule, but I can't find where that rule listed anywhere. Nor any additional guidance on it. What is the metric/cut off line for low Amazon sales rank? And at one point do I stop being a "new member" (which, given that it's day 2 on the forum for me, I accept isn't happening any time soon), so that I can post a review of a book that has a low sales rank?
I don't know that this specific information needs to be on this post, but it should be referenced, with a link to the further information.
Thanks for considering these ideas for improving the experience of new members. I really look forward to participating here.
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You should use the search option at the top of the page.esp1975 wrote: ↑22 May 2019, 11:48 I appreciate these guidelines in general, but as some one new (joined yesterday), who works in the field of user experience, I am wondering if I can give some suggestions as to how to make this post/page a little better.
Instructions for how to search for a book across all the topics within the Reviews and Discussions about Specific Books and Series would be really great. There was a book I wanted to post a review for. I searched for it in the genre I believed was appropriate, and did not find it, so I created a new topic. That topic was rejected because there was already a thread about that book in a different genre - one I never would have thought to look for it in, searching individually. The response to my topic being rejected was simply that I should search for topics before asking to create one. I had searched, I just hadn't searched everywhere. So instructions in this specific post about how to use the advanced search feature to search across multiple topics/genres, I think might be really helpful.
The other bit of feedback I got on creating a topic, I am not quickly/easily finding guidance on, so again, it might be something to put here. I had a topic disapproved because
"Please note that new members are not allowed to open topics for books with a low Amazon sales rank. Thank you."
I don't have a problem with this rule, but I can't find where that rule listed anywhere. Nor any additional guidance on it. What is the metric/cut off line for low Amazon sales rank? And at one point do I stop being a "new member" (which, given that it's day 2 on the forum for me, I accept isn't happening any time soon), so that I can post a review of a book that has a low sales rank?
I don't know that this specific information needs to be on this post, but it should be referenced, with a link to the further information.
Thanks for considering these ideas for improving the experience of new members. I really look forward to participating here.
You can find the rule on low Amazon sales rank here: Strict Anti-Spam Rules: Important for authors and publishers:
8. If you have less than 25 posts or have been registered less than 1 week, you may not make a post about a book with an Amazon sales rank worse than 100,000 in books. This is because we assume you are either the author, publisher or paid promoter of the book if you start saying good things about some low-selling or independent book, and the first rule in this list strictly prohibits anyone from ever posting about their own book.
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Gali- Thank you for the reply. I did figure out the search function, but it is not intuitive. I am simply suggesting that letting people know they need to use the Advanced Search feature, not just the search feature, in order to search on multiple forums at a time, would be helpful to new people trying to figure out how to find out if a book already has a thread. I could see from other comments that I was not the first person to have some confusion about how to do that.gali wrote: ↑22 May 2019, 14:18
You should use the search option at the top of the page.
You can find the rule on low Amazon sales rank here: Strict Anti-Spam Rules: Important for authors and publishers:
8. If you have less than 25 posts or have been registered less than 1 week, you may not make a post about a book with an Amazon sales rank worse than 100,000 in books. This is because we assume you are either the author, publisher or paid promoter of the book if you start saying good things about some low-selling or independent book, and the first rule in this list strictly prohibits anyone from ever posting about their own book.
I also appreciate you sharing the information about what qualifies me as a new member and low Amazon sales rank. I completely understand and appreciate the rule. However, as I am not a publisher or an author, it did not occur to me to read Anti-Spam rules for Authors and Publishers, to know what I should and should not be posting. So again, my suggestion (not only to help new members, but also to cut down on work for the moderators) is to make that rule more visible to new members of the forums.
Thanks again
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I added your suggestion about the search.esp1975 wrote: ↑22 May 2019, 14:26Gali- Thank you for the reply. I did figure out the search function, but it is not intuitive. I am simply suggesting that letting people know they need to use the Advanced Search feature, not just the search feature, in order to search on multiple forums at a time, would be helpful to new people trying to figure out how to find out if a book already has a thread. I could see from other comments that I was not the first person to have some confusion about how to do that.gali wrote: ↑22 May 2019, 14:18
You should use the search option at the top of the page.
You can find the rule on low Amazon sales rank here: Strict Anti-Spam Rules: Important for authors and publishers:
8. If you have less than 25 posts or have been registered less than 1 week, you may not make a post about a book with an Amazon sales rank worse than 100,000 in books. This is because we assume you are either the author, publisher or paid promoter of the book if you start saying good things about some low-selling or independent book, and the first rule in this list strictly prohibits anyone from ever posting about their own book.
I also appreciate you sharing the information about what qualifies me as a new member and low Amazon sales rank. I completely understand and appreciate the rule. However, as I am not a publisher or an author, it did not occur to me to read Anti-Spam rules for Authors and Publishers, to know what I should and should not be posting. So again, my suggestion (not only to help new members, but also to cut down on work for the moderators) is to make that rule more visible to new members of the forums.
Thanks again
Scott does advise new members to read the Anti-Spam rules in his post, and there is a link to the Strict Anti-Spam Rules:
If you are new to the forum, please also familiarize yourself with our Strict Anti-Spam Rules. Make sure to adhere to those as well.
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