Play Book Tag discussion

Welcome new members!

We are a group consisting primarily of ex-Shelfarians, but we are all excited to meet Goodreads members and welcome you to our group.

For the month of February, our group is still private, so if you've found your way here or have been invited to participate, fantastic!

In March, we'll be going public.

In either event, we want to welcome you, so please introduce yourself here as a reply to this message. And don't hesitate to ask questions if you need assistance!

Hi all! I'm new to the group. Anita was kind enough to invite me as we seem to have very similar reading tastes and have been interacting regularly here on Goodreads. I'm from Australia. I'm a social worker but my role is as a Mum at the moment. I love reading more than I could ever explain and I'm looking forward to contributing to this group. :-)

Susie wrote: ". I'm from Australia. I'm a social worker but my role is as a Mum at the moment. I love reading more than I could ever explain and I'm looking forward to contributing to this group. "

Hi, Susie. I am happy to see new faces. We all love to read!

Susie wrote: "Hi all! I'm new to the group. Anita was kind enough to invite me as we seem to have very similar reading tastes and have been interacting regularly here on Goodreads. I'm from Australia. I'm a soci..."

Welcome, Susie! I hope you enjoy this group as much as I have for the past 8 years. Wonderful fun.

Susie wrote: "Hi all! I'm new to the group. Anita was kind enough to invite me as we seem to have very similar reading tastes and have been interacting regularly here on Goodreads. I'm from Australia. I'm a soci..."

Hi Susie, Welcome to Play Book Tag. If you love to read, you are in a good place to talk books and your "to-be-read list" will grow exponentially.

Susie wrote: "Hi all! I'm new to the group. ..."

Welcome to PBT, Susie! If you have any questions about how things typically run here, please feel free to ask! I look forward to reading your reviews and seeing your "face" around here :)

Im Rina1775 here and am happy to be here. the non-fiction list has already got my interest.

Rina1775 wrote: "Im Rina1775 here and am happy to be here. the non-fiction list has already got my interest."

Hi Rina! Welcome to the group.

Rina1775 wrote: "Im Rina1775 here and am happy to be here. the non-fiction list has already got my interest."

So nice to meet you, Rina! I hope you enjoy getting to know our group. We look forward to hearing about what you are reading!!

Susie wrote: "Hi all! I'm new to the group. Anita was kind enough to invite me as we seem to have very similar reading tastes and have been interacting regularly here on Goodreads. I'm from Australia. I'm a soci..."

So so happy you made it here, Susie! I know you and I will be sharing great dark edgy reads for years to come!!

I'm excited!

Susie wrote: "Hi all! I'm new to the group. Anita was kind enough to invite me as we seem to have very similar reading tastes and have been interacting regularly here on Goodreads. I'm from Australia. I'm a soci..."

Welcome! Any friend of Anita's is a friend of ours :).

Welcome Susie and Rinna! I've been a member here since May 2008. Definitely one of the best online book groups I've been a part of.

Welcome, Susie and Rina!

Welcome Suzie and Rina. I've been a members since April 08 and this group has gotten me to read way beyond my comfort zone right from the very first tag. It has been wonderful and I've read some wonderful books I would not have without the encouragement of this group. I hope you have a similar experience. Looking forward to seeing you here often.

Welcome to the new members :)

Hi, Suzie & Rina ... glad to have you join us. This is a fun group!

Welcome Susie and Rina, I sincerely hope you enjoy the group.

Welcome Susie and Rina!

Rina1775 wrote: "Im Rina1775 here and am happy to be here. the non-fiction list has already got my interest."

Welcome :)!

Shuva wrote: "Hello Susie! Hello Rina!"

Glad to see you too, Shuva

We just hit our 100th member here at Goodreads!

Welcome, Tiffany!!!

Wonderful milestone. Welcome Tiffany!

Thank you for inviting me, Anita.

I'm Elizabeth and I'm from Alaska. I use that () because I was (and am) a member of a challenge group here and that helps to differentiate me from all of the other Elizabeth's. I have been an active member of Goodreads since 2009. I read variously, but mostly classics and contemporary fiction, and also wander around occasionally in other areas too.

I need more time to explore this group, but am looking forward to learning more about you and the books you read.

(And a shout-out to Book Concierge, who is one I follow on GR and who writes really interesting reviews!)

Welcome to my new GR friend, Elizabeth!

For those of you who don't know, Elizabeth was one Goodreads member who very, very patiently answered my many, many questions as I tried to set up our group. She was really instrumental in helping resolve some of the more confusing elements!

So I invited her to see the results of her input and assistance!! So happy you stopped by, Elizabeth!!

And of course, Book Concierge is a very valued member here who participates regularly at Play Book Tag with great enthusiasm!

Thanks, Anita. This really looks like a wonderful group and I'm pleased to be here. I posted already in the Q&A thread because just a couple of days ago I thought of some other things that Shelfari members might not know about and that might be useful.

I love Goodreads even though I know it's not perfect (sort of like my husband who is not perfect but perfect for me). I'm happy to do what I can to help make Goodreads a more perfect home to you.

Welcome Elizabeth! I've already used one of your excellent suggestions on another thread. I'm so busy trying to rebuild my shelf that it's cutting into my reading time and my time to post or read threads. I'm looking forward to when I can come close to being as knowledgeable about Goodreads as you are!

Hi, I'm Paula. I was a member of the Shelfari group, but I hadn't started participating yet. I hope to be more active here.

Paula wrote: "Hi, I'm Paula. I was a member of the Shelfari group, but I hadn't started participating yet. I hope to be more active here."

We will love to see you participating here! This whole "move" has made me realize that we have quite a few silent followers! I had no idea, but of course will be very delighted to get to know you better.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Thanks, Anita. This really looks like a wonderful group and I'm pleased to be here."

Good to see you here and thank you for your kind help in Goodreads Feedback https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/... , I'm pretty sure it helped our moderators get us up and running so quickly...(well and their hard work.)

Anita wrote: "We just hit our 100th member here at Goodreads!

Welcome, Tiffany!!!"

Cool, 100 and counting :).

Welcome to the new members. I've been a member since the 2nd day of PBT on Shelfari. We have very hardworking admins and wonderful members. Diverse opinions about books are always respected. Have fun!

We are so happy to welcome all of the new members to this fabulous group. I hope you have as much fun as I have had over the last 8 years.

Welcome to all the new people! It's a great group with awesome admins and I'm sure you'll have a great time here!

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Thank you for inviting me, Anita.

I'm Elizabeth and I'm from Alaska. I use that () because I was (and am) a member of a challenge group here and that helps to differentiate me from all of the oth..."

Thanks for the shout-out, Elizabeth (Alaska)! ... Really great to see you here. This was one of the best groups (if not the absolute best group) on Shelfari.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I love Goodreads even though I know it's not perfect (sort of like my husband who is not perfect but perfect for me)...."

And that is a perfect description of Goodreads!

Paula wrote: "Hi, I'm Paula. I was a member of the Shelfari group, but I hadn't started participating yet. I hope to be more active here."

Hi Paula, Welcome back and I hope you become very "vocal." I'll look forward to your posts.

Hi, It's been a long time, but I'm back playing. Just not happy to be here on Goodreads, but that's life. Are any of you Shelfari immigrants having difficulties getting your book shelve to transfer?

Kim wrote: "Hi, It's been a long time, but I'm back playing. Just not happy to be here on Goodreads, but that's life. Are any of you Shelfari immigrants having difficulties getting your book shelve to transfer?"

Welcome back :). I have had some trouble, too, but since I didn't join Shelfari primarily to shelve my books, it doesn't bother me a great deal.

Kim wrote: "Hi, It's been a long time, but I'm back playing. Just not happy to be here on Goodreads, but that's life. Are any of you Shelfari immigrants having difficulties getting your book shelve to transfer?"

Absolutely. If you have a big shelf (I have over 2,000) some don't transfer (even if they are on Amazon and readily available) some of those already read say "to read" and others that were on your TBR now say "read". Some of the reviews don't come over and only a few tags become shelves. I'm trying to fix it but it will take awhile. Others are just starting fresh and passing on the fix. Oh!, and welcome back! We'll make it work!

I do have to compliment Goodreads customer service. We're on the 4th try to get all my books imported and they have been very responsive offering advice and checking in. I've emailed the csv file to them and the guy told me he'd let me know when he's got all 2300 book loaded. As long as Goodreads gets all the books in, I can deal with tags and reviews.

Kim wrote: "I've emailed the csv file to them and the guy told me he'd let me know when he's got all 2300 book loaded. "

I would recommend contacting GR customer service for anyone having trouble. This is one area in which their customer service is top-notch!

Kim wrote: "I do have to compliment Goodreads customer service. We're on the 4th try to get all my books imported and they have been very responsive offering advice and checking in. I've emailed the csv file t..."

Did you call them or use the contact link? It took me a bit to find the link but, once I did, I got an email response. I attached my file but haven't heard further yet. I have my fingers crossed.

Barbara wrote: "I attached my file but haven't heard further yet. I have my fingers crossed. ."

I'm sure you will hear. However, everyone should know GR is notorious for little to no customer service on the weekend. And it is 5:30 pm GR time on Friday as I write.

For anyone else, you can use the Contact Us link on the left panel on the Help page - found under the arrow to the right of your profile pic upper right every page. You can also send an email to support at goodreads dot com

Barbara wrote: "Kim wrote: "I do have to compliment Goodreads customer service. We're on the 4th try to get all my books imported and they have been very responsive offering advice and checking in. I've emailed th..." I emailed them. If it's been more than a week, I'd email the same person you sent the file to and ask for an update.

Kim wrote: " If it's been more than a week, I'd email the same person you sent the file to and ask for an update. ...."

Good advice.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "everyone should know GR is notorious for little to no customer service on the weekend. And it is 5:30 pm GR time on Friday as I write...."

Good to know. I'll give them some time but, as Kim also suggests, I'll be sure to follow up.

Barbara wrote: "Good to know. I'll give them some time but, as Kim also suggests, I'll be sure to follow up. "

Please do. I think a week is very long for them not to have resolved your problem.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Kim wrote: "I've emailed the csv file to them and the guy told me he'd let me know when he's got all 2300 book loaded. "

I would recommend contacting GR customer service for anyone having trouble...."

That is because Amazon's best point is its customer service, which is usually high in the top `10 customer services reviews in the States. When they are interested in keeping something profitable going, they work on that.

Customer service and the fact that some small, independent companies (my favourite organic flour mill, for eg) only sell through Amazon are major reasons why I haven't dropped Amazon. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE great customer service.

Hi everyone and thanks for having me in the group! I'm Kate from New Zealand. Lawyer by day, still reading by night. I read pretty much anything as long as it's decently written (and the occasional book that isn't ...) Completely new to Goodreads, so expect a few idiot questions along the way as I find my feet ;)