Books, Blogs, Authors and More discussion

Have anything you need to ask about the Group Read? I can answer you right here!

I was wondering how many books can be submitted each time for us to vote on?

Kathy wrote: "I was wondering how many books can be submitted each time for us to vote on?"

It doesn't matter how many are submitted because we will first whittle them down to ten or so and then in the final round to 3-5 depending on numbers of votes. For example, if the vote looked like this:

Book1: 20
Book2: 18
Book3: 17
Book4: 16
Book5: 16
Book6: 12

We would use 5 books because it works out well. However if it is like last time and the vote looks like this:

Book1: 20
Book2: 18
Book3: 17
Book4: 12
Book5: 12
Book6: 12
Book7: 12

We would only use 3 to make it easier.

I hope this helps.

Thanks. Yes, that does help. If a book isn't chosen in a given month, can it be resubmitted until it is selected?

Kathy wrote: "Thanks. Yes, that does help. If a book isn't chosen in a given month, can it be resubmitted until it is selected?"

Sure!

Hi Emily,
How do I submit a book into the pool for 'group read'?
thanks
jane

Hi there, the submissions thread for the June group read will be up in early May.

Hi Emily if I were to submit my story for your group read would it be the ebook version that is requested by the readers
Regards
Mel

Mel wrote: "Hi Emily if I were to submit my story for your group read would it be the ebook version that is requested by the readers
Regards
Mel"

The ebook version tends to be the norm.

Where do we leave comments from Aprils book. It's not obvious to me how to navigate within this group.

Hi, that topic has been moved to the group read archives folder

Thanks!

Emily V wrote: "Hi, that topic has been moved to the group read archives folder"

Sorry Emily - I can't find the group read archives folder?
Can you tell me how to find that?

Christine, the Group Read Archives folder is here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

Thanks Michael, I'm on my phone so couldn't add a link :)

Thanks Michael and Emily

Now that we have three genres to choose from, do we only vote for one book from the three or are we to vote for a book from each genre?


Also, I'm not sure if this has been addressed: but since we have these three genres for July, is it possible to eliminate them for August and focus on three different genres so we're not limited to the same genres each month?

Hello!
We pick one book for each genre so that people have more choice. And for fairness, the genres that were selected this month will not be in the running for next month. They will, however, be allowed back the next month. If this begins to result in the same genres being picked every two months then we may start leaving larger gaps. Hope this helps!

Emily V wrote: "Hello!
We pick one book for each genre so that people have more choice. And for fairness, the genres that were selected this month will not be in the running for next month. They will, however, be..."

Thanks, Emily. Sounds good.

Regarding the deadline [today] for submitting books for the July group read, are the only offered categories Young Adult, Sci Fi and Historical Fiction?
Will there be a category of mystery or thriller at a later time?
Thank you.

We vote on genres every month, that will be one of the genres in the next poll.

Were there discussions started for the July reads?

I'm afraid I was without a laptop for most of the month so no but there are threads on each book already to post in.

I would be interested in submitting one of my books for a group read. However, if chosen, I would only be able to provide pdf, dcx or .mobi editions by e-mail i.e. no paperback. Would this be acceptable?

T.R. wrote: "I would be interested in submitting one of my books for a group read. However, if chosen, I would only be able to provide pdf, dcx or .mobi editions by e-mail i.e. no paperback. Would this be accep..."

Yes that's totally fine!!

Emily V wrote: "T.R. wrote: "I would be interested in submitting one of my books for a group read. However, if chosen, I would only be able to provide pdf, dcx or .mobi editions by e-mail i.e. no paperback. Would ..."

Thank you.