Play Book Tag discussion

In February, we collectively read 63 individual titles for the quirky tag.

There were a few repeats, though, where different people read the same book.

Thanks Cin. I know I forgot to add my reads to the shelf. Sorry. I'll try to get better at it!

No problem, Susie! And thanks for helping out (when you remember)!

Just for clarification, is shelf and thread the same thing? I never understood this. There isn't another place we should be siting these monthly tag reads...

Amy wrote: "Just for clarification, is shelf and thread the same thing? I never understood this. There isn't another place we should be siting these monthly tag reads..."

This entire discussion is a thread. Threads are put into Folders (e.g. Feb 2017: Quirky)

Shelves are what we called tags on Shelfari. We add a tag (or put a book on a shelf) to denote genre, or location, or whatever....

But... in this case, the group "shelf" is a "bookshelf".

Scroll to the top of the page and look on the right hand side. You'll see links. There is a link called "bookshelf". If you click that, you can add a book to the PBT bookshelf.

So, if you read a book for the monthly tag, or for our annual challenges (Climbing the Stairs, Hitting the High Notes), also click on the bookshelf link and add your book.

Next you can "edit" the book on the shelf. When that window pops up, you'll see an option to "choose shelves". Look at the list available to you and choose the appropriate "shelf" (i.e. tag).

So, if the book you read is for the "ireland" tag, then choose "Ireland" from that list. If you are adding the book that you read for one of the annual challenges, there are also "shelves" (i.e. tags) for each of those ("Climbing the PBT Stairs" or "Hitting the PBT High Notes".

I hope that helps.

It would be less confusing if GR used "tags", not "shelves" as the term, so as to not get confused with group bookshelves.

Ok - I always post on the thread, but have never once used the group bookshelf link. So this part was new.

LibraryCin wrote: "In February, we collectively read 63 individual titles for the quirky tag.

There were a few repeats, though, where different people read the same book."

So does each member shelve their own books on the group shelf, or do the admins do this shelving. I have not been shelving, but if I am supposed to I will start.

Hi, J.W. Thanks for asking!

It's helpful if you do, but I do go through it every month to make sure none were missed (based on what is posted in the monthly tag folder).

It helps me out... it just makes it faster for me, but it's not "required". If you don't, I should catch it for you.

Just a note that I don't go through the High Notes or PBT Stairs to add those, so the only books added to those shelves are what people do themselves.

I do the monthly tag every month, though.

I always forget to shelve...I am a bad example.

No worries, Nicole!

LibraryCin wrote: "Hi, J.W. Thanks for asking!

It's helpful if you do, but I do go through it every month to make sure none were missed (based on what is posted in the monthly tag folder).

It helps me out... it jus..."

Thank you. I will try to do a better job of remembering to shelve.

Note to self. Must shelve books, particularly high notes and climbing the stairs.

Thanks, everyone! If you forget, it's not a big deal, either!