Admin Post: About, Rules & Posting Guidelines

[quillpunk]

Welcome to booknook, made because a lot of the reading comms on DW seem pretty dead and/or focused on getting you to read.

This is made to be a general reading community. Hopefully there'll be a few regular posts:

• RIP (Read In Progress) Wednesday
• Monthly themed rec post (to be clear, inviting other people to rec books that fit the theme in the comments, not me reccing books)

(If you realize I've missed a regular post, you're more than welcome to post it in my place! My memory can at times not be relied upon.)

Members of the comm are able to post whenever they want. A few suggestions are things like reviews, discussions about a particular book/author/series, reading challenges, reading memes, asking for recs, recomending books, news about upcoming books you're excited about (or dread; there can be a lot of feels about books!).

While you need to be a member to post, you do not need to be one to comment.

General Posting Guidelines

• The subject line should always make it clear what kind of post it is; IE, it should state if it's a review, recommendation, request for recommendations, discussion post etc.
• All posts should be tagged. If the tag you need doesn't exist, use the tag [!] non-existent tag. If the amount of tags is overwhelming (I know it can be), then use the tag browsing feature on the post creation page, at which point there will be an option to search for tags. Use that to search for the tags you need and ignore the rest. And don't worry; as the admin, I can add/remove tags as needed!
• If your posts includes NSFW material, whatever that may be, adjust the post's age restriction. The default is no restriction. There's also NSFW and SFW tags; these are voluntary.
• Review posts should include headers with all necessary information; title, author, genres, content warnings etc.
• Crossposting is allowed! But if you're crossposting a post here, do please post it in its entirety, don't just go "and you can continue reading at..."
• All spoilers (no matter how old the book is!) should be behind a cut or an accordion. These are both HTML functions.

HTML Code for a read more cut:

<cut>this is where the text behind the cut goes</cut>

HTML Code for a read more cut with a custom 'read more' text:

<cut text="you can write whatever here and it'll replace the generic 'read more' bit">this is where the text behind the cut goes</cut>

HTML Code for accordions:

<details><summary>This is where you say/warn for what's inside: you can think of it like a subject line</summary>This text is hidden until you click it open!</details>

This is not a self-promo community for authors, but in the interest of there being clear rules about that, here are those:

• One (1) promotion post per title OR one (1) promotion post per series. It should be clearly tagged as self-promotion, and the subject line should go like this: [Self-Promo] your books title (Genre, Sub-Genre)
• You are not allowed to rec your books unless a person is asking for recs that your book specifically fits.

Comments

[drawnecromancy]

I saw vriddy (is this how you mention people on dreamwidth ...?) signal boost this community on her latest community thursday post, and this looks so fun ! I haven't really been part of a reading community in a while, just talking about books with my partner and my closest friends on discord.
Just as I was thinking of typing up a review of a book I read recently, as well. Doing it here instead of on my journal could be a fun idea :)

[quillpunk]

Yes, that's how you mention folk on DW. I'm glad you think this community looks fun; reviews are most definitely welcome! :D

[drawnecromancy]

Hell yeah :D sometimes I wonder if I'm going to be a dreamwidth noob forever, haha.

I was trying to post one this morning, actually, but I cannot find the option to adjust the post's age restriction (as per posting rules), despite having looked in the site's FAQ. It is telling me " At the bottom of your "Post an Entry" page, there are boxes and pulldown menus allowing you to customize each entry." but... I can't find it. Guessing I don't have my eyes in front of the eyeholes, I'll probably try again later.

[quillpunk]

If you're using the beta post creation page, there should be a cog called "Rearrange Panels" just over the subject line when you create a post. Click that, and you will have options that decide which panels will show up on the page. The age restriction panel needs to be selected there, and then it'll pop up on the bottom of your creation page.

If you're not using the beta post creation page I can't assist, as that's all I've ever used on DW.

[drawnecromancy]

Ohhh yeah I'm using the beta creation page, I had no idea it was hidden over there ! Thank you so much.

[quillpunk]

No problem! :D