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

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

It sounds like a topic many people would enjoy. You might mention this on dw_community_promo.

Re: Thoughts

[quillpunk]

yep, i have *so many* balls in the air right now but once things settles down hopefully i'll get around to some proper promo :D

Re: Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

LOL yes, I know that feel.

[spacedogfromspace]

Oh hey Quillpunk! I was looking for a book comm, fancy seeing you've made one!

[quillpunk]

Hi! And I was too, lol, but I couldn't find one that fit and was overwhelmed by the I'll Just Make It Myself™ urge, lmao.

[spacedogfromspace]

mood! Well, I'll be glad to join your comm. So many dead comms... RIP

[quillpunk]

RIP :(

[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

[dianafortyseven]

Just what I needed! :D

[quillpunk]

XD

[tanaqui]

Hey, will to be OK to make a post about an ebook sale where the books will either be free or heavily discounted? The genre is cosy and cosy-adjacent fantasy and the sale is a one-day thing (which will run 4 times a year — this is the first run.)

[quillpunk]

Yes, you can post it with the tags *type: promotion* and *promotion: sale* and state that it's a sale promotion in the subject line.

[tanaqui]

Great! And thanks for the speedy reply (and thanks for creating the comm — I'm enjoying reading the entries here.)

[quillpunk]

no problem! (and thanks -- i'm enjoying reading the entries too! :D)

[hexmix]

did a cursory glance thru the tags and comments here and didn't see anything about it, so i wanted to ask if it would be acceptable to make a post (or link to a post) promoting/reviewing original comics? it's specifically for the ShortBox Comics Fair which is held every October. most of the comics featured at the fair are around 90-100 pages but they are all original works. i don't think i'd seen anything one way or the other about graphic novels/comics so just wanted to ask first!

for the sake of transparency: i'm not affiliated with the fair, though i do know one of the artists/authors whose work i'd be reviewing. i just enjoyed the stories i read this year and wanted to share them c:

[quillpunk]

it's definitely welcome! i've added tags for graphic novels and comic books, and i'm looking forwards to your review! :DDD

[hexmix]

thank you so much! <3

[luvbarryfefe]

Thank you for organizing the review-a-thon. I really enjoyed it and hope we do it again sometime :)

[quillpunk]

No problem, I'm glad you had a good time! :D I definitely intend to run it again <3

[bluedreaming]

Will there maybe be a little end of year reading meme/review? If not that’s totally fine of course (extra work and all that); just thought I’d ask! I’m not as active here as I’d like to be 😅 but I really appreciate the low key come-as-you-are nature of the comm.

[quillpunk]

I'm glad you like the comm! XD Your suggestion is very fun, and I'm sketching on a meme; hopefully posting this weekend <3 A preview of it is access-locked on my page, lmk if you wanna see it and if you have any suggestions.

Happy New Year's!