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Amazon Reviews Changing on November 8th

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

A recent email from Amazon stated that they will no longer provide all the details about reviews, such as the total number of reviews which NovelRank uses to give you a quick indication about the books that you are tracking. Instead, they will only provide a URL that displays all the review content in a box within a webpage. This begins on November 8th, 2010.

Therefore, on November 8th, I will remove the ‘review’ count from being displayed on NovelRank and change the ‘reviews’ link on a book’s details page to load this special URL within NovelRank. Sorry folks, not much that can be done here. More information can be found (for the technically minded) in Amazon’s API documentation.

September Giveaway: Blast Off! & Tales of the Whosawhachits

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

The September giveaway has two signed books ready for your anxious eyes:

Tales of the Whosawhachits

Tales of the Whosawhachits

This is a signed copy of Tales of the Whosawhachits by Patricia O’Grady, a young adult novel from this multi-genre author that is book one of a series:

“An enchanting tale revolves around a young boy Kyle Janis. His journey begins when he stumbles upon the entranceway to the secret underworld realms of fairies, trolls, gnomes, and mysterious whosawhachits. He is held prisoner by the impish purple whosawhachits; and the realms must go to war to free him.”

If you would like your chance of winning this book, add your email address to the form below. You’ll be notified by email if you are the winner, and you will also be opting into a follow-up email to let you know when the next book in the giveaway becomes available.

This giveaway is closed. Check out the current giveaway.

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Blast Off!

Blast Off!

This signed self-help book, Blast Off! by Allison Maslan, is a driving force in improving so many things in your life. I can say that, even emailing with the author, the energy of the book explodes even more than the cover!

Through her proven Blast Off! techniques and practices, Allison Maslan will teach you step-by-step how to let go of limiting fears and beliefs, inspire you to create a new path full of passion and meaning, then personally give you the vision and skills to achieve your dreams and aspirations in all aspects of your life. isn’t it your turn to 3-2-1 Blast Off! to a whole new way of living?

If you would like your chance of winning this book, add your email address to the form below. You’ll be notified by email if you are the winner, and you will also be opting into a follow-up email to let you know when the next book in the giveaway becomes available.

This giveaway is closed. Check out the current giveaway.

Share the Book Giveaway with Others:
Share or Click to share on Twitter! or http://www.novelrank.com/book-giveaway (will always be current)

The Rules
Any email address that is not valid will not be accepted. Any email to a temporary mailbox service (e.g. mailinator.com) will be disqualified and may be publicly mocked. Unless otherwise stated, only one book can be won by any single email address. Multiple entries for a single book will not be accepted (you can enter to win each book if different books are offered in a given month). The winner will be randomly drawn no later than the 3rd of the following month and contacted via email to receive shipping information. Winners who fail to respond to the email within 72 hours will forfeit their win to another random winner.

Sorting Book Results on User Pages

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

user page book sortingHey look, another new feature based on user feedback! I’ll be honest, I never considered this because I track so few books, but for those publishers or crazy productive romance novel writers tracking TONS of books, there is now a way to quickly sort the books on your User Page.

The default was always the order in which they were added to your User Page through the Account Management section. Well, now there are some sorting options at the top of the page, including:

  • Default: Same as before, based on the order the books were added to your user page
  • SalesRank: Pretty straightforward, the lower the rank the higher up on the page
  • Recent Sales: The books with the most recent sales will be at the top
  • Month Sales: Based on the total number of sales in the current month

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Your default sorting preferences have been added as an option in Account Management!

Simply click on the Sorting section and choose which option you would prefer. Once chosen, click Change to save your changes.

When you return to your User Page, it will now display using your selected Sorting order!