EVER BOUGHT A BOOK ON THE STRENGTH OF THE REVIEWS ON THE BACK???

If you are like us (and probably one of the many thousands of book lovers across the globe) and have had the misfortune of spending your hard-earned cash on an apparent "best-seller"; you will probably also have experienced the dull thud as you bang your head against the wall, thinking "Why did I listen to the reviews on the back?!" The truth is: reviews found on books are usually self-promoting, PR stunt-type hype and not necessarily a true reflection of the books' quality at all.

It is our aim to tell the truth about books, but don't for one second assume that that is synonymous with us creating a blog to 'diss' authors' work - to the contrary - our intention is to provide an honest appraisal of each and every book we read. If the book is any good - it'll get a good review. If it's awful and a tragedy to the literary world - then it won't. It's that simple.

Sunday, 7 June 2009

Design Update

Those of you who have visited our main site recently will have already started to notice the changes we are putting in place. You can now see the ten most popular book reviews on our site; we've added more categories to make it easier for you to find books in the genre of your choice; we also have an 'About Us' section so you can find out a little bit more about us (obviously!); an updated Privacy Policy and we've added 'Summer Reads' just in time for summer! There will be loads more being adding in the coming weeks and months and we hope you find the site easier to navigate, more informative and more user-friendly.

We're keen to get some feedback on how the new design is going so far - so if you have any questions, suggestions or comments - just let us know on here!


5 comments:

  1. Hi, I noticed that there isn't an obvious registration link. As members get added access, it might be an idea to put this somewhere prominent. Thanks!

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  2. Do you have to pay for membership? Are there different types?

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  3. Yeah, we notcied that it isn't clear where or how to register on the site too - this is something that we are definitely changing. We will be creating a new registration/login page, as well as adding (as you say) prominently placed buttons (or links) to that page. We still aim to make registation as quick and painless as possible!

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  4. Standard membership is currently free. You don't have to be a member to view our current book reviews, but you will have to be a member to see other content.
    Hope that clarifies things.

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  5. What other new content are you going to add? So far, it seems pretty standard stuff.

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