Visual Bookshelf on Facebook | Frequently Asked Questions

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Profile box

How can I add a profile box to my Facebook profile page (left side)?

At the bottom of the browser window, click on the “Applications” link on the left-hand side of the Facebook toolbar
Click on the “Edit” link at the top of the Applications Menu
Click on the “Show” pulldown menu
Select option “Authorized”
Under the “Authorized” view, find the “Visual Bookshelf” row and click on the corresponding “Edit Settings” link
Click on the “Profile” tab/link
Next to “Box” status text, click “Add”
Click the “Okay” button
Go to your Facebook Profile
Click the “Boxes” tab
Click the pencil icon in the top right corner of the “”Visual Bookshelf” profile box
Click “Move to Wall” tab

How can I add a profile box to the Boxes tab on my Facebook profile?

At the bottom of the browser window, click on the “Applications” link on the left-hand side of the Facebook toolbar
Click on the “Edit” link at the top of the Applications Menu
Click on the “Show” pulldown menu
Select option “Authorized”
Under the “Authorized” view, find the “Visual Bookshelf” row and click on the corresponding “Edit Settings” link
Click on the “Profile” tab/link
Next to “Box” status text, click “Add”
Click the “Okay” button

How can I add a tab to my Profile ('Books')?

At the bottom of the browser window, click on the “Applications” link on the left-hand side of the Facebook toolbar
Click on the “Edit” link at the top of the Applications Menu
Click on the “Show” pulldown menu
Select option “Authorized”
Under the “Authorized” view, find the “Visual Bookshelf” row and click on the corresponding “Edit Settings” link
Click on the “Profile” tab/link
Next to “Tab” status text, click “Add”
Click the “Okay” button

My profile box is not updating, why?

We update your profile box regularly. Sometimes, this takes a little longer than anticipated. To update immediately, navigate to the Settings page and click Update.

Notifications

Why don't the book images display in my feed?

Facebook has changed how news feed stories work. Currently, the stories generated display as “one-line,” text only stories. If you visit the Wall page on your profile and hover over a feed story you can click to “expand” the story to a larger size. The larger feed story sizes (short and full) display images as well.

Why aren’t Visual Bookshelf stories showing up in my Wall feed?

Feeds for Visual Bookshelf may be disabled in the Applications settings. You can verify your Facebook settings to allow Visual Bookshelf to publish stories by following these steps:

At the bottom of the browser window, click on the “Applications” link on the left-hand side of the Facebook toolbar
Click on the “Edit” link at the top of the Applications Menu
Click on the “Show” pulldown menu
Select option “Authorized”
Under the “Authorized” view, find the “Visual Bookshelf” row and click on the corresponding “Edit Settings” link
Click on the “Allow Visual Bookshelf to publish specific story sizes automatically without prompting” option
Click “Okay” to save these changes

If you used to get Visual Bookshelf feeds but now noticed that you are not, please take into account that Facebook limits the number of feeds an application can publish in a 48-hour period. The current limit is 10 feeds in any 48-hour period.

Books

How do I add a book to my collection?

Search for the book by title, author name, or ISBN in the search box on the top of the page
Find the book you want to add in the search results. If the book doesn’t appear in the search results, you can check our additional data sources by hovering over the LivingSocial link in the top right of the search results page and selecting to search one of the Amazon databases.
Next to the book's image there are three status options: already read, want to read, and reading now as shown above. Select the status option (ex: reading now) that best describes your relation to the book, and click the button for that status option. Once you've clicked the appropriate status option, the book is automatically added to your collection.
Alternatively, on every book page the three status options are also displayed. To add a book to your collection simply click one of the three status options.

I’ve already added a book to my collection with a certain status option. How do I change that book's status option?

Search for the book by title, author name, or ISBN in the search box on the top of the page
Find the book you want to add in the search results. Since you’ve already selected a status option for the book you will see that one of the three status option buttons is filled.
Click the status option that you want to give to the book.

Alternatively, you can change a book’s status option by visiting your My Collection page.

Click the “My Collection” link on the top left of the page to go to your My Collection page.
Enter the title of the book in the filter box (bottom left of the page) and click filter.
In the row of the book you filtered for click in the “Status” column and select a different status option.

How do I remove a book from my collection?

Click the My Collection link on the top left of the page to go to your my Collection page.
Enter the title of the book in the filter box (bottom left of the page) and click filter.
In the row of the book you filtered for click the red button on the far right of the page.
Click Ok to remove the book from your collection.

How do I rate a book?

Search for the book by title, author name, or ISBN in the search box on the top of the page
Find the book you want to add in the search results.
Hover over the 5 stars that are displayed beneath the book title and image.
Click to assign a star rating (1 to 5) to the book. Once you rate the book the stars will fill in to reflect the rating you assigned.

Alternatively, you can rate a book by visiting your My Collection page.

Click the My Collection link on the top left of the page to go to your My Collection page.
Enter the title of the book in the filter box (bottom left of the page) and click filter.
In the row of the book you filtered for click in the “Rating” column and select a different star rating.

How do I delete a rating?

After you’ve clicked to rate a book a circle icon will appear next to the five stars.
Click this icon to remove your rating of the book.

What is a Super Review?

In an effort to promote thoughtful reviews, LivingSocial is now designating reviews of 150 words or greater as a “Super Review” with a yellow indicator. In the future, these reviews will rank higher in our recommendation engine.

The database is missing a book. Can I add it?

If the book doesn’t appear in the search results, you should first check our additional data sources by hovering over the LivingSocial link in the top right of the search results page and selecting to search one of the Amazon databases.
If the book can’t be found click the “add the book to our catalog yourself!” link that is displayed on the bottom of the page.
Enter the book's title, author, ISBN, and a brief description and click create.
On the new book’s page add the book to your collection by selecting a status option and upload an image for the book.
Note that if you have not already added 20 books to your book collection you will be prevented from adding any missing book to the database. In this case, please email us at moderators@livingsocial.com with the information of the book you’d like to add to the database. We’ve implemented this minimum requirement as a protection against individuals submitting duplicate entries to the database. Once you’ve added 20 items to your collection this requirement will be lifted and you will be able to add book directly.

Recommendations

How are my recommendations generated?

Based upon the books you've added to your collection, livingsocial.com generates recommendations tailored exclusively to your personal interests. Each set of recommendations is unique to you!

Friends

How can I see what my friends are reading?

On the Friends page, the books your friends are currently reading are listed. To see a friend's entire collection simply click their picture and browse away!

How can I see the reviews my friends have written?

On the Friends page, the reviews your friends have written are listed.

Leaderboard

How is my ranking determined?

Your leaderboard position is based on the number of books you've marked as already read in your collection.

My leaderboard position is going up but my collection size is shrinking. Why?

We are constantly cleaning up the Visual Bookshelf database. If your collection size shrinks it simply is because we are merging duplicates or deleting bad entities (like toys, for example). You are likely rising on the leaderboard because users that used to be ahead of you had their collections impacted by merges and deletes. If you think that something has disappeared from your collection that shouldn't have please contact us at feedback@livingsocial.com with details.

Import

How do I import my Amazon wish-lists?

Go to your My Collection page (top left of the page).
On the bottom of the My Collection page, click the “Import from Amazon Wishlist” link.
Next, enter the email address associated with your Amazon account. Then click the “Search” button.
Any book on your account's wish-lists will be retrieved. Select a status option for each book returned to add to your collection.

How do I import ISBNs?

Go to your My Collection page (top left of the page).
On the bottom of the My Collection page, click the “Import from ISBN list” link.
Copy and paste your list of ISBNs into the text box.
Any books on your account's wish-lists will be retrieved. Select a status option for each book returned to add the imported book to your collection.

Export

I want to export my collection to a CSV file, how can I do this?

Go to your My Collection page (top left of the page).
On the bottom of the My Collection page, click the “Export to CSV” link.
This will allow you to export your collection information to a CSV file. The caveat is that this feature is only available to LivingSocial.com site users and those who have linked their social network account to LivingSocial.com accounts.
PLEASE NOTE: You must login to the LivingSocial.com site in order to use the export feature.

Account

I want to delete my account on LivingSocial.com, how can I do this?

If you are having problems and you require assistance please contact us at feedback@livingsocial.com.
If you'd like to delete your account, please login to our site (or application) and click the “Settings” link on the top right of the page.
Click the “Delete Account” link on the bottom of the “Settings” page.
Carefully read over the information provided. Please note that this delete button will delete your entire collection, all reviews, and ratings in all subjects areas. If you want to delete just a specific subject area account without affecting others, please send us an email to feedback@livingsocial.com
Please specify a reason for your account deletion.
Click the button that reads “Permanently Delete All of My Data Across All LivingSocial Applications.
Click “Ok.”

I want to unlink my LivingSocial.com account from my Facebook account, how can I do this?

If you'd like to unlink your account, please login to our site and send us the link to your home page (e.g., http://books.livingsocial.com/people/1690987398/home) and specify that you'd like to unlink your account.