GOODREADS BASIC SETUP AND NAVIGATION FOR BEGINNERS

1. GOODREADS:
Getting Started
•CREATING AN ACCOUNT
•OVERVIEW OF ACCOUNT BASICS
A BASIC TUTORIAL FOR NEW USERS ON THE
SOCIAL NETWORKING READER’S ADVISORY SITE
“GOODREADS”

2. CREATING AN ACCOUNT
THIS SECTION WILL PROVIDE:
• INFORMATION ABOUT THE STAGES OF
CREATING AN ACCOUNT
• STEPS TO CREATING A NEW ACCOUNT

3. CREATING AN ACCOUNT: 2 OPTIONS
OPTION 1: CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT
OPTION 2: SIGN IN USING AN EXISTING ACCOUNT VIA FACEBOOK/TWITTER/GOOGLE

4. OUR TUTORIAL WILL FOCUS ON CREATING A NEW ACCOUNT
TO BEGIN CREATING YOUR ACCOUNT DO THE FOLLOWING IN THE WHITE BOXES SHOWN ABOVE:
1) ENTER YOUR NAME: FIRST, FIRST AND LAST, NICKNAME
2) EMAIL ADDRESS: THIS IS YOUR FULL ADDRESS: I.E. – BOOKFIEND@BOOKMAIL.COM
3) PASSWORD: MUST CONTAIN MORE THAN 4 CHARACTERS {LETTERS, NUMBERS OR SYMBOLS i.e. - !@#$%^&*() }
4) CLICK THE YELLOW SIGN UP BUTTON ONCE YOU HAVE ENTERED YOUR INFORMATION TO CONTINUE TO THE NEXT
SCREEN
1) NAME
2) EMAIL
ADDRESS
3) PASSWORD

5. ALLOWS YOU TO
BRING CONTACTS
FROM VARIOUS
ACCOUNTS OVER TO
BUILD YOUR FRIENDS
LIST
• THIS IS AN OPTION TO HELP BUILD A FRIENDS LIST.
• CAN BE “SKIPPED” BY CLICKING LINK CIRCLED ABOVE.
• CLICK THE “SKIP THIS STEP” TO CONTINUE WITH ACCOUNT SETUP.

6. • HERE IS WHERE YOU CAN SELECT THE VARIOUS GENRES YOU PREFER READING
CLICKING LINK ABOVE ALLOWS YOU
TO ENTER GENRES NOT SHOWN

7. 1. SELECT YOUR FAVORITE GENRES BY CLICKING BOX NEXT TO THEM. (A SMALL GREEN
CHECK MARK WILL APPEAR IN THE BOX.)
2. IN BOX AT BOTTOM TYPE GENRES YOU WANT THAT ARE NOT LISTED AS OPTIONS ABOVE.
3. WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE STEPS ABOVE, CLICK CONTINUE TO PROCEED.

8. LIST OF
GENRES
YOU
CREATED
IS
DISPLAYED
IN MENU
BOX ON
LEFT
BOOK COVERS REPRESENT BOOKS FROM GENRES CHOSEN ON LEFT.
“IWANT TO READ BUTTON” ALLOWS YOU TO QUICKLY ADD BOOKS OF INTEREST TO A BOOKSHELF FOR
LATER ACCESS.
THE STARS BELOW THE BOOK COVERS ARE USED TO RATE BOOKS YOU HAVE READ
RATING BOOKS HELPS THE SITE CREATE A PERSONALIZED LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU.

9. 1. RATE THE BOOKS YOU HAVE READ BY CLICKING THE STARS BELOW THEM. (20 RATINGS ARE
NEEDED TO CREATE YOUR RECOMMENDATION LIST)
2. CHANGE GENRES BY SELECTING FROM GENRE LIST ON LEFT.
3. IF YOU SEE A TITLE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN READING, CLICK THE “WANT TO READ” BUTTON SO
THAT IT WILL BE ADDED TO A LIST FOR YOUR FUTURE ACCESS.
4. ONCE YOU HAVE FINISHED RATING AT LEAST 20 BOOKS, CLICK THE “I’M FINISHED RATING” LINK
LOCATED AT THE TOP RIGHT OF THE SCREEN. THIS WILL COMPLETE YOUR ACCOUNT SET UP.

10. GOODREADS:
ACCOUNT BASICS
• OVERVIEW OF SECTIONS
– RECOMMENDATIONS
– FRIENDS
– MYBOOKS
– HOME
– MY ACCOUNT EDIT

11. RECOMMENDATIONS
• BOOK COVERS ARE RECOMMENDATIONS CREATED BY YOUR RATINGS.
• CREATE PERSONALIZED SHELVES USING THE MENU ON THE RIGHT SIDE
OF SCREEN TO SORT BOOKS INTO CATEGORIES FOR EASIER ACCESS.

12. FRIENDS
ALLOWS ACCESS TO OTHER SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES AND EMAIL ACCOUNTS TO HELP FIND FRIENDS TO LINK TO
YOUR GOODREADS ACCOUNT. THIS FUNCTION IS GOOD FOR SOCIALIZING, FINDING BOOK RATINGS/REVIEWS,
READER’S ADVISORY, ETC.
SEARCH MEMBER OPTION ALLOWS FOR SIMPLE SEARCHING FOR USERS BY NAME OR EMAIL.

13. MY BOOKS
EDIT READING STATUS, RATINGS OR ADD/CHANGE BOOKSHELVES
READING
STATUS
BOOKSHELVES
ADD/CHANGE

14. HOME
SHORTCUTS
TO
PERSONALIZE
ACCOUNT
BOOK
SEARCH
BOOKS CAN BE SEARCHED VIA THE SEARCH BOX AT TOP OF THE SCREEN, TO ADD TO YOUR LISTS.
SHORTCUT BOXES IN CENTER OF SCREEN ALLOW YOU TO ADD FRIENDS, RATE BOOKS, ADD PHOTO TO PROFILE, ETC.
THESE WILL VARY DEPENDING ON THE STAGE OF PERSONALIZATION YOUR ACCOUNT IS IN.
TOP RIGHT ICON ACCESSES YOUR PERSONAL PROFILE PAGE FOR FURTHER CUSTOMIZAITON.

15. MY ACCOUNT
PERSONALIZATION OF ACCOUNT
•PERSONAL INFO
•SETTINGS
•APPS
•WIDGETS (FOR POSTING ON PERSONAL SITES)
•PHOTOS
•PURCHASES (LINKABLE TO AMAZON ACCOUNT)

16. FOR MORE INFO ON LEARNING TO USE
GOODREADS TRY SOME OF THESE OTHER LINKS.
LINKS
• http://www.goodreads.com/help
ALTERNATIVE TUTORIALS
• http://youtu.be/0itv2htevnw