Help | weRead
 
What is weRead?
weRead is the largest, most popular book application. With weRead you can
  • List, rate and write reviews about the books you are reading or have read in the past.
  • Browse what other readers/friends are reading and what they are saying about books you're interested in.
  • Find readers/friends with similar reading interests as you and learn which books they recommend.
  • Have fun with books! And who wouldn't want that?
WeRead social and Lulu
Book Reviews and Rating
A: Search for any book and then go to the options on the right side of the page. You will see four buttons for every book - "Reading It", "Read It", "Wanna read", "Won't Read". Click the button that best describes your relationship with the book. Once you click the button, the book will be automatically added to your weRead list. You can then rate the book, write a review, mark as favorite, and tell your friends that you own it.
Add a book
A: To add a book, go to the "More" tab and click on "Add to Catalog" You will be asked to provide Title, Author, ISBN number, Description and Image location. Enter all the details and click "Submit". The added book should show up on the same screen with the options to add to your bookshelf
Export Book List
A: Not this time. We are working on a feature that will allow you to take your book list with you wherever you go.
Recommendations
A: There are three possible reasons:
  • You have not added books to weRead. Add books and rate them so that we can learn about your reading tastes and provide recommendations to you.
  • You have only recently added books. Check back after 48 hours for our system to catch up with your reading tastes and provide you with recommendations.
  • We have run out of high quality recommendations for you. Check back in a week so that our system can create new recommendations for you.
Quick Rate
A: Quick Rate is an easy way to rate and review a book and compare your ratings with your friends. We have found it to be a cool way to discover new books. weRead carefully chooses books for you based on your reading tastes and presents it to one at a time. Once you have rated a book you can see how your ratings compare with your friends. Give it a try - go to the "More" tab and click on Quick Rate.
Authors
A: If you sign up on weread.com and go to your profile, there is a link under your information on the left to "Click here to register as an author". This automatically searches for your author page, and if one is returned for you, when you claim the page it will allow you to update your page and information. We are adding hundreds of thousands of authors soon. If you are not there now, you can create a page or wait for the update and see if you are among the authors we add.

We are also working to expand the functionality of author pages so that you have even more features on weRead to reach more readers. We will have more details on this for you soon.

Downloads
A: We link to various retailers online so you can purchase books, and we have many books available to browse through HarperCollins, and many that are free to read through The Gutenberg project and Google.  To find these e-readable books, you can go to "More" and then "Read now".
Quiz
A: Readers create the quizzes on weRead. To create your own quiz, click on the "Quiz" link on your weRead home page. You will see a link to add a question to an existing quiz or add a new quiz altogether. Once you add a quiz you can see how many people have taken it and how they scored.
Bookshelf Wall
A: To send a message, click on the "Friend's Reads" tab on the weRead home page. Once you do, find the friend to whom you want to send a message and click on their bookshelf link. You will see a textbox on their bookshelf that will let you leave wall messages.
Browsers supported
A: Microsoft -
Macintosh -
Rename Removing weRead to "Canceling WeRead"
A: We're sorry you want to leave! You can send us the email address of the account you want to close at help@weread.com. If you want to remove weRead as an application from a social network, follow the instructions on that network for removing applications.
General
A: No, weRead is part of Ugenie Inc which was incorporated as a for-profit in 2006.
Widgets
A: The widget requires javascript to be enabled by the hosting site. If you face any issue feel free to contact us:  help@weread.com
A: Sorry we dont have flash widget for now but its coming soon!!
 
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