Hello all!

It's been a while since LYN Book Club is created but we have not been having much activities around. Heck our threads aren't going very well either. Hence why I would like everyone to chip in with suggestions to improve our traffic and participation here.

First and foremost, it needs to be plastered in the global LYN announcement (that red bar on top) like the DC++, so that everyone in the forum is aware that we exist here. I think it was not announced anywhere that this sub-section exist except from the suggested thread in the Main Feedback section.

Secondly, would it be wise for the name to stick as *book* club, when there are also threads on magazines, mangas, comics, newspaper, etc?? Yes, I agree that the intention are more focus on books, but perhaps a thought for a re-name should be consider. *Reading*, perhaps?

Thirdly, there are books/magazine related threads all over LYN! Some in Kopitiam, some in Hobbies section, etc. These threads are somewhat active, so if they were to be moved to this section, the traffic might also be shifted.

Fourthly, once in a while, it would be good if the frontpage of LYN to have a story entry about books (events coverage, etc) while giving a link to this sub-section.

I'll think up of more.

Noted.

Name change huh... hmmm Reading Circle?

Reading Circle sounds just nice

I'd say another good idea is to have a contest in here that might attract more visitors
It's a cheesy idea, but you gotta admit it, if the prize is good, alot of people will come here

Contest will need prizes... who's going to sponsor XD

Good book! Where's the rest of the human here?!

contest? what kind? who read the most? like back in school where we got projek nilam and prizes were given during assembly. i think it's kinda normal for a book club not getting as much attention as other forums, even in reality books had always been associated with calmness, quietness. unless the admin wants to close it down due to lack of activities here, we shouldnt worry much right? let the people who are really interested in reading come here, its better than some random forumer spamming craps in here. btw, Reading Circle sounds cool.

contest sounds nice if the prizes are good...

contest as in there is trivia or quiz on the prize item
for example:LOTR book as prize
quiz shall be all about LOTR

juz plz dun do one of those discussion bout the book of the week thingy...it will kill us all

if u offered stephen king's book as the prize, for sure lots of people will swarm in... in my office, there's a number of people who reads dan brown and S.King novels.. i can drag them in

yeah man...then we give them links or spread news on book club
if we make a competition like quiz,someone need to draft out the questions,need someone knowledgeable on the author itself
or...shah...got any other kind of competition?
i dont mind getting a figurine for a change...

figurine?? easier, we start counting post here, i'll assure u the traffic will increase here.

lol
not good la like that...will degrade the quality...i think not many ppl know the existence of a book club yet...
a marketing thing like a competition open to public would increase much awareness and publicity too...

nah,i was joking la.

the prizes could also be a discount voucher from a bookstore, so no need for one specific title for the prizes. the only problem is, who's going to sponsor?

This post has been edited by lunalovegood: Apr 22 2009, 01:13 PM

ahem* se7en cough*

what competition u want to enter.. it's a wide general question there?

havent figure it out yet...will post it when the ideas come

MPH sale coming, perhaps some of us can grab some good books there to sponsor as the gifts?
One person one... surely enough for some good prices?

nice.. i'll try to help all i can there.. soon la btw


you should go to PESTA BUKU at PWTC today.. i will go there tomorrow morning

Wow hold ya horses people, better decide what sorta contest and see if we are really going to hold it before you go shopping spree

I'm forwarding this thread to the mods team as well to see what can be done.

remember to ask se7en sponsor wakakaka...

but we gotta juice it up abit...i wonder what kinda interactive activities does a book fair at other places do?maybe we can study it and take some points to use...it should be like some kinda small activity,highlight is the competition...then we spread the words...somethin like that...juz giving an idea la...might be too much thou

Enabling post counts for this section will definitely work in increasing traffic volume, but it will also attract trolls and spam. I guess this is out?

Some book forums I visit have events where people pick a book to read, and then discuss chapter by chapter. It doesn't have to be a new book, sometimes they reread and discuss to better understand it.

Encourage people to write book reviews? I did a few but then got crushed under a mountain load of work. And killing trolls in RWI was too much fun.

Why not expand the reading circle to the literary circle? Budding writers can post their works and get critique. Fan-fiction is ever popular, and original work might lead to us discovering a gem of a writer.

That's about it for now. Hungry.

like that idea...but IMO how are we to attract more fresh bookworms like shah_ho_nam2 friends in his office to visit here?how do we let them know the existance of such places...juz curious...we seem to have a thread for each book title...well almost...what happened to the discussions in it?i think its the lack of users that is the problem...

Think most book worm will rather spent time reading books than spent time writing it here. But dont mind to post in here though .

ahahaha...QFT...looking at monitors isint something a bookworm would usually do other than doing online shooping or reading reviews for books...hey?it juz struck me! review for books!!!

to attract them to lurk here means they'll be part of LYN big communities. the girl usually likes to talk on movies and the other one more on music.. but we all shared the same interest reading over S.K series. she red some that i haven't and a way on to another la.

but i bet there's more for us to do to lurk people to come here often.. i created a special thread for general chatting/spamming in anime shrine and it has reached 13th stage already. and they can mix up all anime in one discussion as well as planned the upcoming gathering. i guess we can create one like that where we can talk about the cell and then a little mix of dan brown's deception point. because we talked about one particular titles/authors, we narrow it down to one point only. that's why it won't be that flavorsome.

well i named it /as/ very own late nite thread. then why don't we name it /bc/ late nite (bookworm edition).

i am waiting a green light for our mod to give permission for me to open that mentioned topic. if u agreed i will open it for us to talk general all 360 about books.

Make book club easier more easier to view from the main page, heck! i totally forgetten about this sub-forum since i was here when it just started out few mths ago.

Also, please make this sub-forum - post enabled.

post count would be nice to attract people to come in

I agree that the section should be made more visible. I myself stumbled on it by accident Maybe most forumers here doesn't know it exists?

Wow thanks you everyone. I am going through all these with the admins and mods so please give me some time yeah.

Though with post count enabled, I am not sure if we can proceed with the chat thread. We'll see how it goes.

Keep the ideas coming people!

I think enabling post count, like many has said before this, is a double-edged sword. Yes, people will probably come and post something, but the invariable troll will also be here as well.. Personally, I kinda like the pace here. Just nice for me...

Anyways, I do agree on having a "red alert" banner at top announcing book club's existence. But I suggest having that "announcement" banner not only announcing our subforum, but also some activity that we have here. Maybe something on a smaller scale first (as opposed to the "contest" idea), let's just have a book-swap first? Something like, each of us create a (reasonable) book wish list, then we pair up with another person, and the pair needs to get the book for the other person, something like that.

I believe the "book review" thing is already going on. We are already sharing our opinions on books etc, just that we don't have a proper thread, a standard that we follow for reviewing books (thumbs up, star rating system?). I think the books discussion we have now is more interactive, compared to reading a whole review..

Agreed about the post count. It'll definitely attract spammers and mess this place up. I'd rather don't have post count enabled than have spammers and trolls in here, IMHO

How about we create a smalll banner for the LYN Book Club? Something like the one I did for the Retrievers thread *points to sig* Creating an awareness of the club is the first step.

This post has been edited by chibi_tenko: Apr 23 2009, 10:13 AM

Chibi> Hey good idea. Want to contribute?

Everyone else can make some too, we'll pick later and use the best one?

I think that's a good start.. I didn't know of this thread till this month only because I took the time to scroll through all the topics..

Awareness will be a good step... will try to ask if my friend is interested in joining here.

She's also asking me to join her in book swapping.. we are still in the process of compiling our books.

Hi there,

I also just found out about this thread until recently...now I've mostly been lurking, but not many people have been posting here. I like the idea of the book swapping...would love to be able to read other books without forking out so much money! The thing with that is,if we ever swap books, it could be a rule that the books are not damaged when returned...I've swapped books before with some people, and some of my books were just not taken care of properly...sad to say, I didn't swap books again from then on.

Reviews on books would be great as well...a lot of times, I read some books suggested by the reviewers in newspapers and stuff.

i like the book swap idea. and i think that an annoucement has to announce some kind of "event" instead of just the subforum to pull ppl in

I'll try to contribute one but I'm not very good with graphics.

reading is very wide taste.

its quite hard to find ppls who similar.

that why, traffic is lesser here.

example, lets say i love somerset maugham. i come in here and i see stephen king, kiyosaki and such, makes me like, nothing in commons.

encourage all to chat more guys. i shall make support to u all. i also like to reading one. and cos feyhime is here

Im glad that u asked. I have a complaint! I couldnt find this LYN BOOK CLUB until I tried to started something in the Music forum cos i thou music is closer to those who might read books as well. i seriously thought there isnt any books thread existed in this LYN.

So, i think first thing to improve is to add the word 'BOOK' into the category name "hobbies, collectibles and model kits". Or simply change it to "hobbies" then make it fair in between bookworms and collectibles junkies. I do collect books but i never thou it is part of the collectibles so i went to the music category

Look at the topics in this LYN Book Clubs - we have a mass crowd of bookworms here and there is a big chance to do it better by putting this book club upright on the right place. Im sure there are more other bookworms around.

At the same time Im thinking, maybe true bookworms would seldom being a net-addict so they dont come to LYN

This post has been edited by secretsquirrel: Apr 23 2009, 03:26 PM

spot on.

bookworms prefer to be comfy in their reading bed/sofa rather than at a desk with a bright monitor.

Did an el-cheapo tag temporarily

Maybe i can sponsor 30-40% discount on selected books to the winner of the monthly competition. ( if there were to be one )

Well, i'm still thinking about it, no promises

[nitpick]
is there option for u to antialias the text 'LYN Book Club'?
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hehe.. i am un-stressing from a study/cramming session..

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Added on April 23, 2009, 4:31 pmoh yayy oh yayy oh yayyyy!!! then maybe LYN can repay you by.. umm.. maybe stickie-ing ur thread or sthg? What's the higher-ups got to say abt this, feyhime?

This post has been edited by budakjahat: Apr 23 2009, 04:31 PM

i wanna say phail but im no better...oh well

Cis XD

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icyfawkes> Like I said it's 'el-cheapo' XD

budak jahat> woot nice!

aih...no Photoshop at office...

My office computer don't have Photoshop punya T^T

Anyways, if there were to be a competition, what competition will it going to be?

of course la
unless ur under the IT department...

LOL the banner looks ok though the fonts need some touching up. Gonna have a new banner soon

ok im at home now...will find some material to edit kekeke...will post it here once its done

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Added on April 23, 2009, 9:13 pmor you guyz think i should draw one out myself?
juz got my scanner last mth

This post has been edited by icyfawkes: Apr 23 2009, 09:13 PM

Hi people.
How about create a LYN Literary Lounge's Garage Sales in here?

This post has been edited by Massa: Apr 24 2009, 01:39 AM

If you want I can always upload the EMPTY banner so that you all can have fun with it?

As for Garage Sales, not at the moment until we get better momentum.

Anyone free to come up with competitions plan? I am thinking as well, will list them out later.

Book swapping sounds good too.

Banner - pls upload the source file, i can play with it

Garage Sale - pls dont. really. u gonna get spam 2 death. just advert in ur siggy.

Book Swap - can i meet u


Btw, i /r/ postcount enables here. cos post count is enjoice. and no worry about spammer, i will klik !REPORT every single post that is spams.

Here ya go >>

thanks fayhimay



bro ur pic, i actually missed it cos it was too , inconspicuos, especially the wording...

would u guys prefer a bar tho? much like the one in my sig. its smaller - better since most of us have big sigs anyway

Go ahead and design one IMHO we can have all sorts for now until we all pick the best one for use. Go wild with your creativity!

I would like to suggest a Text-tag to be rewarded to those that qualifies as below:
- give alot of book reviews thread
- active in the threads being posted (so that it doesn't seem like a copy-pasted from somewhere else, without even reading the book)
- getting alot of +1 for the reviews.

Text-tag something like my --> Shrine.Lowyat.NET Contributor.

There are no set rules of HOW to get the Text-tag.
What I would suggest is that it should be depending on when and how the Moderators decides.

What's the purpose? To encourage people to read more and be active in this section.
It is the same concept as the Contest idea, whereby you do something, you get reward(s).

Of course, it can be either the Text-tag or the Elite-tag; either one is fine.

I like the text tag idea, or maybe a badge or something, like the DC or Female or Keranamu Malaysia tab...

anyways, here are some more imgs i worked on, de-stressing a bit..

Nice! I like them , budakjahat.

love the 3rd one...although u should make it smaller

the 3rd one is nice.. if we can use a local kodomo, would be a lot more nicer

ok...the modded version...will see if i got any fresh idea...now no mood la...being jobless is a pain in the arse...lol

will tweak the colors if it doesnt really show out at our siggy...

change the words too...

resized it to make its smaller to fit in as a bar...



This post has been edited by icyfawkes: Apr 29 2009, 12:21 PM

connected by passionate love

ahahha...jangan gatal...

will see if i have any idea while sitting at home staring into the monitor...its been a while since i last draw...zzz...rusty man...

here very less gal. i thought book club will attarct more gal.

at least we have shah_ho_nam

lol many girls here actually lol..

shah is a girl? i always tot u were a guy lol...no offense...

i dunno lol...nvr bothered to cari or buaya...cari kerja lebih penting skrang LOL

no.. i am a guy actually..

ho nam and shah is a guy name.. sorry for the inconvenience

i kenot see.. i kenot see..

got 2 reverse gender ID here in book thread

where?

iseefauks, i kenot see the book club siggy thing you made..

hehehehehe

ada, she's here but u'll never know witch one lol..

This post has been edited by shah_ho_nam2: Apr 29 2009, 05:41 PM

[quote=budakjahat,Apr 29 2009, 03:50 PM]
got 2 reverse gender ID here in book thread

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where?

iseefauks, i kenot see the book club siggy thing you made..

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u duno the legend who kawin naik helicopter? lol

anyway, nice sig icy.
but ur quotes phailed

This post has been edited by IcedNyior: Apr 29 2009, 05:50 PM

LOL
i like it thou...which part girly?coz i mod it frm feyhimes one...if its the color then i can easily tweak it...
ill try think of something else this week...since my next interview is on next monday...ada masa lagi untuk lepak lol

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Added on April 29, 2009, 5:53 pmquotes ar...

what bout "Bookworms going online..."?

well u can give me some...i can juz use some as a template for each new design i can think or mod

This post has been edited by icyfawkes: Apr 29 2009, 05:53 PM

not quote in the sig. ur quote in the reply. blergh

its a re quote error...system punya prob bukan saya...LOL

ah.. semua orang ingat itu

Tbh, I don't see how a badge/sig/etc is going to improve traffic to this place. If you ask me, build the content and traffic will automatically be generated.

My suggestions for improving the Literary Lounge are as follows:

- Strong Moderation

- Enabling post counts

- Enabling User ratings for positive contributions to the LYNLL

- Tell your friends

- Enabling tags for different genres - Mystery, Modern Literature, Classic Literature, Comics, Manga, Teen, Fantasy, Sci-Fi etc

- Tell your friends

- Forum where book real life readings/clubs can be organised

- Trading post

edit: and finally

- tell your friends

This post has been edited by Kidicarus: Apr 30 2009, 03:01 PM

^ this is a good idea

Need to list down several categories.

latest

Okay peeps, here's some feedbacks.

Announcement bar headline (the DC++ thingy) is a no go since LYN Literary Lounge isn't a global issue that involve every LYNers.

I am trying to get us removed from Hobbies but we'll have to wait a bit since the Admins are busy.

I've already started the book swapping thread, so please head over and participate!

As for promoting our beloved section, I'll like to call out to everyone to link this section in your signature while waiting for the banners to be done.

Banners> Please use "LYN Literary Lounge" yeah, name change is in order.

Trading is nay because that's not our priority for now.

Potential writers! Please post up your work too! If you have any aspiring writer friends, point them this way.

erm, we have a special thread to post up our work or everyone just start their own thread?

Start a new thread for yourself since it's your writing ^__^ That way it's easy for us to comment on your work.

How about a book club? As in we choose a title and for about a month or a few weeks we slowly go through the book and discuss as we go along.

Hi guys!

How about we compile a list of Lowyat.net book lovers and the genres, authors, and titles in which they like to read. And we organize book club sessions based on the data collected or based on any requests given.

And before we launch any sessions, we will state the goal(s) of each session so that the participants won't be misinformed of what the topic of discussion will be about.

Of course, it would be great if we can drag other non-Lowyat.net members to participate in these book club sessions. We can make it grow!

I wouldn't mind managing and organizing all this if all of us are willing to participate.

Hope that we'll get somewhere soon with this!

This post has been edited by LCTho85: Oct 20 2009, 01:05 AM

Our company is running a contest for Booklovers. If ur keen for a contest too, think u can contact my bosses. Im sure they will be willing to help anything in the book industry :-)

Hey ya.

I was free just now and made this:



This post has been edited by Sozze: Aug 23 2010, 05:38 PM

There is one important thing that is missing!

THE DIRECTORY OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN MALAYSIA.

Books are still pretty costly around in Malaysia :C

+999999999

can create a list for all the trusted online book sellers? i quite lazy to search all of it in the forum ><

Anyone read any good books lately..care to share

I see that the book club performance and visitor rate is getting lower and lower We should really do something.

Well I'm giving away a free fiction book on my blog if anyone care to take a look.

http://leonalim.com/blog/index.php/2012/09...y-beth-wiseman/