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Subject: Anyone else having trouble editing book lists?
Date Posted: 6/16/2011 1:39 PM ET
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I have tried for two days now to edit my book lists on my profile and it just sends me an error message.  Any one else or is it just me?  Is this something I should mention to PBS?

Cheers,

Tina

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Date Posted: 6/16/2011 2:36 PM ET
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I had a problem last night when I tried to add books to it it goes to website not found page so then i just keyed in the ISBN like a search for a book and clicked on options add to book list etc.... and that worked

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Date Posted: 6/16/2011 2:42 PM ET
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I am having trouble with my custom lists ,  mostly putting them in a certain order. Ive had to delete them twice and start over but when I do that it will say this book is already on the list when it is not.

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Date Posted: 6/16/2011 2:45 PM ET
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I could't edit my book list last night.  I tried everythng, but kept coming up with an error message.

 

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Date Posted: 6/16/2011 3:36 PM ET
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I just had the same problem too.  Trying to add a book to my list and kept getting the error page.  Hopefully it will be fixed soon.

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Date Posted: 6/16/2011 3:38 PM ET
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I had a problem ordering a book from someone's shelf - it kept giving me an error message saying "this book is not in the system" or something like that. I would refresh and go back in to see if maybe someone else had ordered it, but it would still be there on this member's shelf. I contacted the member and they said they did not have any requests for it and it was available but I could not order it until several hours later when I tried again. It was weird.

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Date Posted: 6/16/2011 5:31 PM ET
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Has anyone written to the Team yet?  They should know there's a glitch (if that's the problem).

I haven't had a problem adding a book yet, but I haven't tried recently.  I have had problems trying to reorder my lists lately though. 

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Date Posted: 6/16/2011 6:16 PM ET
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I let them know this afternoon about the problem. smiley

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Date Posted: 6/16/2011 6:22 PM ET
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Ratz, me, too. Couldn't connect with my Pending Bookshelf list - hope it clears up by the weekend so I can work on it again.

Gail

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Date Posted: 6/16/2011 7:47 PM ET
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I also can't edit my list. I hope they fix it soon.

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Date Posted: 6/16/2011 8:38 PM ET
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I'm glad I'm not the only one.  When I try to add a book to my list I get a blank page.  Waaaa!

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Date Posted: 6/17/2011 8:43 AM ET
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Since Monday, when everything worked fine for me, I can't request books from anywhere on the site that I've tried, can't put books on my reminder list, can't get the Books En Route to Me page to come up so I could mark books received, can't delete a picture I tried to add, and the Search blank isn't working right. Not that it matters, since I can't request books anyway. I have contacted the PBS team, who says some 'changes' they made are not compatible with my browser and suggested some things to try, including downloading different browser. I tried, but none of them helped at all. I'm about ready to give up on PBS - my age and state of health don't make me feel like going on with this annoyance and frustration.
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Subject: Troubles Too
Date Posted: 6/17/2011 9:45 AM ET
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I have been trying to add books to my bookshelf, put them on my wish and reminder list as well as other things. Nothing. I push the button and don't even get a page, just no action at all. I am frustrated because I really enjoy this site and it has never been an issue before. I am glad that it just isn't me.

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Date Posted: 6/17/2011 7:59 PM ET
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I am really suprised that they haven't fixed the problem yet.  I just want to add  ONE book to my book list and it won't let me.  I have over 140 on my list, so I am afraid that it will be shelved and I will never get it logged in.  Hopefully, they will fix it soon or we should revolt  wink Just kidding!

 

Kerry

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Date Posted: 6/17/2011 11:08 PM ET
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Another day has passed and the problem still isn't fixed.  <sigh>

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Date Posted: 6/17/2011 11:14 PM ET
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I had a similar problem the other day and asked about it in the thread " Something weird is going on" PBS responded.

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Date Posted: 6/17/2011 11:42 PM ET
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Whew - I'm glad to know it's not just me.  I've tried for 2 days now to add books to my books lists and I keep getting punted. 

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Date Posted: 6/18/2011 12:54 AM ET
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Wishlist appears to be working fine, but cannot delete books from my book lists.

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Date Posted: 6/18/2011 2:51 AM ET
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just tried starting a new booklist- entered the isbn and goes to a blank page

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Date Posted: 6/18/2011 7:08 AM ET
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I just tried to create a new book list (which works fine, and even saved the list title and all) but my experience is like Adrienne's, just a blank page when I type in a book to add and hit 'search.' I was able to delete books from my lists with no problem, however.

I also tried adding/removing books to/from my reminder and wish list and that worked okay so it seems to be just the personal book lists that are being finicky, not the WL/RL/TBR etc.

Cheryl

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Date Posted: 6/18/2011 9:12 AM ET
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You can still add books to your list..Just the long route. Search the isbn #, then goto more options and click +book list and your book lists will pop up....

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Date Posted: 6/18/2011 3:28 PM ET
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Thank you as it still wasn't working.  But your way did!

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Date Posted: 6/18/2011 3:39 PM ET
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no problem smiley glad to help

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Date Posted: 6/18/2011 11:22 PM ET
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I am still having this problem...I am glad to know that I am not the only one having this problem.