From what I've tinkered around to try, is there no way to put your bookshelf on hold without going on "vacation hold"? Basically, I don't want to go on vacation hold, but I don't want any requests. I don't need the credits now and at least here in Raleigh, NC, the PO is already crazy. The last time I tried this, I put all my books on hold, but when I thought I was unholding them, it reposted them. Removing them ALL from their original place in line (some 1.5 years in line!) and putting them back in at the back! Eep! I hope I'm making sense here. I'm on every day, and I check PBS all the time, so I want to get the WL emails (I don't want to go on auto WL). IS there a way that I'm just not seeing where you can JUST put your bookshelf on hold (and be able to unhold it without bumping them to the back of the line) or is it either all, where you have to go on hold completely? Thank you!

Releasing a vacation hold does not put you at the back of the line.  Vacation hold preserves your place.  From the help docs:

How does the Vacation Hold affect My Bookshelf?

What I do is put my account on vacation and then autorequest my WL. Then you can use up credits w/o getting book orders and still move up on FIFO with your posted books.  That's the only way to do it and not lose your place in line. You can still order non-WL books while on vacation.  You would just have to come off vacation if someone wanted to post WL book directly to you.  That doesn't work with vacation and autorequest unless you are #1 in line (learned that the hard way).

Individual hold removes them all from FIFO.  This is so people can post books as they receive them to their shelf but have them on hold until they're ready for them to be ordered. 

Vacation hold is for when you want no orders at all. 

I don't autorequest my whole WL. Just the ones I want to make sure I get if I'm offered. 

When you go to your bookshelf page, click on the PUT ON VACATION HOLD button. You will see a calendar for the start date and the return date. I have put my bookshelf on hold several times with no problems going back to original place in FIFO line.

****VERY IMPORTANT INFO****  DO NOT put individuals pages of books on hold, then you will lose your place in the FIFO line. I did that once on a couple of pages and 100 books then went to the present day. I was so mad at myself as a lot of those books had been on my shelf for 2 years. Oh well, lesson learned and will never do that again.  You MUST put your entire shelf on Vacation Hold and only by clicking that Put on Vacation Hold button. Good luck!

Heather, to answer your actual question....no, there is no way to just put your Bookshelf on hold other than individual hold and yes, when you take them off of hold they go to the end of the FIFO line.  The only option is Vacation Hold and put your WL books on AutoRequest.  Those are your only options.

Thanks!