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2. CREATING AN ACCOUNTTHIS SECTION WILL PROVIDE: INFORMATION ABOUT THE STAGES OFCREATING AN ACCOUNT STEPS TO CREATING A NEW ACCOUNT 3. CREATING AN ACCOUNT: 2 OPTIONSOPTION 1: CREATE A NEW ACCOUNTOPTION 2: SIGN IN USING AN EXISTING ACCOUNT VIA FACEBOOK/TWITTER/GOOGLE 4. OUR TUTORIAL WILL FOCUS ON CREATING A NEW ACCOUNTTO BEGIN CREATING YOUR ACCOUNT DO THE FOLLOWING IN THE WHITE BOXES SHOWN ABOVE:1) ENTER YOUR NAME: FIRST, FIRST AND LAST, NICKNAME2) EMAIL ADDRESS: THIS IS YOUR FULL ADDRESS: I.E. BOOKFIEND@BOOKMAIL.COM3) 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 NEXTSCREEN1) NAME2) EMAILADDRESS3) PASSWORD 5. ALLOWS YOU TOBRING CONTACTSFROM VARIOUSACCOUNTS OVER TOBUILD YOUR FRIENDSLIST 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 READINGCLICKING LINK ABOVE ALLOWS YOUTO ENTER GENRES NOT SHOWN 7. 1. SELECT YOUR FAVORITE GENRES BY CLICKING BOX NEXT TO THEM. (A SMALL GREENCHECK 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 OFGENRESYOUCREATEDISDISPLAYEDIN MENUBOX ONLEFTBOOK COVERS REPRESENT BOOKS FROM GENRES CHOSEN ON LEFT.IWANT TO READ BUTTON ALLOWS YOU TO QUICKLY ADD BOOKS OF INTEREST TO A BOOKSHELF FORLATER ACCESS.THE STARS BELOW THE BOOK COVERS ARE USED TO RATE BOOKS YOU HAVE READRATING 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 ARENEEDED 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 SOTHAT IT WILL BE ADDED TO A LIST FOR YOUR FUTURE ACCESS.4. ONCE YOU HAVE FINISHED RATING AT LEAST 20 BOOKS, CLICK THE IM FINISHED RATING LINKLOCATED 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 SIDEOF SCREEN TO SORT BOOKS INTO CATEGORIES FOR EASIER ACCESS. 12. FRIENDSALLOWS ACCESS TO OTHER SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES AND EMAIL ACCOUNTS TO HELP FIND FRIENDS TO LINK TOYOUR GOODREADS ACCOUNT. THIS FUNCTION IS GOOD FOR SOCIALIZING, FINDING BOOK RATINGS/REVIEWS,READERS ADVISORY, ETC.SEARCH MEMBER OPTION ALLOWS FOR SIMPLE SEARCHING FOR USERS BY NAME OR EMAIL. 13. MY BOOKSEDIT READING STATUS, RATINGS OR ADD/CHANGE BOOKSHELVESREADINGSTATUSBOOKSHELVESADD/CHANGE 14. HOMESHORTCUTSTOPERSONALIZEACCOUNTBOOKSEARCHBOOKS 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 ACCOUNTPERSONALIZATION OF ACCOUNTPERSONAL INFOSETTINGSAPPSWIDGETS (FOR POSTING ON PERSONAL SITES)PHOTOSPURCHASES (LINKABLE TO AMAZON ACCOUNT) 16. FOR MORE INFO ON LEARNING TO USEGOODREADS TRY SOME OF THESE OTHER LINKS.LINKS http://www.goodreads.com/helpALTERNATIVE TUTORIALS http://youtu.be/0itv2htevnw