Reviews here, reviews elsewhere...

[jts]

* Add links to the original reviews, even when taken with permission this is helpful. This gives some perspective and also reveals which reviews are genuinely contributed on gobooks.nemir.org (that is merit to be linked to from elsewhere, gobooks is not the only aggregating site after all).
* Write at least once "Nemir" in the introduction instead of only I.

I think this would just clutter the site. Listing the reviewer's rank gives me all the perspective I need.

* Some indication for which books you have reviews for which you have not - given before you click your way through to the review section of the individual book.

browse>titles with reviews

[hyperpape]

Where are we talking about adding external links?

Here's a sample review: http://gobooks.nemir.org/books/k10.html. Since there's already a URL, I conclude that adding a link would not create clutter. I think that's a necessary courtesy on the web.

There's also the main reviews page: http://gobooks.nemir.org/browse/reviewed.html. I think adding external links there would be confusing.

Is there some third place?

[mumps]

And on a different tack... who do I contact here to obtain permission to republish reviews here? Who can I contact to try to arrange for permission to republish the BGA reviews?

According to the BGA Help Page (at the bottom bottom):
"The BGA retains copyright for all items published on its site, except when copyright is retained by authors
• Links to items within this website are permitted without any notification.
• Articles and photos may be reproduced for the purpose of promoting Go and not for profit, providing that the British Go Association website is attributed as the source, together with a link to the originating material, and the permission of the webmaster (webmaster@britgo.org) has been sought and obtained in writing in advance."

[xed_over]

There were other little things that all added up to being increasingly demoralising. I've received only 2 unsolicited reviews in the 5 years since the site went live. Anywhere I'd mention it people would just seem to talk louder about David's site. Or places like GD or SL. Mentioning it in KGS would get me spanked for advertising, despite the fact that I don't sell anything or in any way make money from this site. I don't even have banner ads. Keeping up with titles can be difficult.

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What is missing from http://gobooks.nemir.org to make it work better as a resource for the go community?


What can I do to make it better?

I remember when this site started up, and I usually preferred it to the others available (especially when the more established sites were seemingly no longer being maintained), but I could never remember the name of the site, which in turn made it difficult to search for.

[tapir]

Where are we talking about adding external links?

Here's a sample review: http://gobooks.nemir.org/books/k10.html. Since there's already a URL, I conclude that adding a link would not create clutter. I think that's a necessary courtesy on the web.

There's also the main reviews page: http://gobooks.nemir.org/browse/reviewed.html. I think adding external links there would be confusing.

Is there some third place?

I was referring to individual book pages. Nemir has permission to add full text from some sources, still I believe a link to the original place would add value (if only to know which material is genuine to his page). Second, sometimes when no permission is available a link is still possible and useful.