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Full Rules & Guidelines

Discussion

1.1: All posts should be directly book related, informative, and discussion focused. Joke comment threads and irrelevancy will be removed. Please see rule three for a more extensive list of things prohibited.

1.2: Posts cannot be inherently political. This is a book forum, not a political platform: everything must fit within the context of book discussion. eg: If a thread about a conservative state banning a book turns into religion-bashing, it will be deleted. If a discussion about the state of traditional & self-published authors turns into a discussion of low-wage factory workers, it will be deleted.

Personal conduct

2.1: Incivility will be met with a warning, and repeat offenders will be banned. Civil behaviour is a requirement of participation in the subreddit.

2.2: No inflammatory or politically charged posts. This subreddit is a place for discussion, so the quality of the subreddit depends on the quality of the discussion. Politics and inflammatory comments detract from the quality of the discussion and therefore the quality of the subreddit. The same goes for novelty accounts.

2.3: Please conduct yourself as though in a family-friendly environment. Do not use obscenities, slurs, or gender-charged insults.

Prohibited

3.1: Promotional posts, comments and/or flairs of any type are not allowed: please see the wiki for more details. This includes surveys and market research. If you're trying to promote your own book, please post to /r/wroteabook. If you're trying to promote your blog or website or other product please see reddit's policy on spam and self promotion. Also see /r/books wiki on self promotion. If you are posting your own content you must be up front in the title that it is your own work. Any posts, comments and/or flairs breaking the spirit of the rules, if not the letter of the rules, are subject to removal and the associated account(s) may be banned at the discretion of the mod team. For an AMA or Author Spotlight you must read the rules and contact the mods.

3.2: No memes, image-macros, image-only, or video-only posts. You may make a self-post and include with it an image or video, keeping in mind Rule #1. Please note: shallow posts are not allowed but you are allowed to post if you give some information of elaboration along with the image. See images for examples.

3.3: Requests for personalized recommendations or suggestions are not allowed. Post instead to our Weekly Recommendation Thread (always CSS stickied at the top of any /r/books page), /r/suggestmeabook or /r/whattoreadwhen. Also try /r/booklists or our Suggested Reading list wiki page. Posts asking users to list their favorite/the best book of a genre, style, etc that don't include an answer and why in the body will be assumed to be recommendation requests and removed. 'Should I read X book?' and 'What do I need to know before I read X' posts are not allowed unless you have made an effort to encourage discussion, otherwise you might be re-directed to the Weekly Recommendation Thread or /r/suggestmeabook.

3.4: "What's that book called?" posts are not allowed. Post instead to /r/whatsthatbook or /r/tipofmytongue.

3.5: No direct sales links. Please link to Wiki, Worldcat, Goodreads, Librarything - not Amazon. There are deceptive possibilities for direct-sales links so AutoMod removes them automatically. Author and publisher websites are fine but don't link directly to the sales link. Goodreads, Librarything, Worldcat are all great substitute for Amazon pages.

3.6: No distribution or solicitation for pirated books. We aren't telling you not to discuss piracy (it is an important topic), but we do not allow anyone to share links and info on where to find pirated copies. This rule comes from no personal opinion of the mods' regarding piracy, but because /r/books is an open, community-driven forum and it is important for us to abide the wishes of the publishing industry.

3.7: No plagiarism. Use original sources. Links to sites that routinely plagiarise content without contributing further or giving credit to the source will be removed

3.8: No low quality book lists (eg: Buzzfeed). To maintain quality, the list must encourage discussion. The list itself must have descriptive paragraphs for each book. Users are also encouraged to submit their own unique lists as a self-post. Alternatively, there is /r/booklists.

3.9: If you do not mark your post or comment as having spoilers it will be removed: see our wiki for more details.

3.10: Sensationalist headlines and comments that aim to start arguments instead of discussion will be removed.

3.11: Novelty accounts which do not add to discussions will be banned.

3.12: Obvious requests for homework where the OP has done little/no work will be deleted.

3.13: Low effort content, including quotes, are strongly discouraged. Those without a further stimulus for discussion are subject to removal.

3.14: No DAE/TIL type threads. DAE/TIL posts that would foster discussion should be rephrased to avoid "Does anyone else..." or "Today I learned..." and have further content to stimulate discussion.

3.15: News articles/blog posts over a year old.

Encouraged

Thoughts, discussion questions, and epiphanies about authors and their work.

4.1: If you post a link to a news article, a thoughtful response might be to talk about your favourite quotes from the article, or pose a question about the issue being written about. If you use a self-post, express some of your own opinion so it generates discussion.

4.2: When a book takes you by surprise sometimes it's hard to find the right words. You can usually find pre-written discussion questions at sites like shmoop and sparknotes, but why not write your own list of questions? Ask yourself about the who, what, when, where, why, and how.

4.3: Sometimes you see strange connections: between authors and other authors, between two completely different pieces of works, across different times and places: share your euphoria and insight.

4.4: Feel free to add flair to your username. We've included tags to help indicate the book you're currently reading, just finished reading or the book you're re-reading. You can also add flair that is non-book related but please: no websites or promotions!

Please remember that all other rules of reddit apply here too. Please report posts or comments which do not follow either set of rules. Learn them, live them, love them..

Ultimately, mods have the final say. This isn't meant to seem harsh but some users are exceptions to the rule - not the common lovely /r/Books subscriber - so it is reserved exclusively for spammers, trolls, and aggressively ideological zealots.

In summary, this forum encourages thoughtful discussion in a civil manner. As a default we have our own great discussions but we are also a hub to lead you to other niche book forums, so please check out the sidebar for related subreddits and multireddits.


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