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The new regular reviews page is excellent. Now it's easier to reciprocate and keep control and track. Hope everybody likes it so it might be implemented.

Kiss,

Gacela

I do like the in-line review. As a reader/reviewer, it allows me to highlight parts I particularly want to comment about. In the old version, I had to copy and paste that part so the author would know what I was talking about. Now it's easier.

There's a space at the bottom of the in-line review screen to add general comments, like a "regular" review. With this space, the in-line review turns into a cool combination  of both types of reviews. I would suggest to have a button where writers could indicate if they are not fond of in-line reviews or not. By checking that button writers can block the feature for their books, so readers would not have the option of delivering in-line reviews.  To be very honest, as a writer I appreciate all the feedback I receive. Being too picky could result in scaring readers/reviewers away from my novel, so checking the button I suggest on the author's risk.

I agree with JP Lundstorm that it'd be cool to have a feature allowing the author to see all the in-line comments together, for re-writing purposes, on top of being able to view them one by one as it is now.

Kiss,

Gacela.

Sol:

I'm very fond of my iPad as I believe anybody owning an iPad is. Are you planning to upgrade the site to a more iPad-friendly environment.

Kiss,

Gacela.

The line between YA and NA is very thin. While certain features like the age of characters is an evident difference, YA and NA topics don't differ much. Coming of age and self discovery/acceptance, either at 16 or 22, seem to be the most common topics in both genders.

If you ask me, it seems that certain topics reserved for NA are only because of "political correctness". For example: sex and cursing is out of YA (or it seems so), but not extreme violence. E.g., The Hunger Games are splashed with hardcore violence up to the last page (teens killing teens and even enjoying it: if it's not hardcore violence I don't know what else it might be). However, put a scene a tad erotic in a YA book and it will be automatically censored by parental associations and banned at schools. If you ask me, that's hypocrite. Both sex and violence should be considered unacceptable for YA, or both accepted. I wonder if any of those mums so dexterous to tell YA from NA at a book sign prevent their kids from watching The Hunger Games, Ender's Game  and movies of the sort.

Bottom line: Throw everything in the YA bucket and write what you want. Be very marketing oriented if you want to make a lot of money, but don't forget that writing is a art and a mean of expression, which means it doesn't fit everybody's taste.

Kiss,

Gacela.