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Q&A Guidelines

Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Q&A is for asking and answering questions about books. You can ask other readers questions about a specific book or you can ask an author a question about his or her work. All Reader Q&A questions are public while Ask the Author questions are visible only to the author until the author decides to answer them.

What should I ask or answer?

In general, you should ask any question that you feel will help further your understanding or appreciation of a book or your connection with an author. Here are some examples of questions we hope you’ll ask:

  • Questions about the characters in the book: “What do you think Eric was thinking when he insulted Todd in Chapter 4?â€�
  • Questions about the ideas in the book: “What assumptions does the section on organic farming make?â€�
  • Questions about the author’s background: “Have you traveled to all of the countries you write about?â€�
  • Questions about the author’s writing style: “There are passages in this book that remind me of Zadie Smith; has she been an influence on your writing?â€�
  • Questions about the content of the book: “Is Gone Girl appropriate for a precocious 13 year-old?â€�

What shouldn’t I ask or answer?

While we encourage a broad range of topics and styles of Q&A, posting certain types of content may result in your question or answer being removed. Do not post:

  • Questions or answers that abuse, denigrate, antagonize, or threaten readers or authors.
  • Spam or any kind of self-promotional content.
  • Questions or answers that are irrelevant to the book or author.
  • Questions and answers that use copyrighted material (with the exception of brief quotations from the book) without permission.
  • Repeated posts that make the same point unnecessarily.
  • Questions or answers that promote illegal or harmful activity.

And here are a couple of disclaimers:
  • Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ reserves the right to remove a question or answer at any time for any reason. It is at our sole discretion and no one else’s that we decide when content is against our guidelines.
  • The questions and answers posted on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ are individual and subjective opinions. The opinions expressed in questions and answers are those of Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ members and not of Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ, Inc. We do not endorse any of the opinions expressed by our members.