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Eliot York   Apr 25, 2010
New features this week on Hello Poetry

In the Bookshop



The Bookshop now has several ways you can browse: Featured, Latest, Bestsellers and My Favorite Poets. Browsing by "My favorite poets" is a useful way to keep track of books you have not purchased by your favorite poets on Hello Poetry.



Also, try hovering over each book with your mouse to get more details about it (price, poems, and notes) without leaving the page. A small but wonderfully useful feature!




Poem formatting!



The most requested feature by far is here. You can add bold, italics and adjust alignment (left, center, right) for your work. Also, the preview function on adding/editing a poem is more accurate.




Showcasing poems



Also, have you noticed "selected" poems? When adding/editing a poem, you can set a poem's status as "selected" which showcases that work on your profile and all of your book's pages. It's a great way to select a few works to showcase to readers and fans of your work.




Sharing your books


There are two easy ways to share books around the web. Look for the grey share button below the book cover on any book page and next to each published book on the "My books" page. It's the easiest way to get the word out about your new book or a book you love. Send an email, share it on Twitter or Facebook, all from that button.