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Sudden Ownership of Compendiums

Greetings. I won't mince words as this is concerning & an answer is very much needed: It was brought to my attention that some people suddenly had a bunch of compendiums added to their bookshelves; None bought, just appearing there out of nowhere. I checked my own bookshelf & lo an' behold: I got 25 books in there. What's goin' on?
The fix that got put into place for  this  probably gave everyone access to other compendiums. I would guess the compendiums are not going to stay free for long. :)
Hey folks! Sorry for the mix up! We are doing some work with compendiums to make things more intuitive and useful for everyone-- in that process we actually made it  less  intuitive. We are resolving the issue and making a few tweaks to ensure this lands correctly. Everything should be back to normal now, please let us know if you notice anything else out of the ordinary!
We are doing some work with compendiums to make things more intuitive and useful for everyone-- in that process we actually made it  less  intuitive. Why is this being done on the live server and not the dev server?
Fluffanutter said: We are doing some work with compendiums to make things more intuitive and useful for everyone-- in that process we actually made it  less  intuitive. Why is this being done on the live server and not the dev server? That question should really be the title of a whole forum section.
Drespar said: Hey folks! Sorry for the mix up! We are doing some work with compendiums to make things more intuitive and useful for everyone-- in that process we actually made it  less  intuitive. We are resolving the issue and making a few tweaks to ensure this lands correctly. Everything should be back to normal now, please let us know if you notice anything else out of the ordinary! Its still showing me i have Ghosts of Saltmarsh and have access to it out of game but not in game, in shared compendium it is showing up as owned and when i am lookint for it via compendium tab it is there but when i try to start a game its not there and in the charactermancer none of the Background options are there.  Granted its not a big deal its just odd that it is one book, i did check the rest of the ones i dont own and its not giving me access to them.
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keithcurtis
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For those curious about this matter, this looks like a new feature that was announced today on Twitter, but not yet in the forums: <a href="https://twitter.com/roll20app/status/1493939865599332356" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/roll20app/status/1493939865599332356</a> Fresh from the Forge!   Compendiums shared with you are now available via the web Compendium!  Anything shared will appear on your Bookshelf.  Searches will include results from shared compendiums.  Share books you own for FREE with your friends!
keithcurtis said: For those curious about this matter, this looks like a new feature that was announced today on Twitter, but not yet in the forums: <a href="https://twitter.com/roll20app/status/1493939865599332356" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/roll20app/status/1493939865599332356</a> Fresh from the Forge!   Compendiums shared with you are now available via the web Compendium!  Anything shared will appear on your Bookshelf.  Searches will include results from shared compendiums.  Share books you own for FREE with your friends! This makes perfect sense now thats pretty awesome
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Bianca
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I had no idea that graphic would show that huge, thanks Keith XD
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Death Master &nbsp;said: This makes perfect sense now thats pretty awesome I know, right?
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Now in the forums!&nbsp;<a href="https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/10697157/release-note-feb-16-2022-compendium-sharing-updates" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/10697157/release-note-feb-16-2022-compendium-sharing-updates</a>