August State of the Thing

LibraryThing: State of the Thing Dear {NAME}, Welcome to the August 2018 State of the Thing. This month—don't forget to send us your photos of your LibraryThing swag, we're holding a back to school sale in the store, tag updates, and more. If you'd rather receive a plain-text version, [edit your email preferences](. You can also [read it online](. Our newsletter archive lives [here](. You can like LibraryThing on [Facebook]( and follow [@LibraryThing]( on Twitter for up-to-the-minute site news and updates. More LibraryThing Models Wanted We want to spruce up the [LibraryThing Store](, and we need your help! Send us photos of yourself wearing your favorite LibraryThing (or TinyCat) gear, and we might feature your picture in the Store! Send your photos directly to me, or upload them to your [member gallery]( and send me the link. Thanks a ton to everyone who's already sent in photos! You all have excellent taste. We've got the gallery up and running ([Check it out!]() and we'll have the store updated soon. Back to School Sale The first day of school is just around the corner—time to get your library in order! To help things along, we're offering [CueCat barcode scanners]( and [printed barcode labels]( at a major discount, through Sep. 30th. Head over to the [LibraryThing Store]( to stock up! Coming Soon: Talk Like a Pirate Day It's still a few weeks away, but it might be time to brush up on your Pirate proficiency. [Talk Like a Pirate Day]( is one of our favorite LibraryThing traditions. In recent years, we've celebrated with a literary treasure hunt sending members scouring LibraryThing pages. Stay tuned to [the LibraryThing blog]( on September 19th for this year's festivities! Tag Updates We've made some big changes to tag pages, and even more so, tag detail pages recently, including canonical forms of tags, tag aliases, and translations. The goal is to streamline the tag interface on LibraryThing, and make the data clearer to members, as well as to improve the data itself by exposing aliases, translations, etc. Read about the updates on [Talk](, or explore one of the tag pages—[Education](, for example to see it in action. Talk of the Thing [Words you learned from reading.]( What are your favorite words you've learned from reading? See other members' favorites and share yours on [Talk](. [Beach reads.]( What books (or kinds of books) do you like to take to the beach? Add yours on [Talk](. [Name That Book.]( Trying to puzzle out the title of that book you read years ago, but just can't remember? The [Name That Book group]( is here to help! Make sure to read the posting tips before creating a new thread. Free Books: Early Reviewers httsps://www.librarything.com/er/listYou are not currently signed up for [LibraryThing's Early Reviewers]( program. You are missing out! Early Reviewers offers free books to members—about 100 titles a month! Since 2007, we've given out over 160,000 books. The catch? Publishers want your honest review. How you review a book won't help or hurt your chances of winning books in the future, but not reviewing your winning will. [» Sign up for Early Reviewers]( The August batch of [Early Reviewers]( books features 4,520 copies of 128 different titles. The deadline to request a free book is Monday, August 27th at 6pm, Eastern. Look for the September batch around the 4th. The most requested books so far from the August batch: Did You Know? [Barcode scanning.]( Did you know that you can scan a book's barcode to search your library? Head over to [Your Books](, and make sure your cursor shows up in the "Search your library" bar in the upper-right corner. Then you're all set to scan. Works great with any ISBN-powered barcode scanner (including our [CueCats]() and [barcode labels](. [Blog widgets.]( You can show off your LibraryThing collections on your blog (or elsewhere on the web) using our animated blog widgets. Customize to highlight newly added items, or old favorites, and show as many or as few books as you like. Go to the [blog widget page]( to try it out. TinyCat News [TinyCat]() is the online catalog for small libraries, created by LibraryThing. It turns your existing LibraryThing account into a simple, professional, web-based catalog. New Tiny Tutorials - [Power Edit]( Check out our [Tiny Tutorials]( and [LibraryThing for TinyCat Users]( series. Every other week, Kristi highlights a different feature, and walks you through how to use it in 30 seconds or less. Other Resources - Email us tinycat@librarything.com - Follow us on [Twitter]( - More tutorials on our [YouTube Channel]( Weekly Webinars We also offer free, weekly webinars giving an overview of TinyCat every Wednesday, at 1pm Eastern. Join us for our next one, Wednesday, Aug. 22nd, at 1pm Eastern. Head over to [this link]( at that time, and look for the TinyCat Webinar. If Wednesday at 1pm doesn't work for you, let us know—we'll be happy to schedule a session for you. You can also see a pre-recorded webinar from November 2017 [here](. Hot titles this month - [The Woman in the Window]( by A.J. Finn - [Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine]( by Gail Honeyman - [Little Fires Everywhere]( by Celeste Ng - [Crazy Rich Asians]( by Kevin Kwan - [Origin]( by Dan Brown - [Artemis]( by Andy Weir - [Pachinko]( by Min Jin Lee - [The Power]( by Naomi Alderman - [Killers of the Flower Moon]( by David Grann - [Sing, Unburied, Sing]( by Jesmyn Ward That's it for this month. I'll see you all in September! Questions, comments, ideas? Send them my way. —Loranne (loranne@librarything.com) This message was sent to {NAME}. Click to [edit your email preferences or unsubscribe from future emails](.