October State of the Thing

LibraryThing: State of the Thing Dear {NAME}, Welcome to the October 2018 State of the Thing. This month—join us for a Halloween Haunt, we've made some improvements to Series and Awards (and you can help!), plus TinyCat's Library of the Month. 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. Introducing the [LibraryThing Halloween Haunt](! With Halloween just around the corner, we've whipped up some spooky fun. Solve the creepy clues to find candy hidden around the site! Find the candy and win prizes. This witching hour will last for one week—you have until Thursday, Nov. 1st to finish your Trick-or-Treating. [» Go join the LibraryThing Halloween Haunt!]( Follow the link above to see the clues. Each clue corresponds to a page somewhere on LibraryThing. Visit one of those pages, and you'll see a message pop up indicating that you've found candy! Find 12 candies before the hunt ends, and you'll be automatically entered into a drawing for some fabulous LibraryThing prizes, including exclusive LibraryThing gear not yet available in the store. Boast about your haul (and get hints) on [Talk](. Happy haunting! New Features: Series and Awards Improvements Links for Series and Awards pages Add links to LibraryThing Series, Publisher Series, and Awards pages. This allows members to provide links to authoritative lists of Series and Awards. There are default labels for Wikipedia pages, author, and publisher pages, or you can add your own. Join the discussion on [Talk](, or head over to any Series or Award page (like [this one](Raven+Cycle)) to try it out for yourself. Series suggestions Contributing to LibraryThing series data just got a lot easier. Using series information pulled in from our many real-world library data sources, we've created the [Help Improve Series from Library Data]( page. This [Helper page]( shows works that might belong in specific LibraryThing series. From there, you can confirm the suggestion by adding the work to that series, or vote to reject it by clicking the 'x'. Sort suggestions by all series, your series, books in your library, etc. Take it for a spin (try it out [here]() and [tell us what you think on Talk](. Series translations Series titles are now translatable! LibraryThing relies on members around the world to [help translate]( the site in to many languages. Series are now part of that. Series translation options now appear the bottom of all Series pages. See how you can help on [Talk](, or visit any Series page (like [The Lord of the Rings](Lord+of+the+Rings)) to view or contribute translations. Talk of the Thing [Literary locales.]( What literary locations have you visited? Have you ever gone to a place specifically because you read about it in a book? Tell us about it on [Talk](. [Favorite scary stories.]( What are your favorite scary books or stories? Share yours and get some frightfully good recommendations from other members on [Talk](. [Where did your member name come from?]( This is an old thread, but a fun one! What's the origin story of your LibraryThing handle? Join the discussion on [Talk](. 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 October batch of [Early Reviewers]( books features 3,845 copies of 100 different titles. The deadline to request a free book is Monday, October 29th at 6pm, Eastern. Look for the November batch around the 5th. The most requested books so far from the October batch: Did You Know? [TinyCat for personal libraries.]() Did you know that TinyCat is free for your personal library? Check it out (and get your TinyCat) [here](). [Authors: Dead or Alive?.]( You can see fun stats about the authors in your library, too. For example, how many of your books were written by authors who are still living? How many whose authors have passed? Check out the [Dead or Alive?]( page in Stats/Memes. to see yours! [Litsy: Where books make friends.]() Did you know that LibraryThing now manages Litsy? Litsy is the mobile platform where members share photos of what they're reading, quotes, blurbs, and reviews. Read about the new (to us) app on the [LibraryThing blog](, or take it for a test drive (on iOS or Android) by going [here](). 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! TinyCat Library of the Month Every month we'll be highlighting one of the real-world libraries that uses TinyCat for their collections. You can see this month's Library of the Month on the [LibraryThing blog](. Meet the [United States Institute of Peace Library](! 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, Oct. 31st, 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 - [Crazy Rich Asians]( by Kevin Kwan - [Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine]( by Gail Honeyman - [The Woman in the Window]( by A.J. Finn - [The Hate U Give]( by Angie Thomas - [To All the Boys I've Loved Before]( by Jenny Han - [The Power]( by Naomi Alderman - [Little Fires Everywhere]( by Celeste Ng - [Pachinko]( by Min Jin Lee - [Origin]( by Dan Brown - [Artemis]( by Andy Weir That's it for this month. I'll see you all in November! 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](.