January State of the Thing

LibraryThing: State of the Thing Dear {NAME}, Welcome to the January State of the Thing. Happy New Year! This month we are improving Series data, offering a great trial deal for TinyCat, 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. News Ongoing Work: Series Overhaul We’re overhauling Series—how they are added, edited, organized and displayed. Members are helping us here, as usual, and thinking deeply about how series factor into their own reading lives. Hit up [the thread](“��) for the full discussion. TinyCat 90 Day Trials TinyCat is our online catalog for small libraries that turns your existing LibraryThing catalog into a simple, professional catalog. We’re running a special for new libraries that want to try out TinyCat during the New Year: any organization that signs up in January or February will receive an extended 90-day free trial to TinyCat. That’s an extra two free months of TinyCat to play around with the system and see how it can revamp any small library. Go to the [TinyCat Signup]( to start an extended trial for your small library! Book World Updates The New York Public Library tallied their all-time most checked-out books. Children’s books dominated, with [The Snowy Day]( topping the list. [Check out the whole list](. [Christopher Tolkein](, the son and literary executor of J.R.R. Tolkien and Old English scholar in his own right, [died earlier this month]( at age 95. Fans of Lord of the Rings have Tolkien the younger to thank for the publication of expanded writings such as [The Silmarillion]( and [Beren and Luthien](. Talk of the Thing The [75 Books Group]( has flipped the calendar to 2020, with many members starting threads to track and discuss the books they read in 2020. Make your own thread! Reading Globally is focusing their first quarter on [The Rise of the Far Right in the 21st Century]( The Tea! Group is wondering [how we were all introduced]( to Red Rose. Did You Know? You can describe books with a haiku. In each work page on LibraryThing, there is a section called “Haiku Summary.” Check out [some examples](. We have a central page full of recommendations just for you. Unsure what to read? Check out your [Recommendations area](. Early Reviewers Early Reviewers is our program where you can win free(!) advance copies of books to read and review. Sign up to request books. Books for all ages and interests available. The January batch of [Early Reviewers]( has 2,960 copies of 89 books. The deadline to request a book is January 27th 6pm EST. The most requested books of the January batch: TinyCat [TinyCat]( is the online catalog for small libraries, created by LibraryThing. It turns your existing LibraryThing account into a simple, professional, web-based catalog. Check out our playlists of Tiny Tutorials on [LibraryThing’s YouTube channel](, where Kristi walks you through various features of TinyCat in 30 seconds or less. Hot This Month - [The Testaments]( by Margaret Atwood - [Normal People]( by Sally Rooney - [The Overstory]( by Richard Powers - [Where The Crawdads Sing]( by Delia Owens - [The Library Book]( by Susan Orlean - [The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle]( by Stuart Turton - [Circe]( by Madeline Miller - [The Tattooist of Auschwitz](by Heather Morris - [All Systems Red]( by Martha Wells - [The Last Wish]( by Andrej Sapkowski That’s it for this month. See you in February! — KJ This message was sent to {NAME}. Click to [edit your email preferences or unsubscribe from future emails](.