LibraryThing: State of the Thing - October

LibraryThing: State of the Thing Dear {NAME}, Welcome to the October State of the Thing. We've got design changes, a new LibraryThing job and—HEY!—you should vote! 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. LibraryThing Redesign, October Last month we unveiled redesigns for [Zeitgeist](, [More]( and [Series](. This month we updated the LibraryThing forum system, [Talk](. The new Talk system works much better on mobile and tablets. After member consultation the main page is now simpler to use, with a single link. It's also somewhat more roomy—although, with member feedback, not quite as roomy as when we first pushed it out to members! Check it out [here](, and let us know how we can make it better! - Original Talk post: [New Talk Pages]( - Continuation talk post: [New Talk Pages, #2]( Help LibraryThing and Win $1,000 in Books LibraryThing is looking to hire a remote "Project Specialist"—someone hard-working and bookish who writes well and knows social media. And we're offering $1,000 in books to anyone who helps us find that person. Find out more on the [LibraryThing blog](. The job itself is focused on member outreach—social media, member contact, and writing newsletters like this. So if you think you could do better than the founder of LibraryThing—pressed into service to write this—you should apply for the job! Free Books! Early Reviewers is our program where you can win free advance copies of books to read and review. Sign up to request books. Our October batch of [Early Reviewers]( has 2,467 copies of 72 books. The deadline to request a book is October 26, 6pm EDT. Have You Voted? The graphic above says it all. If you're eligible to vote in the upcoming US election, please vote. FiveThirtyEight has put together a handy guide on "[How To Vote In The 2020 Election]( Hot This Month We kicked the algorithm, so "Hot this Month" is unusually fresh this month. - [The Left-Handed Booksellers of London]( by [Garth Nix]( - [Jack]( by [Marilynne Robinson]( - [Leave the World Behind: A Novel]( by [Rumaan Alam]( - [The Searcher]( by [Tana French]( - [Battle Ground]( by [Jim Butcher]( - [The Evening and the Morning]( by [Ken Follett]( - [Rage]( by [Bob Woodward]( - [Magic Lessons: The Prequel to Practical Magic]( by [Alice Hoffman]( - [Troubled Blood]( by [Robert Galbraith]( - [A Deadly Education]( by [Naomi Novik]( - [The Book of Two Ways]( by [Jodi Picoult]( - [Piranesi]( by [Susanna Clarke]( - [Solutions and Other Problems]( by [Allie Brosh]( - [The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue]( by [V. E. Schwab]( - [The Thursday Murder Club: A Novel]( by [Richard Osman]( - [Monogamy]( by [Sue Miller]( - [The Midnight Library]( by [Matt Haig]( - [Shadows in Death]( by [J. D. Robb]( - [The Tower of Nero]( by [Rick Riordan]( - [The Once and Future Witches]( by [Alix E. Harrow]( - [To Sleep in a Sea of Stars]( by [Christopher Paolini]( - [Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump]( by [Michael Cohen]( - [Anxious People]( by [Fredrik Backman]( - [The Darkest Evening]( by [Ann Cleeves]( - [Transcendent Kingdom]( by [Yaa Gyasi]( Savez-vous que Librarything est disponible en français? Did you know LibraryThing is available in many languages? LibraryThing members translated it! Some of our top sites are: [Catalan](, [Danish](, [Dutch](, [English](, [Finnish](, [French](, [German](, [Italian](, [Norwegian](, [Portuguese (Brazil)](, [Portuguese (Portugal)](, [Spanish]( and [Swedish](. Legacy Libraries: The Presidents Speaking of the US presidency, did you know that LibraryThing members have cataloged the personal libraries of eight US presidents? These include [Harry Truman](, [Dwight D. Eisenhower](, as well as the founders [Washington](, [Jefferson](, [John Adams](, [Madison]( and [Monroe](. We also have [Elbridge Gerry](, VP under Madison, [Hamilton](, the protagonist of a popular musical, and many other [Libraries of Early America](sort=status&fieldFromCloud=50&fieldFromCloud_name=Libraries%20of%20Early%20America), most cataloged by [Jeremy Dibbel](. Best of all, you can compare your own library to theirs, or even [explore the books they share](. 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. Join LibraryThing staffer Kristi for a live demo of TinyCat on Wednesdays at 1pm EST, [link here](. You can also 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. That's it, and make sure you vote! Tim ([TimSpalding]() This message was sent to {NAME}. Click to [edit your email preferences or unsubscribe from future emails](.