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Announcing Talpa Search, a magical, new library search powered by AI and authoritative library data.
Talpa does "what's that book?" questions—and can even find books by their color and cover!
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LibraryThing is now free to all. Half of Twitter is trapped at home, with nothing to do but catalog your books. And everyone is worried about money. So we're going free. Enjoy!
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2022 Top Titles in US Public Libraries. Assembled from thousands of libraries by Syndetics Unbound from
@LibraryThing
and
@ProQuest
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LibraryThing is currently offline or, at best, slow. We are suffering a Distributed Denial of Service attack—basically, thousands of hacked machines hitting us far harder than our infrastructure can handle.
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Good morning! LibraryThing is currently up and fully accessible. We had problems over the weekend with malicious actors flooding us with requests (a so-called DDoS attack). We are working to resolve problems if they return. Thank you for your patience and support.
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Today is the birthday of Anne Frank (1929), and it is also the anniversary of the day (1942) that she was given her famous diary. Kept while she and her family were being hidden from the Nazis, the diary was published in 1947. Have you read it?
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Here are the top books in US public libraries last month! Data comes from the thousands of libraries that use Syndetics Unbound to enhance their library catalog.
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A very happy birthday to one of our favorites—the incomparable
@ursulaleguin
! Profiled in this week's New Yorker:
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First lines from
@nkjemisin
’s The Fifth Season—
#3
in books added to
@LibraryThing
this month! What are your favorite first lines?
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Introducing "AI Search" for
@LibraryThing
, a simple way to find a book if you don't have the title.
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Today is
#NationalLibrarianDay
! Begun by the American Library Association in 1958, this is a day to recognize and celebrate the hard work and contribution of librarians. Are there librarians that have helped you, over the course of your reading life?
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We shone a spotlight on the titles that are "Hot on LibraryThing" this month, with Prince Harry's "Spare" topping the list. You can see more interesting lists and site statistics on our Zeitgeist page.
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Let the Wild Rumpus Begin! Today is the birthday of children's author & artist Maurice Sendak, whose "Where the Wild Things Are" was recently voted the greatest children's book of all time in a BBC poll. What are some of your favorites, of Sendak's books?
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LibraryThing will not be doing any April Fool's jokes today. I don't think any of us can handle them.
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Did you know that you can see (and add) emojis for Dewey Decimal classes? Check out "Dewmoji" on LibraryThing:
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A year ago, we decided to make LibaryThing free to all. A lot has changed in a year, but we're still letting you catalog your books for free with no limits and no ads.
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Developers! Come work for LibraryThing! Or tell a friend and collect $1,000 in books from the indie bookstore of your choice.
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We have now taken the whole site down for our developers to evaluate and improve our defenses.
We hope to be back up in several hours, but we can't guarantee it right now.
Thank you for your support and patience!
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#ALAAC23
opens today. Here's a sneak peek at some of our swag—stickers, pins, bags and… mole stuffed animals wearing Talpa shirts. Alas, we only have four of the latter. Booth 1312!
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Today is Paperback Book Day, commemorating the date that the first Penguin paperback was published, in 1935. A lighter, less expensive book, the paperback helped to make pleasure reading accessible to a wider swathe of the public. Do you enjoy reading paperbacks?
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No matter how full your "To Read" shelf gets, you can catalog it with LibraryThing.
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LibraryThing for Android—cataloging at the speed of light. Get the app: Details:
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Today is Drop Everything and Read Day (D.E.A.R), celebrated annually on Beverly Cleary's birthday. Permission granted to drop everything else and read. What book will you choose?
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It's Jólabókaflóð! In Iceland, friends and family traditionally give each other books for Christmas which they open and read on Christmas eve while drinking hot chocolate. Books and hot cocoa? Count us in!
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Happy Birthday to LibraryThing! It's August 29th, and LibraryThing is turning 18!
We're celebrating with a sale on everything in the LibraryThing Store, and we're hosting a special Birthday Treasure Hunt! Come join the fun!
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More of us are trapped at home with kids, with a requirement to homeschool. So give them a phone or computer, and put them to work cataloging your books, or theirs! Cataloging requires organization and attention to detail, and opens easily into big questions about classification.
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Meet LibraryThing for Android—catalog your books at home on your phone! Get it: Details:
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LibraryThing turns 17 today! We launched back on August 29th, 2005, and we've been having a blast ever since! With 2,783,571 members and 174,716,681 books cataloged, we've come a long way. Thank you to everyone who contributes to the site!
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Today is Independent Bookstore Day! What are some of your favorite independent bookstores? Will you be stopping by today? Let us know how you plan to mark the day.
#IndependentBookstoreDay
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Recently we interviewed Callan Bignoli
@eminencefont
about her work with
#ProtectLibraryWorkers
, a movement to change how libraries are re-opening and providing services in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read our interview with Callan here:
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Today is the birthday of Art Spiegelman, whose graphic novel, Maus, explores his father's experiences as a Holocaust survivor. In response to a Tennessee school board's recent decision to remove the book from its classroom curriculum, LibraryThing has been hosting a group read.
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Wouldn't it be great if
@BHSWorldwide
allowed Toni Morrison's personal library to be cataloged before it is dispersed? Like or RT if you agree.
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Here's a quick video about Talpa Search (), our new library search project. If you're going to
#ALAAC23
in Chicago, visit us at booth 1312.
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LibraryThing is currently down. We are working to restore service as soon as possible.
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From the award-winning author of the "North of the Tension Line" series comes a timely, heartfelt collection of essays.
Enter to win a copy of J.R. Riordan's (
@AudacityofGoats
) "But Still They Sing" from
@BeaufortBooks
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It Christmas Eve—time for Jólabókaflóð! An Icelandic tradition, "The Christmas Book Flood" involves the gifting of books at the holiday, which are read Christmas Eve night, with some hot chocolate. Sounds like a book-lover's dream! Will you be giving any books for the holidays?
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Two-year anniversary of
@LibraryThing
going 100% free.
LibraryThing is now free to all. Half of Twitter is trapped at home, with nothing to do but catalog your books. And everyone is worried about money. So we're going free. Enjoy!
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It's Hobbit Day! The birthday of Bilbo Baggins and his nephew, Frodo, this is a day for celebrating Hobbits, the Shire, and the marvelous world created by J.R.R. Tolkien! What will you be doing to mark the day, and Tolkien Week?
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It's National Library Week! Let's celebrate our favorite libraries by giving them a shout out here. Tell us your favorite public, school, academic, or special library.
#NationalLibraryWeek
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On this day, in 1799, the Rosetta Stone was discovered, eventually allowing scholars to decode Egyptian hieroglyphs. In honor of the day, we ask: what are your favorite books, fiction or nonfiction, about Ancient Egypt?
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Today is the birthday of African American science fiction author Octavia E. Butler. The winner of numerous Hugo and Nebula Awards, she was the first science fiction author to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. Have you read her work?
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It's National Read a Book Day! What are you reading today, Thingamabrarians?
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It's Paperback Book Day, commemorating the date that the first Penguin paperback was published, in 1935. A lighter, less expensive book, the paperback helped to make pleasure reading (& book collecting) accessible to a wider swathe of the public. Do you enjoy reading paperbacks?
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We are working to mitigate the problem. We'll post updates here as we have them.
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Happy birthday to Dolly Parton, author, songwriter, and literacy champion! Through her Imagination Library, she has given away 150,606,052 books to kids in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Republic of Ireland.
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LibraryThing has been up since the morning.
Here's an explainer:
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Millions of people are now working from home. LibraryThing staff have been doing that for over a decade. We thought we'd share some tips!
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TinyCat is a new online catalog for tiny libraries. Share your library with TinyCat:
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It's National Read a Book Day! What are you reading today, Thingamabrarians?
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Happy National Book Lover's Day from LibraryThing! If ever there was a day for our members, this would be it.
#bibliophilia
#NationalBookLoversDay
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LibraryThing is excited to welcome Abigail, our newest staff member! Abigail will be taking over for Meg here on Twitter, will be handling our Early Reviewers program, and writing our monthly newsletter.
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LibraryThing wishes our members a Very Happy New Year!
Do you have any reading resolutions or plans for 2023, Thingamabrarians?
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LibraryThing turns 12 today! 🎂 To celebrate, we put our 3 cataloging methods to the test. Details on the blog:
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On this day in 1919, philosopher, novelist and academic Iris Murdoch was born. Her personal library is now housed at the Kingston University Library, London, and has been cataloged as part of our Legacy Libraries project. Have you read her work?
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Today is International Pi Day! A celebration of the mathematical constant π, this day has been recognized by UNESCO as the International Day of Mathematics. What are some of your favorite books with a mathematical theme?
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New Feature! Charts and Graphs. Twenty-nine pages of eye candy and information for every
@LibraryThing
member!
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Roses are red.
LibraryThing's free.
Stay home from work,
And catalog with me. ❤️
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Today is the beginning of Read an Ebook Week, and we want to know: are you an ebook reader? What do you like and/or dislike about reading digital books?
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Are we doing this right?
It's easy to guess who someone with a “MAGA” hat or Biden-Harris tote voted for. But Cool Whip or loose eggs?
We wondered if it was possible to identify Trump and Biden voters based on what's in their refrigerators.
Take our quiz to see how you do 👇
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When she’s not busy fighting for voting rights, Stacey Abrams writes romance novels and political thrillers. Check out her author page on LibraryThing:
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Yesterday, to celebrate the one year anniversary of the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA released this image of a star-forming region in the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex. We ask: what are some of the books you have read and enjoyed about astronomy, star-gazing and cosmology?
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Why read a book when you could pull all your books off the shelves and put them back into new places?
Catalog 'em here:
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Happy Winter Solstice to all of our members in the northern hemisphere! It is the shortest day of the year, and has therefore also been named Short Story Day. What are some of your favorite short stories and short story writers, Thingamabrarians?
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Job! Help LibraryThing find a bookish genius and win $1,000 in books.
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Okay, LibraryThing is back up—WITH FOUR TIMES THE DISK SPACE. Go crazy, people!
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I can't remember the title, author, or anything else about the book—but I think the cover was blue?
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A full-size version of the chart can be watched at
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