Today’s (Sunday) New York Times has a wonderful article on LibraryThing, A Cozy Book Club, in a Virtual Reading Room by Anne Eisenberg (Business section, page three).
It’s everthing we could have hoped for—sympathetic, book-focused (albeit in the business section), member-focused (way to go kageeh), and with none of the common misunderstandings.* I knew they were going to run something, but I thought it was focused on tagging, with LibraryThing as the first example. But it’s all about LibraryThing. And boy is it positive!
It goes without saying that I’m a bookish guy. But most of my non-book reading has shifted to the Web. I don’t get magazines anymore, except National Geographic, and my opinion of the “mainstream media” is not what it was when I read three papers a day and had never heard of an RSS feed. But the Times is the stable point. I read it from an absurdly young age. I have flash-bulb memories of a half-dozen front pages. I have the edition from my son’s birth wrapped up for preservation better than the Codex Sinaiticus. When, as the Economist** said, the last newspaper reader tosses aside the last newspaper, it’ll be the Times, he’ll be me, and he’ll keep it in a pile in the living room for months—dipping in now and then—until his wife threatens to recycle it, and he moves it surreptitiously to his office.
So Vivat New York Times, and thanks for noticing us.
*LibraryThing is for dating. LibraryThing is about competition. LibraryThing is about selling books. LibraryThing is a tech story, etc.
**A magazine I’d like to get, but it’s so expensive!
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nice article on LibraryThing….
I am happy to be part of the LibraryThing
Andrew
I read some of the articles about Leprosy patient Bernard Punikaia. I photographed him in 1982 at the height of his fight with the Federal Government. Is there a memorial site that exists for him or the member’s of Kalaupapa? I have photographs that may add information to anyone interested.
Thank you.
D. Stanley
i am proud to be a member of librarything
I am a new member of librarything but it looks promising
I was quiete impressed with this site because most of my research books are here and not hard to find. Thanks alot 😉
Whomever it may concern,
I am creating a LibGuide for the school. Can I have the “LibraryThing” website in our school library homepage?
Thanks,
Amina
This is a really old blog post! Please email us at info@librarything.com with some more details about your project, and what you’d need from us to make it happen, and we’ll be happy to help you from there.
What is this site. I’m confused is this like an extension
LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for book lovers. You can use the site to catalog and keep track of the books you own, read, want to read, etc. We have links to sites that sell/provide books, but you can’t actually read or purchase books through LibraryThing.
You can check out our short tour of LibraryThing here: https://www.librarything.com/tour/. We also have an FAQ page for the site (https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/Help_and_FAQ) which you might find helpful. Feel free to email us at info@librarything.com if you have any further questions!
Very nice article,I’m new here.
I live in Germany. Can I become a member of Librarything? I am the publisher of an author who publishes in USA.
Kind regards
Florian Russell
Yes! We even have a German version of the site at librarything.de