Archive for August, 2010

Monday, August 30th, 2010

One last Hunger Games box set giveaway

For those who haven’t read the Hunger Games books, leave a comment on this blog post to win a box set of the complete trilogy.

The deadline is Wednesday, September 1st at 10:00 AM EDT.

Mockingjay, the final installment of the Hunger Games trilogy, came out on August 24th, and we’re celebrating with one last contest, one for those who’ve heard so much about the books, but haven’t been able to read them yet.

Any LibraryThing member can win one of box sets by leaving a comment below. The winner will be picked randomly from all commenters–leaving multiple comments will not increase your chances of winning. Please be sure to include your username. The deadline is Wednesday, September 1st at 10:00 AM EDT.

Congratulations to kamane for winning the photo contest.

About Mockingjay
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she’s made it out of the bloody arena alive, she’s still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what’s worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss’s family, not her friends, not the people of District 12. Powerful and haunting, this thrilling final installment of Suzanne Collins’s groundbreaking The Hunger Games trilogy promises to be one of the most talked about books of the year.

Read more about Mockingjay, including LibraryThing member reviews, ratings and more.

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    • Monday, August 30th, 2010

    Early Reviewers bonus batch: Mockingjay

    August bonus! We’re giving away 25 copies of the new Hunger Games series finale Mockingjay, through the Early Reviewers program.

    Early Reviewers is our program that gets free books into the hands of reviewers. To win a book is free, your only responsibility is to review it. First, make sure to sign up for Early Reviewers. If you’ve already signed up, please check your mailing address and make sure it’s correct.

    Then request the book here:
    http://www.librarything.com/er/list

    The deadline to request a copy is this Friday, September 3rd at 6PM EST.

    Eligiblity: Publishers do things country-by-country. Scholastic is only able to send the book to US addresses.

    Thanks to Scholastic for offering this giveaway!

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    • Sunday, August 29th, 2010

    Happy 5th Birthday, LibraryThing!

    Today marks the fifth anniversary of LibraryThing. In honor of us being “this many” (high five), here’s a birthday Camembert. After blowing out the candles (wishing for five more years of bookish and social-networking delight), I wrapped the cheese up so it can be the LibraryThing lunch tomorrow.

    I hope every member of LibraryThing has a great day. ???? ????????!

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    • Thursday, August 26th, 2010

    Publishers: Edit your book links and dates

    We’ve introduced a few changes to LibraryThing for Publishers to help publishers get their books in, and the data right.

    Each publisher/imprint now has a “Your titles” link, which takes you to a page where you can change the URL and publication date of books.

    Small publishers may find this easier than the Simple LibraryThing Format, that encourages you to put ISBN and URL in the same uploading spreadsheet. I used this feature to help Small Beer Press, Chin Music Press, Myrmidon Books.

    You can now also change your “Preferred source” for book data, to get titles, authors and publication dates from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.ca and others.

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    • Thursday, August 26th, 2010

    Read a National Book Festival author’s book; ask them a question

    The 75 Books Challenge for 2010 group has a “Take It or Leave It” challenge for August, where they read a book by one of the authors who will be attending the 10th annual National Book Festival.

    You don’t have to be part of the 75 Books Challenge group to decide to read a NBF author’s book. Even if you can’t go to the festival itself (in Washington, D.C. on September 25), you may be inspired to read a book by one of the participating authors. Maybe this is your chance to finally pick up Everything Is Illuminated, Outlander or Read to Your Bunny. You can join the 75 Book Challenge folks on their thread, or keep your reading choice to yourself.

    I can’t go to the festival this year, but I’ve arranged to ask many of the authors in attendance ONE interview question each. If you’d like to be the one to ask any of these authors a question, post it here before September 1st.

    See the entire list of authors.

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