The LibraryThing-e offers easy access to all commonly-used LibraryThing functions.
After more than a year of development we are ready to unveil the “LibraryThing-e,” an ebook reader from LibraryThing. Built in a friendly and fruitful partnership with Amazon, the LibraryThing-e reader includes all your favorite LibraryThing features, and is a fully-functioning ereader designed from the ground up for hard-core bibliophiles.
Features include:
- Read books on a high-contrast E Ink screen, good for reading in bright light or shade.
- Download new books with built-in Wifi and 3G connections.
- LibraryThing-e’s patented “LikeaBook®” casing feels like fine morocco leather and emits a faint “old book” smell.
- Access Your books, Profile and Talk sections of the LibraryThing website, with special ereader-enhanced version of Tagwatch.
- The LibraryThing-e reference collection includes special editions of the American Heritage Dictionary and the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition.
- Though a ground-breaking arrangement with most publishers, the LibraryThing-e comes pre-installed with up to 200 of your LibraryThing books already scanned in; HarperCollins titles are restricted to a 26-page sample.
- Docks easily with the CueCat barcode scanner (included).
- Import books from a variety of other devices, including the Nookmooch® and GoodReader® platforms.
- Water-repellent.
- Text-to-Speech option with a choice of voices, including American voices (“Tim” and “Abby”) and an Australian option (“John”). “Zoë” is available as an expansion.
- Most books are available in more than 12 languages, including French, Dutch, Catalan and Latin.
- Built-in geolocation and our Readar™ technology matches your library with that of other LibraryThing-e readers nearby. A special expanded “Unsuggester” feature tells you where your reading-nemesis is at all times.
- Comes in two colors: “LibraryThing Brown” and “Original Greige.” “Abby Maroon” is backordered.
- All features are optional.
Best of all, the LibraryThing-e will begin shipping in two weeks!
Labels: barcode scanners, barcode scanning, ebooks
Firstly, is it possible to get it without the CueCat? I’ve already got one… sooo, would that make it cheaper?
Next, what kind of colour is Greige exactly? I’m trying to imagine it and I’m not really seeing it… but I’m very intrigued by the mystery of the whole thing.
Do you also have trade publicly on any stock markets? This thing is going to be HUGE!
No link to Amazon for purchase? Methinks this April Tom-Foolery!:)
Think what date it is!
oh, dang! I just spent the last of my pennies this month.
As much as I would like this to be true, I’m going to have to say, “And happy Fool’s Day to you, too.” 🙂
Damn, you got me excited for a moment!
Thanks for the smile! I especially like the name! And I’d love to have Abby read to me, it’s been years!
All features are optional?
I guess that means we don’t get anything! 😉
I would seriously consider buying an e-reader if it had that “old book smell”.
Also, nice jab at HC 😉
I would so buy this! You really had me excited about this for a minute, good job!
Ohhh – will it allow upgrade to RDA if the “test” is passed? Can I MARCEdit too? Is an upgrade possible on the ‘old book smell’ to include freesia? So excited!
😀
Someone should seriously consider selling an LCD screen cleaner than leaves an “old book smell” residue. It’s even cross-platform for the Apple fans 😛
I regret to have to inform you that this infriges on three patents that I hold. You will hear from my lawyer presently.
Hmmm, what day is this?
I want one that speaks Pirate. Is that a pony?
You had me up to ‘old book smell’. 🙁
Shame it’s April 1 – this sounds so much better than a kindle : ) Great mock-up!
I knew this was a joke as soon as I saw “water-repellent.”
Water-proof? Preposterous! =D
Great joke! Well done – I was almost fooled!!!
The “unsuggester” is an awesome idea!!!
Unfortunately, that, and the lack of price, were dead giveaways!
Great work, kids!
http://www.librarything.com/unsuggester.php
“Old book smell” is why I want this.
Thanks! Now I’ll never be able to buy an e-reader because nothing else can live up to this and I can’t settle for less.
“Zoë” is available as an expansion.”
Are you sure you want that feature?
😀
Thanks for the laugh today, Tim!
You had me up until Catalan.
Probably the best joke I’ve seen today!! Too bad it isn’t a real product.
I love the idea of having the AARC2 installed. What a great gift for cataloging geeks!
I would totally buy this…but only if there was a “Pirate” voice, because who wouldn’t love to have a book read to them by a pirate?
🙂
Need this now. I need to know where my reading nemesis is.
Got to say you had me going for a minute! Too funny!!
I certainly would buy one of these…
“A special expanded ‘Unsuggester’ feature tells you where your reading-nemesis is at all times.”
Best feature ever!
Greige is the color you get when you mix together all the leftover paint you’ve been hoarding in your basement.
LOL! Don’t I wish!
Ha! It was the “two weeks” that really sealed the deal.
That said, if you ever come out with this for real, I’m all over it. 😉
Great work! I will never buy an e-reader without the “Old book smell”.
Thanks for the laugh!
I heard it can have a special feature unlocked when you add the ‘Lace Reader’ book, by Brunonia Barry… It will begin actually reading lace, simply scan any lace and the volumes of data you never knew possible are readable on the Thing-e!
Why do I fall for the LT pranks every year?
I hope this turns out like ThinkGeek’s tauntaun sleeping bag prank a few years ago, where there was so much demand they had to actually make it.
One of the better April Fools of the day!!!!!
you guys had me till I remembered the date. Good show!
Brilliant! Which is not to say that I wasn’t disappointed to realize that I couldn’t actually GET a LibraryThing-e. I really like that fine Moroccan leather.
Darn! I can’t get this or the goat my favorite garden website was advertising? I’ll be pouting all weekend.
The text displayed on The LibraryThing-e is pretty funny, too!
Seriously, I want something that has the official name of thing-e.
Are you sure you can’t make this? I soooo want it! I particularly like the feature whereby it comes preloaded with up to 200 of my LT books. How cool would that be!!
I have to say I started getting suspicious when you wrote: “Built in a friendly and fruitful partnership with Amazon !!!!!!!!!
…but it is past April 1 here, so was almost “had”. 🙂
All I can say in reply is: I want one!!!!
Old book smell my foot! Very funny;)
The “old book” smell gave the joke away: LOL!
Brilliant guys only just found it
John from Australia (Does that make me the Australian voice?) 🙂
Oh…wuh…I thought this was real until I read the comments. I’ve been gotten.
I was thinking, “…but what formats does it support?”
Oh, if only. I want one! Love the color.
(After all, we DO have the technology…)
> HarperCollins titles are restricted to a 26-page sample.
LOL
You know, I was all into this…then I realized…there is no way!! But – THIS SHOULD BE DONE!! If you can make an e-reader that is compatible with amazon’s books, Library thing would be SET! You would sell MILLIONS…so get on this already, we are wanting our Library Thing-e!! :-))
Looks like chocolate 🙂 Is it edible?
Mine arrived today. Thank you so much. This is so much more better than all my previous ebook readers! Carry on the god work.
Oh, and giving out the first 30 of these gadgets for free was just sweet!
Kind regards
Christian
Looks neat! Sounds like a fun device. Nice!
I completely fell for this. At least until I saw “water repellent.” I really, really wanted one. Then I remembered the date and felt like a doofball.
Aw! It had me going with the “Translate” button and “Most books are available in more than 12 languages, including French, Dutch, Catalan and Latin.” I was slobbering since, I had just downloaded French and Italian dictionaries to my Kindle but am still frustrated by the lack of titles in those languages on amazon. Something was suspicious . . .
NOT. NICE.
Funny, but not nice. Thanks for the laugh.
Wished I knew to expect this. I already own a Kindle!
So I was told by a fellow LibraryThinger that this must be an April Fool’s day joke!
What I want to know is if you can borrow ebooks from the library with it? That’s the reason I haven’t gotten a Kindle. Since it’s in partnership with Amazon, I’m kind of thinking not… But since it is LIBRARYthing, you’d think they’d work to let users of their ereaders borrow library books.
ooooooooooh this is beyond cool. I like, I like. But I think I missed out on how to sign up for a free one. Is that still an option??
“Reading Nemesis” would be cool to actually have.
Great minds do think alike, although I think the features of our eReader offering are even more LIBRARY thingish: http://shelftalk.spl.org/2011/04/01/the-ebook-reader-for-true-booklovers/
I’ve tested this thing out and it works super well. Hopefully someday they’ll add support to play video games on it. I really want to see this game http://goo.gl/lGWg9 adapted for the eReader.
At first, I thought this was funny. The more I think about it, though, the more I wish it was real.
You had me at “faint old book smell” 🙂 Wish this were real…you could make millions!
What are the dimensions of this? I want to make a case for it, so that I can carry it around in style.
Wow!! I was sucked in easily and was feeling a little envious. I was actually looking for the specs and considering a trade from my Kindle.
Evil. . . .but a little funny 🙂
Enhanced Tagwatch! Can’t wait! 🙂
I was lookin gfot the ‘buy’ button!
Hmm… LibrarianinBlack.net just posted a blog about Kindles and I was looking for info on the LibraryThing-e so I could share. It sounded like rights from publishers wasn’t a problem for this e-reader…
Glad I read the comments first. 🙂 19 days later and I still got fooled. Well done, LibraryThing.
Where do you buy one of these and where are the usage instructions?