The 2008 BookFinder Report is now out. The report, compiled by the staff of BookFinder.com, a cross-site used-book search service, tracks hot used books.
On top of the “Arts” section for the fifth year—Madonna’s Sex. I’m not sure why. LibraryThing members rate it pretty poorly.
Then again, it’s bound in metal…
Check it out: http://report.bookfinder.com/2008/
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I’ve revamped each work’s “covers” page—a.k.a. “change cover”—to emphasize the higher-quality images among out 1,000,000 covers.
1. The images are bigger, so you can see quality, and because covers are so beautiful.
2. The algorithm now sorts larger covers higher, so that members are more likely to pick higher-quality versions of their cover. The existing sort order was reinforcing the use of low-quality images, even when LT had high-quality ones.
3. High-quality images now say “high quality” and list the original dimensions.
Here are some examples: The Odyssey, Pnin, The Kama Sutra, Pudd’nhead Wilson, Origin of Species, Life of Pi, Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
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Big news today—Amazon now owns 100% of our rival and bête noire, Shelfari.
With a lot to do today, I don’t have time to blog-ify it, but you can read about it on Talk and talk back. We’ve always relied on members to direct the site. We could use your advice now more than ever!
Here’s the post on Talk: http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=44126
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St. Martin’s Press is responsible for this month’s unprecedented and huge Early Reviewer bonus batch! They’re giving out 1,000—yes, one thousand—copies of Any Given Doomsday by Lori Handeland.
The book is available to residents of the US and Canada, and the deadline to request a copy is Sunday, August 31st at 6pm EDT.
Request your copy here:
http://www.librarything.com/er/list
About the book: it’s a brand new series featuring Elizabeth Phoenix, a cop with extraordinary psychic powers who’s hot on the trail of a ruthless murderer- and whose life is about to change forever. Bestselling author Lori Handeland delivers and unforgettable heroine and a pulse-pounding series that you don’t want to miss.
And, on their website, you can sign up to receive In The Beginning, the free prequel story to Any Given Doomsday.
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I love the Despair, Inc. posters, so this library-related riff got to me.
Poster by Darien superstar John Blyberg (CC-Attribution); hat-tip Michael Stephens.
I’ve wondered if lamination and similar protective techniques in libraries don’t encourage the very disaster they anticipate—”Oh, the book has a plastic cover on it? I guess that means its okay if I read it while eating a meatball sub!”
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