Archive for August, 2016

Monday, August 15th, 2016

New Feature: True Excel Export

After years of CSV and TSV exports, we’ve added a “true” Excel export for your catalog. Find yours here: https://www.librarything.com/export.php?export_type=xls.

It’s a minimal, simple implementation. We made the headings bold, changed some column widths and defined some columns as text and some as numbers, but otherwise left the data as-is. We tested it out, but there are so many versions of Excel out there, that we’d appreciate feedback from members too.

Let us know what you think in Talk.

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Labels: export, new features

Friday, August 5th, 2016

August 2016 Early Reviewers

The August 2016 batch of Early Reviewer books is up! We’ve got 118 titles this month, and a grand total of 2,701 copies to give out. Highlights include Margaret Atwood’s retelling of The Tempest, new books from China Miéville, Tess Gerritsen, and Jodi Picoult, plus a new volume of cat poetry. Which books are you hoping to snag this month? Come tell us on Talk!

If you haven’t already, sign up for Early Reviewers. If you’ve already signed up, please check your mailing/email address and make sure they’re correct.

» Then request away!

The deadline to request a copy is Monday, August 29th at 6pm Eastern.

Eligiblity: Publishers do things country-by-country. This month we have publishers who can send books to the US, Canada, the UK, Israel, Australia, France, and many more. Make sure to check the flags by each book to see if it can be sent to your country.

Thanks to all the publishers participating this month!

Tundra Books Lion Fiction Oneworld Publications
Henry Holt and Company Akashic Books Raincloud Press
Random House Apex Publications William Morrow
World Weaver Press Crown Publishing Five Rivers Publishing
Medallion Press McBooks Press Anaphora Literary Press
Velvet Morning Press Newcastlewest Books Chronicle Books
Ballantine Books Beacon Press Prospect Park Books
CarTech Books Small Beer Press Exterminating Angel Press
Algonquin Books Bethany House HighBridge Audio
Tantor Media EsKape Press Prufrock Press
BookViewCafe Whitepoint Press EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
Chin Music Press McFarland Bellevue Literary Press
Quindaro Press Recorded Books

Labels: early reviewers, LTER