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Introducing Talpa Search, a whole new way to search for books by cover color, cover details, plot, setting, characters, and more! talpasearch.com
LibraryThing is now free to all. Half of Twitter is trapped at home, with nothing to do but catalog your books. And everyone is worried about money. So we're going free. Enjoy!
Announcing Talpa Search, a magical, new library search powered by AI and authoritative library data.
Talpa does "what's that book?" questions—and can even find books by their color and cover! proquest.syndetics.com/news/2023/06/1…
LibraryThing is currently offline or, at best, slow. We are suffering a Distributed Denial of Service attack—basically, thousands of hacked machines hitting us far harder than our infrastructure can handle.
Good morning! LibraryThing is currently up and fully accessible. We had problems over the weekend with malicious actors flooding us with requests (a so-called DDoS attack). We are working to resolve problems if they return. Thank you for your patience and support.
Today is the birthday of Anne Frank (1929), and it is also the anniversary of the day (1942) that she was given her famous diary. Kept while she and her family were being hidden from the Nazis, the diary was published in 1947. Have you read it? librarything.com/author/frankan…
Here are the top books in US public libraries last month! Data comes from the thousands of libraries that use Syndetics Unbound to enhance their library catalog. proquest.syndetics.com/news/2023/03/0…
Today is #NationalLibrarianDay! Begun by the American Library Association in 1958, this is a day to recognize and celebrate the hard work and contribution of librarians. Are there librarians that have helped you, over the course of your reading life?
librarything.com/tag/librarians
We shone a spotlight on the titles that are "Hot on LibraryThing" this month, with Prince Harry's "Spare" topping the list. You can see more interesting lists and site statistics on our Zeitgeist page. librarything.com/zeitgeist