Member: timspalding

Hey Tim;
Happy turkey day to you and yours!~!
My question:
Would there be any way of providing L.T. members with a calendar on their profile page to keep track of specific L.T. events, group reads, etc? Just was curious as that would be such a convenience as opposed to keeping it on my "paper calendar" with all the other "family" and "personal" appointments, etc.
Just kind of picking your brain here.
Mull it over if you have time and get back with me. If I don't hear from you, I will take it as a negative response and keep on keeping on with what I am doing.
Thank you for all you and your team do on L.T. to increase our reading spheres and enjoyment of reading. I appreciate it no end. L.T. is one of the biggest things in my life after family and friends.
belva

posted by nannybebette at 2:43 pm (EST) on Nov 25, 2009

I received Hunter's Moon on Nov. 12 and entered it into my library, reviewing it on Nov. 15. A few days later, I discovered that my review had not been credited on the ER page and sent an e-mail to Sonya, asking her to fix it. As of today, I have received no reply and the error still exists. What do I do now?

I appreciate the ER option very much. It's nice to receive unedited copies of books!

Thanks.

posted by Boobalack at 3:54 pm (EST) on Nov 23, 2009

sorry, i figured it out once i stopped panicking. sorry to have bothered you.
thanks,
angela

posted by rolyat at 7:11 am (EST) on Nov 19, 2009

help, when i go to my books, it's empty. eeks!!! what happened. how do i get it back.
thanks,
angela

posted by rolyat at 6:29 am (EST) on Nov 19, 2009

Thanks!!

posted by apmlfv2 at 5:43 pm (EST) on Nov 18, 2009

Last-minute panic: while trying to save some of my data, I noticed that while it was possible to save and retrieve some pages - like Archived Comments - many of the Statistics pages do not, in fact, get saved. Is that because even an archived page (Safari Web Archive) is accessing live data? Is there any possibility of saving or exporting this data by other means? Sorry this is such an inconvenience. Perhaps I can ask someone else for help, and try to resolve this prior to account deletion? I know this is very low-priority, but I would like to hold on to a list of shared books etc.

posted by existanai at 6:44 pm (EST) on Nov 14, 2009

I don't make the best use of this site, spending too much time on frivolous political debates; as you already know I'm also highly displeased by the abundance of xenophobic postings.

I am tempted to stay because a number of friends have requested that I do, and because I do not have a replacement for this bookish community elsewhere, but at the moment I feel leaving might be the better option.

posted by existanai at 1:53 pm (EST) on Nov 12, 2009

Sunday, Nov. 15.

There is a related account I created - Existanai_Wishlist - which would also need to be deleted.

posted by existanai at 1:30 pm (EST) on Nov 12, 2009

What a shame that the project with Neil's library did not work out. And shame on Shelfari.

posted by TheoClarke at 5:29 pm (EST) on Nov 9, 2009

I was wondering if you would every consider adding the ability to catalog movies and music? I checked out GuruLib and I don't like that you can only list movies that are on DVD or VHS. I want the ability to catalog all the movies I've ever seen, just as I can catalog all the books I've ever read on here.

Mary

posted by MWise at 10:29 am (EST) on Nov 6, 2009

Hi Tim,

What a great site! I am eager to try it out. If it is as good as it looks, I'll have no choice but to sign up for the unlimited account. My only concern is getting the thousands of ISBNs into the data base. I own an iPhone and just got the RedLaser scanning software, which does a great job of scanning bar codes. The question is: how do I use my iPhone with RedLaser to get my books into LibaryThing?

There is a thread on this subject: http://www.librarything.com/topic/75167

As you can see, everyone thinks this is an easy thing to do but is not quite sure of how to go about it. I wonder if this is a priority with the LibraryThing development team? While the kitty cat scanner is cute, it would be one more thing to lug around and I don't want to do that since I already have my iPhone with scanning software installed with me at all times, and I am certainly not going to input information manually. If it comes to that, I'll keep searching.

Please let me know if you feel this is something you plan to do in the near term. I'd prefer to stick with one product and not hop around.

Thanks for considering this.
Mike

posted by Mike091031 at 1:43 pm (EST) on Oct 31, 2009

Regarding the existanai brouhaha-

I wonder if you really took the time to read the relevant posts this weekend before you gave your "stern warning", or if you just counted up the flags, looked at the pictures and made a hasty judgement based on your own sympathies.

True, most of existanai's posts were extremely snarky, and some were even flagworthy (the fact that there was a certain amount of baiting going on is no excuse, but ought to be a mitigating circumstance). But I'm unclear how insinuating that some posters are Nazis is different from codyed crying "racist!" every chance he gets, or Oakes insinuating antisemitism whenever the subject of Israel comes up. Of course, you can throw your hands up and claim you can't police the site, but it sure didn't take you long to clamp down with a threat of excommunication in this instance.

It's become clear in the last several months where your sympathies lie. You not only contribute to, but initiate threads citing your "concerns" with the current administration. You pass over some of the more absurd claims of the PoliCon contingent in silence, but are quick to jump in to tell anyone on the perceived left how wrong or ill-informed they are when they contradict your own pronouncements. Of course, as this comes from the site owner, it can only have a dampening effect over time. Sure, we can express our opinions, but be prepared for the little L to show up in anticipation of a condescending slapdown from Tim.

Who knows? Maybe in a couple of years you'll be able to freeze out all left-of-center discussion on this site. Then it can be a happy haven for the Twilight devotees and the subterranean troglodytes of the Political Conservatives forum. (By the way, I've noticed that you tend to stay away from the PoliCon forum....do they scare you?)

In short, a bit more of an even hand would be appreciated.

posted by Makifat at 11:31 am (EST) on Oct 26, 2009

Look, Tim, enough of this bureaucratic crap. You and I know there is a lot of racism on this site; maybe you don't want to be seen as some sort of politically-aligned crusader and maybe you don't want to discourage a broad membership base; but it's there and it depresses me, given that this is not the kind of site where one expects to find such stuff, and that whatever your worldly experiences, mine have been quite ugly and they do colour my perception of so-called jokes - if you can't understand that, I don't know what you will understand.

I am not interested in skipping through the hoops of the TOS game. That's all it really is. I can certainly tone down my posts; but none of my other posts on LT approach anywhere near the level of anger that surfaces when I read the twaddle your brother and his friends post; and I cannot and will not shut up if I have to log in and see more of this shit everyday - for reference you can revisit the thread that prompted your warning, and look through the oh-so-amusing jokes about Muslims.

If you cannot or do not want to think this over - that is, if you cannot or do not want to consider what it means to be considerate of other people's humanity, what it really means to be offensive, or what it means to personally offend, not merely by attacking someone in debate but through words and gestures that express contempt, hatred, propaganda, deliberate misinformation, malicious xenophobia and the rest of that retinue - that is, if you are not willing to rethink how almost each and every thread about Muslims, Blacks, whatever ends up being a lowing, bleating, braying cacophony of smug hatred that ought to be a violation of TOS, if it isn't already - then yes, I do wish to leave the site. I too would regret it since I have made a few interesting friends/acquaintances here - however, I'll wait for now to hear how you interpret the TOS, whether or not an expression of racism or xenophobia counts as a violation, and if it doesn't, I'd love to hear why you think it doesn't, or if it does only when it meets certain (stringent?) criteria, and what those criteria are, and whether you agree with me that the bulk of certain forums should be flagged for being highly offensive to the broader thinking public, no matter what misused "freedom of speech" is threatened.

posted by existanai at 8:29 pm (EST) on Oct 25, 2009

Congratulations on this initiative, sir.
To a bookworm like myself, it looks like a dream come true.
Best wishes,
Florin Pîtea

posted by FlorinPitea at 3:38 pm (EST) on Oct 22, 2009

By the way, in my email I forgot to mention that feedbooks.com and mobileread.com are nice because they have proofreaders to check their books and they often add back illustrations and biographical author data. However, their catalogs are not that big, so sometimes I go to manybooks.net, which has a more extensive collection of out-of-copyright books - probably directly from the Gutenberg project. You can download directly to the kindle from the mobile site, www.mnybks.net. Of course as you noted, the kindle browser is not much fun, so it is probably easier to transfer from your computer via USB.

Best wishes,

k4k

posted by krazy4katz at 5:30 pm (EST) on Oct 19, 2009

If you ever need authentic quotes for LT advertising (or general self-satisfaction for creating something good), you should look at message 9 of this thread: http://www.librarything.com/topic/74588

"I thought it would be fun and maybe get me to read some different things.
How it has changed my Life!"

"It amazes me all the wonderful books that have enriched my life simply because of this magnificent website, and that doesn't even take into consideration the wonderful friends that I have made here."

etc. :)

posted by _Zoe_ at 11:30 pm (EST) on Oct 17, 2009

I made a mistake on a tag. I spelled the word wrong. Am I able to change it? I could not find the information on the FAQ.
Thank you,
Leona

posted by mnleona at 10:26 am (EST) on Oct 15, 2009

Dear Tim;

I kindly invite you to the group « Collaborative work » :
http://www.librarything.com/groups/colla...

topics;
« collaborative work on Herta Müller » http://www.librarything.com/topic/75008
« the tool IsbnCheckAndFormat » http://www.librarything.com/topic/75049

Hope you can support this group and you will invite more active users.

Thanks in advance! Best regards Reinhardt « 'lɛʁi 'ʁɑjnhɑʁt »

posted by gangleri at 9:09 am (EST) on Oct 15, 2009

Tim: This "putoelquelee" guy has me spooked. Serious anger issues. He left a similar message on John's page. He can't do any real harm to the site, can he?

posted by MerryMary at 1:40 pm (EST) on Oct 13, 2009

You are trying to get free workers.
You are a thief.
You make people work, don't pay, and addtionally, you get money from them.
You are worse that OCLC, and Amazon, they don't pretend to be working for humankind.

posted by putoelquelee at 7:26 pm (EST) on Oct 12, 2009

That's cool. Whenever. My curiosity is piqued.

posted by Garp83 at 8:56 am (EST) on Oct 10, 2009

Hey Tim -- did you ever post your paper on Twitch Devination? Just curious ...

posted by Garp83 at 9:03 pm (EST) on Oct 9, 2009

Tim, I would have posted this in the thread it came up in if I remembered what it was. I know you are very busy and probably don't pay a lot of attention to your comments.

I like the idea of an LTcon, try it once say in Boston and see what happens. Maybe shoot for Fall 2010. Maybe some of the favorite authors could be asked to participate, and of course a panel or two of LT Authors would be fun. Does Boston have an annual book fair of some sort? If so, maybe hold it at the same time, if feasible. I have daughter in Cambridge and would enjoy an excuse for getting up that way. If it's a success the next location could be decided on at that meeting and real planning could begin.

Just a thought.

posted by geneg at 10:54 am (EST) on Oct 9, 2009

Can we check out these books for a book club? If so how and if we can we would like the book "World without end"

Stratton Public Library Book Club Courier code C852

posted by Stratton at 5:04 pm (EST) on Oct 8, 2009

help! I received a "friend request" from sociatropin11 this morning - ick, ick, ick.

they are peddling "patent medicine". how do I report them as trolls? or spammers? or whatever they are?

posted by maggie1944 at 8:33 am (EST) on Oct 8, 2009

Thanks. I thought it might be something like that. I guess Amazon is circling the wagons for the time when/if Google Books gets out of court. It seems like they have the potential to be the only serious challenger to Amazon as a provider of book data online.

posted by southernbooklady at 1:43 pm (EST) on Oct 6, 2009

It's OK, it might have been my mistake. I didn't like the review very much anyway and thought of revising it. Now it's completely revised and, I believe, much improved.

Alexander

posted by Waldstein at 1:43 pm (EST) on Oct 6, 2009

I hope so. I have just written a new review, hopefully a better one.

Alexander

posted by Waldstein at 1:30 pm (EST) on Oct 6, 2009

Hello Tim,

I would like to ask you for some explanation how it's happened that my review about "Traveller in Romance: Uncollected Writings of W. Somerset Maugham" has disappeared and the one for Raymond Toole Stott's Bibliography appears in its place duplicated?!

This is extremely disappointing for me. I take a great deal of pains with my reviews, especially considering my bad English, but since I thought LibraryThing is safe, I don't have any other copies of them. It seems I should make a back-up of all my reviews and keep every review of mine stored somewhere else except on Library Thing.

I would appreciate an answer as soon as possible.

Best regards,
Alexander Arsov

posted by Waldstein at 7:49 am (EST) on Oct 4, 2009