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TopicTopicMessagesLast Message 
Alphabetical and Series4 unread / 4SandraArdnas, Yesterday 8:42pm
Scanning Books11 unread / 11AnnieMod, Thursday 6:39pm
Metric data3 unread / 3jjwilson61, Tuesday 3:42pm
New Member - Issues with import from Readerware2 unread / 2norabelle414, Tuesday 9:21am
Inventory13 unread / 13Charon07, Monday 1:51pm
Barcodes2 unread / 2AnnieMod, June 5
Font type/size when composing Talk messages6 unread / 6bnielsen, June 5
Do you engage in and maintain more than one book platform/app?16 unread / 16SF_fan_mae, June 3
Lighting????13 unread / 13al.vick, June 3
New member4 unread / 4cindydavid4, May 20
New Member - Remmy Henninger7 unread / 7bnielsen, May 20
Heyo - noobie here4 unread / 4timspalding, May 19
Searching a Specific Book2 unread / 2MarthaJeanne, May 18
Admin identification13 unread / 13LeslieWx, May 16
how do I insert a visitor map? (flummoxed old hand)6 unread / 6LamSon, May 13
Can I have two accounts/libraries on the same email?3 unread / 3norabelle414, May 5
Reconsidering my tags25 unread / 25LeslieWx, May 2
Is there a way to access time (HH:MM) in "Entry Date" field?3 unread / 3LeslieWx, May 1
New Member (sort of!)13 unread / 13cindydavid4, April 30
What Does An Asterisk Mean?11 unread / 11DebiCates, April 29
Extend meta data from other/several sources?26 unread / 26LeslieWx, April 25
Change Author15 unread / 15DLJM, April 16
New Member and Question11 unread / 11DebiCates, April 14
Two titles, Same book6 unread / 6keristars, April 12
Indicating re-read5 unread / 5blackcatbarrera, April 10
New member4 unread / 4rowendelle, March 31
Goodreads to LibraryThing (Importing "Started" and "Stopped" Dates27 unread / 27mistresshiggins, March 26
New Member38 unread / 38Aquila, March 24
Yet another feature that makes LibraryThing THE THING2 unread / 2AbigailAdams26, March 22
Would group "at"ing be impolite? (@)15 unread / 15LeslieWx, March 15
Tool area not on my Your Books page11 unread / 11graybarruel, March 15
AI scraping18 unread / 18DebiCates, March 10
Just double-checking about what is an allowable "collection"...11 unread / 11DebiCates, March 10
Issues with photo uploading3 unread / 3gilroy, March 4
Clarification on Adding Multiple Copies and Barcode Functionality4 unread / 4ZephCraven, March 2
hunt5 unread / 5EGBERTINA, February 25
How to enter a book that contains 2 complementary documents, and shows up that way in Library of Congress??3 unread / 3LeslieWx, February 24
Getting Started with Librarything as a family cataloguing effort4 unread / 4LeslieWx, February 23
how to add an author whose proper name includes a ","?2 unread / 2AnnieMod, February 22
Church library4 unread / 4MarthaJeanne, February 22
New member and a question6 unread / 6SandraArdnas, February 21
How to share a library collection with another person4 unread / 4AnnieMod, February 17
New member15 unread / 15Lolipoprock, February 14
Need to fix audio entry6 unread / 6MarthaJeanne, February 12
How to fix the page count indicator in all my books?7 unread / 7SandraArdnas, February 10
New Member7 unread / 7timspalding, February 9
How to post pictures11 unread / 11Lolipoprock, February 6
Dormant Groups8 unread / 8EGBERTINA, January 28
Hi! can I get some help?7 unread / 7ZephCraven, January 27
Advice for new authors5 unread / 5faberartsbarn, January 27
Links to own reviews5 unread / 5AnnieMod, January 22
Checking out books9 unread / 9MarthaJeanne, January 18
Hey there! New here, a little help, please? ;-;"8 unread / 8VintageBooks70, January 13
Search for GR members?4 unread / 4DebiCates, January 13
Joining a group8 unread / 8lilithcat, January 12
Search LibraryThing changed or is it me?22 unread / 22keristars, January 10
Wiki page: how to embed a link?9 unread / 9DebiCates, January 1
More Than One Reading Challenge Group?4 unread / 4h_here, December 2025
Got Lists?39 unread / 39DebiCates, December 2025
Approaching 15010 unread / 10DebiCates, December 2025
Yearly reading wrap ups4 unread / 4DebiCates, December 2025
Connections, how do they connect us?31 unread / 31DebiCates, December 2025
Search for my (new) list doesn't show up.5 unread / 5DebiCates, December 2025
Reordering tags32 unread / 32DebiCates, December 2025
Images11 unread / 11kristilabrie, December 2025
The Republic by Plato translation by Desmond Lee14 unread / 14DebiCates, December 2025
Tagmash! How to get there?25 unread / 25purpleiris, December 2025
Goodreads announces it will no longer allow Direct Messaging, Links, or Images.40 unread / 40DebiCates, December 2025
New user hello24 unread / 24DebiCates, December 2025
How to get rid of custom Collections tags?14 unread / 14DebiCates, December 2025
What's the best way to stay in touch with what friends are reading/have reviewed?21 unread / 21DebiCates, December 2025
How to allow Admins to edit a post?31 unread / 31gilroy, December 2025
ASIN, ISBN, LCCN , inconsistencies8 unread / 8bnielsen, December 2025
Editing from Your Page4 unread / 4norabelle414, December 2025
Hi Guys, new member. Can someone help me?8 unread / 8adwagon, November 2025
Help me remember the title of this book please2 unread / 2MarthaJeanne, November 2025
Excited to Join & Share a Story of Growth and Resilience3 unread / 3MarthaJeanne, November 2025
New to LT — literary family drama fan7 unread / 7SandraArdnas, October 2025
How to delete "wrong" descriptions?7 unread / 7Nightmusic, October 2025
Internet Archive11 unread / 11SandraArdnas, October 2025
What's all this I hear about the 75 Books Challenge group?34 unread / 34richardderus, October 2025
Lost book3 unread / 3Teitcher2020, October 2025
Newbie can't get sort working in Tags or Private Comments columns15 unread / 15KJAdkins, October 2025
Can't invite a new Admin to a Group6 unread / 6DebiCates, October 2025
Author Introduction29 unread / 29TonjaE, October 2025
Is there a limit?23 unread / 23DebiCates, October 2025
Workbench...I didn't touch it!16 unread / 16DebiCates, October 2025
Hi New Here19 unread / 19Ravi9372, October 2025
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet...pronouns too46 unread / 46DebiCates, October 2025
Is there a way to search more than the subject line of a Group?6 unread / 6DebiCates, September 2025
Zero stars22 unread / 22keristars, September 2025
Is image html not allowed in reviews? Or other places?26 unread / 26DebiCates, September 2025
Your thoughts on a new group, gulp, about Poetry...18 unread / 18DebiCates, September 2025
ISBN and eISBN8 unread / 8TonjaE, September 2025
A little sad news....about the GR import.7 unread / 7davidgn, September 2025
this something else AND NOT that8 unread / 8DebiCates, September 2025
Location room and shelf store where please6 unread / 6DebiCates, September 2025
Search my books on TWO tags? THREE tags? Or more?!11 unread / 11DebiCates, September 2025
GR book/author clean up to LT's Touchstones, any tricks?6 unread / 6DebiCates, September 2025
Hello! New member4 unread / 4Frankel_Library, September 2025
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