Hi,

I see you are giving a talk at Wikimania 2008. If you are not already planning to, could you perhaps talk about the possibilities of collaborative resource sharing specifically for Wikipedia, the use of groups such as http://www.librarything.com/groups/engli... to catalog all the books that Wikipedia editors have access to to use for resources?

--[[User:Michael A. White]]

skrevet af googleplexity kl. 9:55 pm (EST) den Jul 2, 2008

Hello Tim,

I like most of the changes you've done with this app. But, in the process, a couple of thousand of my tags have vanished. Do you know of an easy/fast way to get them back, or should I begin to input them again?

John

skrevet af johnrgibson kl. 8:18 am (EST) den Jun 28, 2008

By now or very shortly LT will have passed the 444,333 member mark, replacing Cleveland, Ohio, as the 40th largest community in the United States. I predict we will be in the top 30 by the end of the year (#30 now is Oklahoma City with 537,734 people.

skrevet af andyray kl. 10:56 pm (EST) den Jun 26, 2008

hi, Tim, thanks for the message; actually, I don't recall any special slowness yesterday...

skrevet af LolaWalser kl. 2:45 pm (EST) den Jun 26, 2008

Thanks, Tim.

Norman

skrevet af normanbr kl. 5:12 pm (EST) den Jun 25, 2008

Hello, once more, Tim ...

Thanks for your rapid response.

The reason I inquired is that there is no "Your Home" on your site. Is that because you are one of the administrators?

Thanks, in advance,

Norman

skrevet af normanbr kl. 2:44 pm (EST) den Jun 25, 2008

Hello, again, Tim ...

Perhaps I wasn't very clear in my previous message.

I am NOT speaking of the tabs at the top of the screen which, on your Home page, are:

Home
Profile
Your Library
Tags
Add Books
etc.

I am speaking of the next line which, on your Home Page, are:

Profile
Recommendations
Reviews
Statistics
Clouds
Gallery
Find Friends
Blog Widgets

On my Home page, the second line starts with "Your Home" which I wish to delete since I already have the tab "Home" on the line above it.

How may I accomplish that?

I also wish to delete "Connections," as well.

Thanks, in advance,

Norman

skrevet af normanbr kl. 2:01 pm (EST) den Jun 25, 2008

Tim ...

I like what you've done to your new look.

How can I delete the "Your Home" on the second line of my new Home page?

Thanks, in advance,

Norman

skrevet af normanbr kl. 2:26 am (EST) den Jun 25, 2008

Dear Tim,

Thanks for inventing this site. It's changed my life!

skrevet af EnriqueFreeque kl. 12:17 am (EST) den Jun 25, 2008

Tim,

The ROV scanner is a portable scanner that stores a lot of barcodes, and then dumps them in a bundle. My problem was mostly with the way it interacted at the USB level with my Mac, and I expect to resolve it in the next couple of days with a software solution. While using it via the serial cable on a work laptop, things went really well here on LibraryThing. I have a CueCat myself, although probably a pretty old one. (Then again, maybe they're all old now?) In any event, thanks very much for the offer. I hope to start using LibraryThing seriously over the next weeks, while finally unpacking my library. Extremely cool service you have, and apparently good service that you provide as well.

skrevet af pokeypenguin kl. 9:30 pm (EST) den Jun 24, 2008

Hi Tim,

I saw that someone from LT is going to ALA, and it made me wonder: have you ever considered going to the World Science Fiction Convention? It seems that LT is fairly popular among SF readers. It's probably too late for this year (Denver in August) but who knows?

Just a thought....

skrevet af amysisson kl. 6:36 pm (EST) den Jun 24, 2008

Just curious, but do you have/read Colleen McCullough?

skrevet af scistarz kl. 10:39 am (EST) den Jun 24, 2008

TIM!
There is a member who is posting very inappropriate messages in multiple groups. Her name is shrek33333. Here is what she posted (they're all the same, but in different groups): http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.ph... and http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.ph... and http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.ph...

Please do something! She is going to a lot of groups and posting this.

skrevet af ChelseaBottomley kl. 5:12 pm (EST) den Jun 22, 2008

Yalichev is ok, but I must have read it the best part of ten years ago, so I wouldn't give huge weight to that 3-star rating. It spans the early Egyptian era through to the late Roman Republic. Significantly (at least for me) he fails the "what is a mercenary?" test I set all books about mercenaries, and I found his characterisation of the late Roman Republic's military as moving from Militia to Mercernary as questionable, if not bizzare. More of a survey work I'd say, probably worth a revisit from me, and a library check-out from you.
On the plus side it's the book that got me back into Xenophon (We didn't do The Anabasis in University), so it can't be all bad!

skrevet af Donogh kl. 3:17 am (EST) den Jun 19, 2008

You are too kind, thank you so much!

I edited both my profile and my daughters. Hopefully it is completely clear that I am the person behind the child, now!

Shannon aka "lilysea."

skrevet af lilysea kl. 11:04 am (EST) den Jun 16, 2008

LT is now the 41st largest community in the United States and is closing in on the number 40 spot, Cleveland, Ohio, which has 444,323 population. Should catch Cleveland by the end of the month.

skrevet af andyray kl. 9:09 pm (EST) den Jun 15, 2008

Hey Tim, thanks for the comment and info you left on my blog today. Now *I* feel petty. ;)

skrevet af twilightlost kl. 5:58 pm (EST) den Jun 15, 2008

I just can't tell you how much I love my new Cue Cat!! As a homeschool mom, I simply could not keep up with the books I own. I found myself buying duplicates but, now with the Cue Cat, I am able to easily put all the books I own into Library Thing!!

Thanks, this site and my Cat are simply awesome!!

skrevet af FrontierMom kl. 1:40 pm (EST) den Jun 12, 2008

Yup, I agree with your assessment of it. There's lots of good information, but it doesn't really come together into a satisfying whole. Still, I enjoyed it and I'm glad I read it. How does it compare to The Orientalizing Revolution? I'm thinking of picking that up sometime in the near-ish future.

(As an aside--sorry, I can't help it!--wouldn't it be nice if the work page showed us who had actually read the book recently, instead of just who had catalogued it? It wouldn't really help much for obscure books like this, but for more popular books it could be really useful. *Grin*)

skrevet af _Zoe_ kl. 2:32 pm (EST) den Jun 9, 2008

Nope! Sorry! But thank you for creating this wonderful website.

skrevet af kcoyle kl. 5:09 pm (EST) den Jun 8, 2008

No worries - you might also be interested in:
Logistics of the Roman Imperial Army: Major campaigns on the eastern front in the first three centuries A.D by JP Adams. New Haven 1976
It's on my wishlist, but no copies on LibraryThing
http://www.bookmooch.com/m/detail/B0006X...

Engel's book is a good example alright - obscure, but lo and behold 92 people with it here (as you pointed out on IT Conversations, this is what's great about LT)
Regards
Donogh

skrevet af Donogh kl. 5:58 am (EST) den Jun 7, 2008

Author David Liss has a profile page that is severely messed up. I don't think there's any additions to it (altho I can't really tell).

skrevet af bozon kl. 5:24 pm (EST) den Jun 4, 2008

Tim, this is the most remarkable thing [pun intended!] I've ever seen!! I've wanted to catalog my collection for years, and the minute I came across your site, I was hooked-signed up immediately. All I wanted was a way to have all my books listed in one place-but you've also given me a place to talk about my favorite books, see what else people who have my books are reading, and generally just a way to enjoy books and other book lovers. It's heaven on-line!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

skrevet af bookladyinred kl. 2:39 am (EST) den Jun 3, 2008

Thank you Tim.

I have never changed that from the 20 books on my page to suddenly 50 books to appear on one page, so I don't know how that happened, and did not even notice that suddenly there were 50 books on a page until you pointed that out! I just noticed that were were only 33 pages from the 83. So thank you for helping me discover something new here.
And change the page back to 20per.
Sincerely,
Robert McDonald

skrevet af RPM10 kl. 5:37 am (EST) den May 28, 2008

Hi Tim,
I am unable to access the Top 50 Similar Libraries under Connection News on my profile page. It doesn't load. I would appreciate someone looking into it because I find it to be a very helpful feature of LT. Thanks very much.
~~Robin

skrevet af cranmergirl kl. 1:41 am (EST) den May 28, 2008

Dear Tim,
What happened to my library? Half of it disappeared. Out of 1,645 books, my catalogue suddenly stops at page 33, and everything after that does not appear!

Help on this one, please!

Sincerely yours,
Robert McDonald

skrevet af RPM10 kl. 7:15 pm (EST) den May 27, 2008

You catch this in the NYROB? Not necessarily much new there, but a nice little article nonetheless.

skrevet af Jesse_wiedinmyer kl. 5:38 pm (EST) den May 26, 2008

I tried to post my problem in the bug reporters section on the contact page but it seemed to load and when the page loaded it did so without my post as though I had never posted. I am having the same trouble tonight as I try to add books. It looks like it is loading and says new books recently added in the right side but when I try to edit the book it shows no book detials and no book title and the number of books I have in my library has not changed since yesterday after supposedly adding the first 15 books tonight.? Is the system down while not appearing to be so or has something messed up my account? I am a paid member as of March 2008
Thanks,
Cherlyn Glanville
cherlyng@earthlink.net
cherlyng

skrevet af cherlyng kl. 1:04 am (EST) den May 24, 2008

Hi, Tim

I really appreciate your service and would like to join. Unfortunately, I do not have a credit card. How may I join without one?

Thanks
Dan Alderman
Alderman@nb.sympatico.ca

skrevet af danieald kl. 1:44 pm (EST) den May 22, 2008

Just an FYI Tim..
The swap book info isn't working :(

skrevet af lyndabriggs kl. 8:59 pm (EST) den May 21, 2008

Stephen Jones many in one example - Mammoth Book of Best New Horror.

http://www.librarything.com/work/128279

skrevet af bluetyson kl. 8:43 pm (EST) den May 21, 2008

It seems to be something of a truism in the business that the people that are most likely to speak to you are the ones that are least likely to have something to say. It's more likely the ones that are drunk and about to bloviate that are most vocal.

You know, kind of like my incessant posting come to think of it.

skrevet af Jesse_wiedinmyer kl. 8:50 pm (EST) den May 17, 2008

Bar back/shuttle driver at a local dive.

skrevet af Jesse_wiedinmyer kl. 2:24 pm (EST) den May 17, 2008

Hello Tim:

Okay, I will delete everything that I put on your website.

But I will leave it on for a day just to make a few points.

First, I was doing some testing as I do with all websites that I place material on. (I can assure that on websites like American Chroncile and Best Syndication that my material is welcome even though I place a few more self-serving links that most people.)

Second, you say that I have a library with 5 of my own books.

THAT IS A LIE!

Since when is The 4-Hour Work Week my book?

And since when is Living the 80-20 Way my book?

The reviews I placed for these two books are similar to the reviews that I placed on Amazon.com.

Third, two of my books I placed in my libary are no longer in print (the third was a Spanish book which likely sell no copies) For Off the Wall: Graffiti for the Soul, I placed almost half of the content of the book in the review and intended to place all of it there when I had the time. Likewise, I intended to place all of The Lazy Person's Guide to Happiness in as well as I give away a lot of my material. In fact, I have given away over 13,000 of my real books (to charities, libraries, etc.)

But if this is not in the spirit of your website, so be it!

I know that there will always be people (these are the losers with no real accomplishments in their lives) who are resentful of creative individuals who are successful.

They would be wise to pay heed to this advice from Joseph Marshall Wade:

"If I wanted to become a tramp, I would seek information and advice from the most successful tramp I could find. If I wanted to become a failure, I would seek advice from men who have never succeeded. If I wanted to succeed in all things, I would look around me for those who are succeeding, and do as they have done."
— Joseph Marshall Wade

I can assure you that I will be getting a lot more readership and sales for my books, which have now sold over 550,000 copies worldwide.

Just today I received this email:

Dear Mr. Zelinski,

At our financial organization, you are regarded as
somewhat of a celebrity. All of our Representatives
have read your book, How to Retire Happy, Wild and Free.
We now make it a practice to give this book out to our
clients on every financial planning appointment.

We would love the opportunity to speak with you
about a speaking engagement at our fall conference
in Dallas, TX. The dates for this conference are
September 17 & 18, 2008.

We would like to discuss what it would take to get
you to our conference, what type of presentation
you would like to do and the logistics involved.

Our President of Field Operations would like the opportunity
to contact you directly to discuss this possibility.

Please let me know how we may contact you.

In any event, there are a lot classier websites than The Libary Thing for me to place the entire content from several of my books on.

Just one more thing: Tim Ferris in The 4 Hour Work Week makes the point that over 95 percent of the 200,000 books published in North America every year will sell less than 5,000 copies. I have now written 15 books and 14 have sold over 5,000 copies. (The fifteenth one will sell over 5,000 copies once it is published in English.)

As Jack Canfield says, "Results don't lie."

So long for now.

Ernie Zelinski
Author of: How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free
(Over 90,000 copies Sold and Published in 7 Foreign Languages)
Featured on The Retirement Quotes Café
and The Joy of Not Working: A Book for the Retired, Unemployed, and Overworked
(Over 225,000 copies Sold and Published in 17 Languages)
Featured on The Joy of Not Working Website

skrevet af vipbooks kl. 3:24 am (EST) den May 17, 2008