LibraryThing: State of the Thing - July

LibraryThing: State of the Thing Dear {NAME}, Welcome to the July State of the Thing! In this issue we highlight some exciting new Legacy Libraries, ask members what they like to reread, announce a TinyCat promotion for school and classroom libraries, interview author Bob Eckstein, and present 3,318 free Early Reviewer books! We're also asking for help finding a bookish Mainer to come work for LibraryThing! We also serve up our usual detailed run downs "In Memoriam," "Freedom of Expression" and "Awards." (If you never read down that far, you really should!) You can like LibraryThing on [Facebook]( and follow [@LibraryThing]( on Twitter, [librarythingofficial]( on Instagram, and [librarythingofficial](librarythingofficial) on Threads for news and updates. Job Opening: Member Specialist LibraryThing is hiring a full-time member specialist. Although LibraryThing is mostly remote, this job is only available to people who can come into our Portland, Maine HQ at least some of the time. We’re looking for someone who loves books and readers, and is energetic, capable, organized and conscientious. It’s also important to write well, to be highly proficient with computers, and to work well independently and as part of a team. Most of all, it’s key to understand [What Makes LibraryThing LibraryThing](. Best of all, if you find us that person, we'll give you $1,000 in books from a local bookstore of your choosing! Think you might be a good fit or have someone to recommend? You can [read more on the blog](. New Legacy Libraries We are pleased to announce that a number of new libraries have been cataloged as part of our [Legacy Libraries]( project, which aims to document the libraries of historical people and institutions. The library of [Fruitlands](—the brief-lived Transcendentalist commune formed by [Amos Bronson Alcott]( (father to [Louisa May Alcott]() and Charles Lane in 1840s Harvard, Massachusetts—has been cataloged. This fascinating and unusual collection contains many volumes originally belonging to the English transcendentalist James Pierrepont Greaves. The contents of this library will fascinate anyone interested in 19th century religious ideas, magic and the occult. The library of [James Wilson](, one of the signers of the American Declaration of Independence, who would go on to help write the U.S. Constitution and serve as one of the first Supreme Court justices, has been cataloged. We've now cataloged libraries belonging to 20 out of the 56 delegates who signed the Declaration of Independence. For a complete list of delegate libraries completed or in progress, see [this page](. The library of African American agricultural scientist and inventor [George Washington Carver](, celebrated for his work to improve the lives of farmers and to protect the environment, has now been cataloged. The effort to catalog Carver’s library began in February 2021, and has been ongoing since that time, with various book inventories preserved on microfilm being used as sources. The Legacy Libraries project is spearheaded by former LibraryThing staffer [Jeremy Dibbell](, and is a volunteer effort. If you are interested in participating, please join the [Legacy Libraries]( group. List of the Month Come join LibraryThing’s List of the Month project, as we create a new thematic book list each month. Like all of our [Lists](, the List of the Month draws upon the knowledge of the LibraryThing community, while also aiming to provoke discussion around each theme. See the [Zeitgeist page]( for a complete List of the Month list, and join us over in [our latest Talk thread](, where we announced this month’s list. July List of the Month. Some books we read once, and some books we return to again and again. Our List of the Month this July is devoted to those [Books We Love To Reread](. Each participant may vote on ten titles, and is encouraged to add notes, explaining what draws them back to each book. Head over to our [Books We Love To Reread]( list to add your top ten choices. Check out other recent Lists of the Month: - June [Best Audiobooks]( - May [Best Mysteries With a Historical Setting]( - April [Arab and Arab Diaspora Literature We Recommend]( - March [Best Biographies of Notable Women]( - February [Favorite Animal Non-Fiction]( TinyCat School and Classroom Promotion Calling all school and classroom libraries: TinyCat is offering free 3-month trials to all educational libraries through the months of July and August! How it works: if you [sign up for TinyCat]( as any "Education" library type during the next two months, you'll automatically get a free, extended 90-day trial on your account. –– That's an extra two months to set up your library, share it with your teachers and students, and track your lending for free before deciding on a subscription. Help us spread the word so we can save your favorite schools and classrooms a few extra bucks––and maybe even a few headaches––this summer! Go to our [For Schools]( page for more information about TinyCat, and see our regular TinyCat section below for our interview with our most recent TinyCat Library of the Month! The Talk of LibraryThing What conversations are going on in our groups? - Members are discussing the [Books Which Are Keeping Them On the Edge of Their Seats]( over in the [Crime, Thriller & Mystery]( group. - Our birding enthusiasts are still going strong, continuing to post in the [Five Yard Birds That You Saw Today]( thread—begun in 2019 as a continuation of a thread begun in 2007—in the [Birds, Birding & Books]( group. - Members continue their ongoing project to document great books set in cities around the world—[Montreal](, [Las Vegas](, and many more—in [The City and the Book]( group. - Readers are declaring [Vive le France!]( as they dive into French literature for the month of July, over in the [Reading Through Time]( group. Speaking of Groups, if you’re new to LibraryThing, there’s a group for that: [Welcome to LibraryThing](21)! Author Interview: Bob Eckstein LibraryThing is pleased to present our interview with illustrator, author and cartoonist [Bob Eckstein](, whose work has appeared in such publications as the New Yorker, New York Times, Reader's Digest, Smithsonian Magazine, and Atlas Obscura, and who has been exhibited in the Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco, Smithsonian Institute, The Cartoon Museum of London, and others. Eckstein’s [The History of the Snowman]( was published in 2017, and addressed the significance of these icy creations, while his more recent 2022 [The Complete Book of Cat Names (That Your Cat Won't Answer To, Anyway)](, offered a humorous, cartoon-filled guide to naming our feline friends. His [Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores: True Tales and Lost Moments from Book Buyers, Booksellers, and Book Lovers]( highlighted amazing bookshops from around the globe, and was a New York Times bestseller. A follow-up, [Footnotes from the Most Fascinating Museums: Stories and Memorable Moments from People Who Love Museums](, was published this past May by Princeton Architectural Press. Eckstein sat down with Abigail to answer some questions about his new book. Q. Done in the same style as your earlier exploration of bookstores, [Footnotes from the Most Fascinating Museums]( profiles seventy-two North American museums. What made you turn to museums for your next project, and how did you select which ones to include? What made you choose to focus on North America, when the previous title was global? Bob. A couple of things convinced me to do a museum book. I love art and I knew this would be a dream job. And it was. I never enjoyed doing a book more. I have just decided to try to do more of what I love to do. I’ve said no to some book projects proposed to me. I also saw during COVID that museums were struggling (like so many things). Raising awareness for them really motivated me to get this project off the ground and really do a good job. Throughout the work I was thinking I had to convince my readers to go out and visit or revisit these important institutions. That said, this book is more of a summer vacation bucket list. I wanted to give affordable suggestions for a family. Including exotic museums from Europe and around the world didn’t fit that criteria. I can’t afford to travel to museums around the world to do the book myself—budgets for books, I think for most everyone, have been shrinking. Visit the blog to [read the whole conversation](. Hot on LibraryThing Here are some titles that have been particularly hot on LibraryThing in the last month: - [The God of the Woods]( by [Liz Moore]( - [All the Colors of the Dark]( by [Chris Whitaker]( - [Reckless]( by [Lauren Roberts]( - [Middle of the Night]( by [Riley Sager]( - [The Midnight Feast]( by [Lucy Foley]( - [Eruption]( by [Michael Crichton]( - [Swan Song]( by [Elin Hilderbrand]( - [The Housemaid Is Watching]( by [Freida McFadden]( - [A Novel Love Story]( by [Ashley Poston]( - [Sandwich]( by [Catherine Newman]( - [A Death in Cornwall]( by [Daniel Silva]( - [Not in Love]( by [Ali Hazelwood]( - [The Lost Story]( by [Meg Shaffer]( - [Husbands & Lovers]( by [Beatriz Williams]( - [Camino Ghosts]( by [John Grisham]( - [Tangled Up in You]( by [Christina Lauren]( - [Bear]( by [Julia Phillips]( - [The Spellshop]( by [Sarah Beth Durst]( - [The Briar Club]( by [Kate Quinn]( - [Winter Lost]( by [Patricia Briggs]( Free Books from Early Reviewers Our Early Reviewers program pairs publishers and authors looking for reviews and book buzz with readers looking for their next great read. This month, in anticipation of our forthcoming August interview with author [Emily Layden](, we’re pleased to feature the novel [Once More From the Top](, offered by [William Morrow](. We’re also pleased to feature [A.E. Gauntlett’s]( debut thriller, [The Stranger at the Wedding](, offered by [Henry Holt and Company](; Mexican author [Eduardo Sangarcía’s]( tale of one woman’s witch trial, [The Trial of Anna Thalberg](, translated by [Elizabeth Bryer]( and offered by [Restless Books](; and our first titles from new publisher participant [Harper Horizon](. Explore the full list and [sign up to request books](. [The Stranger at the Wedding]( [How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World]( [The Trial of Anna Thalberg]( [The Girl Who Dreamed: A Hong Kong Memoir of Triumph Against the Odds]( [Once More from the Top]( [I Hate Job Interviews: Stop Stressing. Start Performing. Get the Job You Want]( [The Dark Road]( [What I Saw in Heaven: The Incredible True Story of the Day I Died, Met Jesus, and Returned to Life a New Person]( [Rethinking College: A Guide to Thriving Without a Degree]( [Tea with Elephants]( [The Wishing Pool and Other Stories]( [The Color of Home]( [Blood and Mascara]( [The Friendly Firecat]( [The Legacy of the Elves]( [The Darkest Night: A Terrifying Anthology of Winter Horror Stories by Bestselling Authors, Perfect for Halloween]( [The Vanishing at Echo Lake]( [Born in Space: Unlocking Destiny]( [Proven Innocence]( [What We Sacrifice for Magic]( Our July batch of Early Reviewers has 3,318 copies of 180 books. The deadline to request a book is July 25th, 6pm Eastern time. Did you win a book recently? When you receive your book, make sure you head over to your [Books You've Won]( page to mark it received. After you've read your book, add your review to LibraryThing. First, add the book to your LibraryThing catalog. Then click the pencil-shaped "edit" icon next to the book, or click "edit book" from the work page. Type your review into the Review box, and click "submit" to save it. Reviewing your books gives you a greater chance of winning books in the future, while neglecting to review lowers your odds. For more information, visit the [Early Reviewers Help Page](. Book World News: In Memoriam Celebrated Albanian novelist and poet [Ismail Kadare](, nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature fifteen times and long considered one of his nation’s greatest writers, [has died at 88](. Born and raised in the city of Gjirokastër, and educated at Tirana University and the Gorky Institute for World Literature in Moscow, he was a well-known poet from a young age, winning a major poetry contest at age seventeen, and publishing his first collection of poems, “Frymëzime djaloshare” (Boyish Inspirations), one year later. His first novel, [The General of the Dead Army](, originally published in Albanian in 1963, gained him widespread international attention when translated into French in 1970, and is one of his best-known works. A prolific author, Kadare published poetry, novels, story collections, plays and essays over the course of his decades-long career. His second novel, [The Monster](, was banned by Albanian authorities shortly after its 1965 publication, as was his 1981 [The Palace of Dreams](, which, although set during the Ottoman Empire, offered an oblique criticism of the Albanian regime. Kadare, who was married to fellow author [Helena Gushi-Kadare](, defected to France in 1991, and was granted political asylum and eventually citizenship. He was the recipient of numerous awards, including the inaugural [Booker International Prize]( (2005), Spain’s [Prince of Asturias Award for Literature]( (2009), and the [Jerusalem Prize]( (2015), and was made [Grand Officer of the Légion d’honneur]( in 2023. Other recent losses in the book world: - [William E. Burrows](, American journalist, academic and author, [has died at 87](. - [Frederick C. Crews](, American essayist and literary critic, [has died at 91](. - [Tonke Dragt](, Dutch children’s author and illustrator, [has died at 93](. - [Kinky Friedman](, American singer, songwriter and novelist, [has died at 79](. - [Ruth Stiles Gannett](, American children’s author, [has died at 100](. - [Robert Irwin](, British historian, scholar and novelist, [has died at 77](. - [Stanley Moss](, American poet, publisher and art dealer, [has died at 99](. - [Wallace J. Nichols](, American marine biologist and writer, [has died at 56](. - [James Proimos, Jr.](, American children’s author and illustrator, [has died at 66](. - [Ruth K. Westheimer](, American therapist, talk show host and author, [has died at 96](. - [Evan Wright](, American journalist and author, [has died at 59](. - [Shay Youngblood](, American novelist and playwright, [has died at 64](. Freedom of Expression In our [previous issue]( of State of the Thing we reported that Indian author [Arundhati Roy](, who won the 1997 [Booker Prize]( for her novel [The God of Small Things](, is [to be prosecuted for remarks]( she made in 2010 on the conflict in Kashmir. A long-time critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, she is to be charged using anti-terrorism legislation, along with former professor and human rights scholar Sheikh Showkat Hussain. Two weeks after Indian officials made that announcement, English PEN [declared Roy the winner]( of this year’s [PEN/Pinter Prize](, established in 2009 in memory of Nobel-Laureate playwright [Harold Pinter](, and awarded annually to a writer from the UK, Republic of Ireland or Commonwealth nation who “casts an unflinching, unswerving gaze upon the world, and shows a fierce intellectual determination… to define the real truth of our lives and our societies.” Ruth Borthwick, the chair of English PEN, praised the author for telling “urgent stories of injustice with wit and beauty. While India remains an important focus, she is truly an internationalist thinker, and her powerful voice is not to be silenced.” The Guardian has reported on [an upsurge of school book bans in Brazil](, comparing it to similar situations in the United States. Much as in the states, books targeted for removal tend to focus on issues of race, gender and sexuality, including such titles as [The Dark Side of Skin]( (“O Avesso da Pele”) by [Jeferson Tenório](, which has been removed from schools in multiple states, after being described by a school principal as “disgusting” and lacking “good manners.” Radio Free Asia recently highlighted [the worsening state of free expression in Hong Kong](, following the greater restrictions being imposed by mainland China, with the government seizing control of major publishing houses and bookstores chains, and waging what some have called a “war on libraries,” which has seen many titles disappear from the shelves. As a result of these developments, many Hong Kong authors and booksellers have fled the city, often heading to Taiwan. Conflicts surrounding library curation and book removals continued around the United States in the meantime, with South Carolina’s Board of Education [implementing sweeping new state regulations]( regarding book selection in school libraries. One of the most restrictive in the country, the policy requires that all school library materials be “age or developmentally appropriate,” and often targets titles addressing racial and sexual issues. In Idaho, [libraries are struggling to adapt]( to House Bill 710, which requires libraries to move material deemed harmful to children to their adult section. Rural libraries are finding themselves particularly vulnerable to the new legislation given their size, which precludes them from completely separating their adult and juvenile sections. As a result, a number of libraries statewide are going adult-only, with children only permitted inside with signed parental consent forms. Book World News: Awards [James McBride]( has [been named]( as the winner of the 2024 [Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction](, meant to “honor an American literary writer whose body of work is distinguished not only for its mastery of the art but also for its originality of thought and imagination,” and which has “told us something about the American experience.” Speaking on McBride’s selection, Librarian of Congress [Carla Hayden]( said “I’m honored to bestow the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction on a writer as imaginative and knowing as James McBride. McBride knows the American soul deeply, reflecting our struggles and triumphs in his fiction, which so many readers have intimately connected with. I, also, am one of his enthusiastic readers.” This year’s [ALS Gold Medal](Gold+Medal), given out annually by the [Association for the Study of Australian Literature]( (ASAL) to the best contribution to Australian literature from the preceding year, has [been awarded]( to [Alexis Wright]( for her[Praiseworthy](. This is the third ALS Gold Medal win for Wright, whose book was praised by the judges "a novel for and of our time… hilarious, furious, poetical and painful.” The [Mary Gilmore Award]( for the best first book of poetry, also given out by ASAL, was awarded to [Dan Hogan]( for his [Secret Third Thing](, while [Ann-Marie Priest]( has won the bi-annual [Margarey Medal for Biography]( for her 2022 [My Tongue is My Own: A Life of Gwen Harwood](, which also won the 2023 [National Biography Award](. The 2024 winners of the [ACT Notable Book Awards](, highlighting the excellence and talent of writers in and around the ACT (Australian Capital Territory) region, [have been named](. In the Fiction category, the traditional publishing winner was [Kylie Needham]( for [Girl in a Pink Dress](, while the self-published winner was [Elisa Cristallo]( for [The Last Famine](. In the Nonfiction category the traditional publishing winner was [Kate Fullagar]( for [Bennelong and Phillip](, while the self-published winner was [Kristen Alexander]( for [Kriegies: The Australian Airmen of Stalag Luft III](. A complete list of award winners can be seen in [this announcement](. The 2024 [Orwell Prize]( winners [have been announced](. Given annually by the [The Orwell Foundation](, these awards are named for [George Orwell](, and recognize the best in political writing. The winner in the non-fiction category is [The Picnic: A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain]( by [Matthew Longo](, while in the fiction category, the winner is [My Friends]( by [Hisham Matar](. [Anne Applebaum]( has [been announced as the winner]( of the [Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels]( (Peace Prize of the German Book Trade), awarded since 1950 to demonstrate “the book trade's commitment to serving international understanding between nations and cultures.” The statement from the judges praised Applebaum for "her profound and horizon-broadening analyses of the communist and post-communist systems of the Soviet Union and Russia,” which “has revealed the mechanisms of authoritarian seizure and retention of power and made them understandable and tangible by documenting numerous statements by contemporary witnesses… Anne Applebaum succeeds in combining historiographical findings with keen observation of the present in her publications on autocratic state systems and their international networks.” The winners of this year’s [Wales Book of the Year Award]( have recently [been announced](. The English-language winners were [Tom Bullough]( for [Sarn Helen]( (Creative Non-Fiction and Overall Book of the Year), [Alex McCarthy]( for [The Unbroken Beauty of Rosalind Bone]( (Fiction), [Kandace Siobhan Walker]( for [Cowboy]( (Poetry), [Nicola Davies]( for [Skrimsli]( (Children’s), and [Glyn Edwards]( for [In Orbit]( (People’s Choice). The Welsh-language winners were [Mari George]( for [Sut i Ddofi Corryn]( (Fiction and Overall Book of the Year), [Gruffudd Owen]( for [Mymryn Rhyddid]( (Poetry), [Jane Aaron]( for [Cranogwen]( (Creative Non-Fiction), [Daf James]( for [Jac a'r Angel]( (Children’s), and [Iwan Rhys]( for [Trothwy]( (People’s Choice). The [Trillium Book Award](, established in 1987 to recognize excellence in Ontario writers and writing, [has been awarded]( in multiple categories. The English-language winner was [Nina Dunic]( for [The Clarion](, while the French-language winner was [Nicolas Weinberg]( for [Vivre ou presque](. The winner in the Poetry category was [A. Light Zachary]( for [More Sure](. It [has been announced]( that this year’s [RSL Christopher Bland Prize](, which recognizes a “debut novelist or nonfiction writer first published aged 50 or over,” has gone to [Chidi Ebere]( for his [Now I Am Here](. Judge [Shaparak Khorsandi]( praised the book, saying “the lightness of touch when telling such powerful, impactful stories is what made this our favourite. There were many really strong contenders for this award, and I am so happy we chose Chidi as our winner.” English PEN has [announced the recipients]( of its latest round of PEN Translates Awards, which provide funding for the translation of many award-winning books. Sixteen titles from eleven regions and ten languages were selected this time around, including the first books from the Greenlandic and Kannada languages to win the award, as well as the first from Cameroon and Singapore. Titles selected include “This Mouth Is Mine” by [Yasnaya Elena A. Gil](, to be translated from the Spanish by [Ellen Jones](; “Zombieland” by [Sørine Steenholdt](, to be translated from the Greenlandic by [Charlotte Barslund](; and “A Man With No Title” by [Xavier Le Clerc](, translated from the French by [William Rodarmor](. For a complete list of winners, [see this announcement](. The 2024 winners of the [CWA Dagger Awards](, which honor the best in crime writing, [have been announced](. The winner of the Gold Dagger for Fiction was [Una Mannion]( for her [Tell Me What I Am](, while the winner of the Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction was [Nicholas Shakespeare]( for [Ian Fleming: The Complete Man](. The winner of the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger was [Jordan Harper]( for [Everybody Knows](, while the winner of the Historical Dagger was [Jake Lamar]( for [Viper's Dream](. [Jo Callaghan]( has won the John Creasey New Blood Dagger for [In The Blink of An Eye](. For a complete list of winners, see [this announcement](. The winner of the 2024 [Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award]( has [been announced]( as [Jo Callaghan](, who won for [In The Blink of An Eye](, which also won the John Creasey New Blood Dagger from the [CWA Dagger Awards](. The book, which is Callaghan’s debut, was praised by Theakston chairman Simon Theakston as a “boundary-pushing take on the police procedural genre, told with heart and humour.” [The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art]( recently announced [the winners of the 2024 Carle Honors](, recognizing individuals and organizations that have made lasting contributions to the field of picture books. The honorees this year were: [Uri Shulevitz]( in the Artist category, [We Need Diverse Books]( in the Angel category, [Kidlit TV]( in the Bridge category, and [The Horn Book Magazine]( in the Mentor category. The Benefit Gala will be held on September 26th at the New York Historical Society in New York City. The winners of this year’s [Yoto Carnegie Medal]( and [Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration]( (formerly the Kate Greenaway Medal)—the UK’s most prestigious children’s literature awards—[have been announced](. The winner of the Carnegie, given annually to an outstanding children’s book in English and first published in the UK, is [The Boy Lost in the Maze]( by [Joseph Coelho](. Judges described the book as “an extraordinary novel,” one that is a “multi-layered immersive read.” The winner of the illustration award, given annually for distinguished artwork in a book for children, is [The Tree and the River](, written and illustrated by [Aaron Becker](. Judges praised this wordless picture book as “a beautiful visual narrative of the natural world and the impact of humankind which invites readers to become absorbed in the landscapes.” Additional Award News This Month: Winners. [The Alligator’s Mouth Award]( | [The Branford Boase Award]( | [The CLPE Children’s Poetry Award (CLiPPA)]( | [The Crystal Kite Awards]( | [The Encore Award]( | [The Firecracker Awards]( | [The UKLA Book Award]( | [The VCU Cabell First Novelist Award]( Shortlists / Finalists. [The Ackerley Prize]( | [The Forward Prize for Poetry]( | [The Little Rebels Award]( | [The Miles Franklin Literary Award]( | [The National Biography Award]( | [The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction]( | [The Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize]( TinyCat [TinyCat]( is the online catalog for small libraries, created by LibraryThing. It turns your existing LibraryThing account into a simple, professional, web-based catalog. Follow [@TinyCat_Lib]( on Twitter and [tinycat_lib](tinycat_lib) on Threads for the latest TinyCat news, and be sure to check out [LibraryThing’s Youtube channel]( for a range of TinyCat tutorials. of the Month. TinyCat’s featured library in June was the Library & Archives of the [Indian Pueblo Cultural Center]( in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Archivist & Librarian Jonna C. Paden sat down with Kristi this past month to answer her questions about the [IPCC Library]( and their work. Q. Who are you, and what is your mission—your “raison d’être”?: The Library & Archives is part of the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (IPCC) located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The library is a special collections, non-lending research library dedicated to the culture, traditions, history and lives of the 19 Pueblo nations of New Mexico and the Ysleta del Sur in El Paso, Texas. We provide publications and information about Pueblo and Indigenous peoples and communities of North America. We aim to provide materials that reflect the voice and perspective of Pueblo and other Indigenous peoples about their history and contemporary activities. The IPCC Library & Archives holds over 8,500 books about the twenty Pueblo and other Indigenous nations. As a research library, we primarily hold nonfiction titles across a range of subjects. We have dissertations and theses by Pueblo scholars and about Pueblo topics. We have historical and contemporary materials, including books that are no longer in print. We are currently open to the public Tuesday through Friday from 9am to 5pm (MDT). You can find the [full interview on our blog](. TinyCat Webinars. To learn more about TinyCat, join Kristi for a live demo Wednesdays at 1pm Eastern. Webinars are now on Zoom, so make sure to use our new [link to attend](. You can also check out our playlists of Tiny Tutorials on [LibraryThing's YouTube channel](, where Kristi walks you through various features of TinyCat in 30 seconds or less. If you'd like to schedule a webinar at another time or if you have other questions about TinyCat, you can reach Kristi at tinycat@librarything.com. 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