LibraryThing: State of the Thing - September

LibraryThing: State of the Thing Dear {NAME}, Welcome to the September State of the Thing! In this issue we welcome a new member to the LibraryThing team, share some site updates—including the news that our store is reopening!—invite members to list their favorite banned books, interview author Andrew K. Clark, and present 4,890 free Early Reviewer books! We also serve up our usual rundowns of the book world: "Freedom of Expression, "In Memoriam," 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. Welcome Zeph! LibraryThing is delighted to welcome Zeph ([ZephCraven]() to LibraryThing. He will be helping members answer questions, keeping track of bugs, and getting familiar with all things LibraryThing and TinyCat. You will love him. Zeph moved to Maine after some years in Kentucky, Washington, New York, and Italy. (He speaks fluent Italian.) He studied folklore, history, and studio art at Sarah Lawrence College, and can be found insatiably cooking pasta in his Portland apartment or ridiculously sean-nós dancing at a local pub. He is a lover of history and folklore, with a side of murder mystery and queer sci-fi. If you want to learn more about Zeph, you can view his profile [on LibraryThing](. You can also read the full announcement on [the blog]( and say [hello on Talk](. LibraryThing Updates CueCats! Barcode Labels! Merch! We’re pleased to announce that the [LibraryThing Store](, closed since August, is open again. Thank you for your patience during this closure, and please stop by to do some shopping. Zeph is standing by to ship your orders! Goodbye Cookbooks. LibraryThing is bidding a fond farewell to the anti-robot Cookbook Captcha which was once a part of the sign-in process for many of our members. While new members will still encounter it when creating their accounts, existing members will no longer see it while logging back into the site. Members are bidding goodbye in [Talk](. I See Dead People's Books. Several libraries have been added to our [Legacy Libraries]( project, including French Revolutionary leader [Georges Danton](. The volunteer project is spearheaded by former LibraryThing staff [Jeremy Dibbell](. If you are interested in helping, join the [Legacy Libraries]( group. Avast there me hearties! This past Thursday be "Talk Like a Pirate Day," so we highlighted the [piratical "translation" of LibraryThing]() in honor of the occasion. If you missed it, you can [check out it]() any day of the year. Arr! Translations! We couldn't get it out in time for this newsletters, but stay tuned for more news about LibraryThing's other "translations"—the ones [members have translated into real languages](, not Pirate. The near future will see a new user interface, machine-aided starter translations, especially for some of our smaller languages, and a new translation into "English (UK)." If the American-flavored "catalog," "analyze" and "bookstore" have irritated you for years, help is on the way! If you consider "gaol" an orthographic horror, you can keep LibraryThing in Good Ol' American. List of the Month: Banned Books Come join LibraryThing’s [List of the Month]( project, as members collaborate on special list every month. September List of the Month. In honor of "Banned Books Week" (September 22-28) our List of the Month is [Our Favorite Banned Books](, covering books banned or challenged in the US or elsewhere, now or in the past. Members have added classics like [To Kill a Mockingbird](, [Fahrenheit 451]( and [Beloved](, and recent entrants including [And Tango Makes Three]( and [Gender Queer](. Head over to the list of [Our Favorite Banned Books]( to add your top ten choices. Check out other recent Lists of the Month: - August [Books That Made Us Cry]( - July [Books We Love To Reread]( - June [Best Audiobooks]( - May [Best Mysteries With a Historical Setting]( - April [Arab and Arab Diaspora Literature We Recommend]( Talpa Search API Released We’ve released an API for [Talpa Search](, our innovative new tool for finding books and other media using natural language. An API allows computers to communicate with each other, enabling one organization’s service or data to be integrated into another’s. Developers, such as library catalog vendors and booksellers, can use the Talpa Search API to integrate Talpa into their services and applications. - [API Documentation]( - [API Playground]( - [Example Response: "astronaut stranded on mars"]( The Talpa Search API takes a query and returns simple JSON, with the results, including details like the result count and appropriate ISBNs and UPCs for the work. Libraries that subscribe to Talpa Search can also direct Talpa to use and prefer their own library’s holdings. For more information, visit the [API Documentation](, or email us at talpa@librarything.com. The Talk of LibraryThing What conversations are going on in our groups? - The creation and publication of [More Sustainable Paper Books]( is under discussion amongst members of the [Book Talk]( group. - A [Group Readalong]( of [The October Country]( by [Ray Bradbury]( is being undertaken by members of [75 Books Challenge for 2024](, with the project to conclude Halloween week. - Members are sharing the [Sentences They Would Never Have Expected to Read]( over in [The Green Dragon](. - Reading ideas and plans for the [September 2024 — Royal to the Bone]( themed reading project are being shared 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)! 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, we’re pleased to feature [David Greenberg’s]( new biography of a Civil Rights giant, [John Lewis: A Life](, offered by [Simon & Schuster](; the new middle-grade novel, [Library Girl](, from Newbery Honoree [Polly Horvath](, offered by [Tundra Books]( (one of twenty-three giveaways from this publisher this month!); and the first English-language translation of Japanese author [Tatsuhiko Shibusawa’s]( work, the fantasy novel [Takaoka’s Travels](, translated by [David Boyd]( and offered by [Stone Bridge Press](, who are making their Early Reviewers debut this month. We’re also pleased to offer our first titles from a number of new publisher participants, including [A.R. Phillips Press](, [Inhabit Media](, [The New Press](, [Running Wild Press](, [What on Earth!](21), and [Wipf and Stock Publishers](. Explore the full list and [sign up to request books](. [John Lewis: A Life]( [Library Girl]( [Rebel Skies]( [Takaoka's Travels]( [The Lost Siren of Mackinac]( [The Last Summer Before Whatever Happens Next]( [Water Finds a Way]( [Eden]( [Past Lives Denied]( [Wedding Issues]( [Oceansong]( [The Islanders]( [Pearce Oysters]( [The Lost King]( [The Grave Thief]( [The Greta Garbo Home for Wayward Boys and Girls: A Memoir]( [Everyone But Myself: A Memoir]( [Where Dark Things Grow]( [Non Serviam]( [Hell If We Don't Change Our Ways: A Memoir]( Our September batch of Early Reviewers has 4,890 copies of 256 books. The deadline to request a book is September 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](. Author Interview: Andrew K. Clark LibraryThing is pleased to present our interview with novelist and poet [Andrew K. Clark](, whose work has been published in The American Journal of Poetry, UCLA’s Out of Anonymity, Appalachian Review, Rappahannock Review, and The Wrath Bearing Tree. Deeply influenced by his upbringing and family history in western North Carolina, Clark received his MFA from Converse College, and made his book debut in 2019, with the poetry collection [Jesus in the Trailer](. His first novel, [Where Dark Things Grow](, a work of magical realism set in the Southern Appalachian Mountains in the 1930s, is due out this month from Cowboy Jamboree Press, and [is available in our current monthly batch]( of Early Reviewer giveaways. Clark sat down with Abigail to answer some questions about his new book. Q. [Where Dark Things Grow]( follows the story of a teenage boy with a troubled home life, who finds something magical and uses it to embark on a course of revenge. How did the story idea first come to you? Did it start with the character of Leo, with the theme of revenge, or with something else? Andrew. The novel came from a short story I wrote about my grandfather’s childhood growing up in Southern Appalachia and grew from there. I’ve always been drawn to magical realism and supernatural stories, so I was interested in mixing a sort of hardscrabble Appalachian setting with those more fantastical elements. Initially the story started with Leo, but as I got into the difficulties he faced, I realized he, like all of us, has a choice: to respond to adversity with anger or with resilience. His story is finding his way to resilience after a dark turn toward revenge and violence borne out of his family’s struggles, what he sees happening to missing young women, and a lack of empathy from the community. 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 Life Impossible]( by [Matt Haig]( - [Tell Me Everything]( by [Elizabeth Strout]( - [Here One Moment]( by [Liane Moriarty]( - [Somewhere Beyond the Sea]( by [TJ Klune]( - [We Solve Murders]( by [Richard Osman]( - [Creation Lake]( by [Rachel Kushner]( - [The Games Gods Play]( by [Abigail Owen]( - [Safe Enough and Other Stories]( by [Lee Child]( - [The God of the Woods]( by [Liz Moore]( - [The Dark Wives]( by [Ann Cleeves]( - [Den of Iniquity]( by [J. A. Jance]( - [Capture or Kill]( by [Vince Flynn]( - [All the Colors of the Dark]( by [Chris Whitaker]( - [Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI]( by [Yuval Noah Harari]( - [The Wedding People]( by [Alison Espach]( - [This Is Why We Lied]( by [Karin Slaughter]( - [What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust]( by [Alan Bradley]( - [Blue Sisters]( by [Coco Mellors]( - [A Sorceress Comes to Call]( by [T. Kingfisher]( - [Daydream]( by [Hannah Grace]( Freedom of Expression [National Banned Books Week](, an annual period of events meant to celebrate the freedom to read, and sponsored by an [alliance of different organizations](—the [ALA]( (American Library Association), [Amnesty International USA](, the [National Book Foundation](, and many more—occurs this year from September 22-28. In its forty-second year, the week will see [a host of events]( across a range of different venues, from libraries to bookstores. Filmmaker [Ava DuVernay](, who is an Academy Award nominee and winner of Emmy, BAFTA, NAACP, GLAAD, Critics Choice, and Peabody Awards, was [named as the honorary chair]( of Banned Books Week for 2024, and will conduct an online discussion with the youth honorary chair, Julia Garnett, on September 24, on the American Library Association's [YouTube channel](. The ALA, which adopted the theme of [Freed Between the Lines]( this year, [will host a number of other programs](, including a September 23 online discussion, [Behind the Bans](, featuring authors [Eliot Schrefer](, [Patricia McCormick]( and [Christina Soontornvat](; as well as a September 25 [Selected Shorts]( event hosted by author [Judy Blume](. PEN America’s [Banned Books Week program]( includes twelve events that will be held in cities across the nation, including Los Angeles, Tulsa, Miami, New York, Salt Lake City, Austin and Dallas. Publishers Weekly has released their special [Freedom to Read issue]( in honor of the occasion, and Penguin Random House, Unite Against Book Bans (UABB), First Book, and Little Free Library are dispatching their ["Banned Wagon"]( to nine communities across the Midwest and South that are facing book bans. The New York Times [recently reported]( on that book-ban efforts have increasingly shifted from school to public libraries. Quoting Deborah Caldwell-Stone, the director of ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom: "A year, a year and a half ago, we were told that these books didn’t belong in school libraries, and if people wanted to read them, they could go to a public library. Now, we’re seeing those same groups come to public libraries and come after the same books, essentially depriving everyone of the ability to make the choice to read them." In our [June 2024 issue]( of State of the Thing, we reported on the ongoing conflict in Llano, Texas, around issues of library curation and freedom of expression, covering the [appeals court ruling]( which restored seventeen books to library shelves. A [federal judge has now ruled]( that a librarian in Llano can bring her suit for wrongful termination against the county, after being fired for refusing to remove books from the library shelves. In Florida, a coalition of plaintiffs—six publishers, the Authors Guild, a number of individual authors, and a group of parents and students—[have filed suit]( against two provisions in the state’s recently enacted H.B. 1069, alleging that the law’s prohibitions on "pornographic" content, and material which "described sexual conduct" are overly vague, and have led to the improper removal of numerous books. In bookmobile news, The Iowa Standard has reported that the Iowa City Public Library and Iowa City School district may have [found a way around recent legislation]( prohibiting school libraries from offering students certain books, with the Library's bookmobile visiting schools around the district. Publisher's Weekly has an [interview with Kelly Jensen](, perhaps the most well-known voice against book bans nationwide. Jenson writes the [Censorship News Roundup]( for BookRiot. (She also writes books; see her LibraryThing [author page](.) As reported in a [previous State of the Thing]( Jensen was [named a Library Journal Mover and Shaker]( in 2024 for her work. [Prison Banned Books Week](), which runs the week before Banned Books Week, recently [highlighted a report]( by the Prison Policy Initiative, detailing the rise of prison-specific ebook tablets and the decline of physical books in libraries. They argue that, although billed as increasing access, prison ebook tablets, run by for-profit companies, squeeze money from prisoners and have reduced access overall. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, who are suing San Mateo County, over a program to [scan prison mail and put it on tablets](, has an [acessible article]( on the topic of prison ebooks. The Guardian [reports]( that the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, England has prematurely cancelled its rave-inspired performances of Shakespeare's [A Midsummer Night’s Dream](, over references to Gaza, Palestine and trans rights. A Brooklyn bookstore, the Powerhouse Arena, caused controversy in late August by [canceling a book discussion]( scheduled for [Tablets Shattered: The End of an American Jewish Century and the Future of Jewish Life]( by [Joshua Leifer](, due to the fact that the author’s conversation partner, Rabbi Andy Bachman, is considered a Zionist. Bachman was for many years the head rabbi at the well-known Congregation Beth Elohim, in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Mr. Leifer was notified of the decision one hour before the event was scheduled to occur, and told by the bookstore manager that "the moderator that your publishing team sourced is a Zionist, and we don’t want a Zionist onstage." Book World News: Awards The Halldór Laxness International Literary Prize, named for Icelandic Nobel Laureate [Halldór Laxness](, and awarded biennially to "internationally recognized authors for contributing to a renewal of the narrative tradition, as these were the grounds for awarding Laxness himself the Nobel Prize in 1955," has gone to [Salman Rushdie](. The jury described Rushdie’s works as "captivating, philosophical, and enlightening stories for readers willing to explore new worlds," going on to say that "for readers around the world, Rushdie’s image—having continued to write his novels despite the fatwa issued by the Iranian clerical regime following the publication of [The Satanic Verses]( and the assassination attempt he faced in the United States two years ago—has become a symbol of courage and unyielding will." The winners of this year’s [Library of Congress Literacy Awards](, which recognize "organizations that have made outstanding contributions to increasing literacy in the United States or abroad," [have been announced](. The winner of the American Prize, which "is awarded to an organization based in the United States for making a significant and measurable contribution to increasing literacy levels in the U.S. or the national awareness of the importance of literacy," was [We Need Diverse Books](; while the David M. Rubenstein Prize, awarded to organizations which make an "outstanding and measurable contribution to increasing literacy levels," has gone to the [LaundryCares Foundation](. See [this announcement]( for the complete list of winners. The [National Book Foundation]( has announced the 2024 winners of their [Lifetime Achievement Awards](~:text=The%20National%20Book%20Foundation's%20Medal,writing%20and%20serving%20readers%2C%20respectively.). The [Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters]( will go to [Barbara Kingsolver](, whose work, according to NBF Board of Directors chair David Steinberger, "has inspired generations of writers and readers," and has "had a vast impact on the national and global literary landscape." The [Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community]( will go to W. Paul Coates, the publisher, community activist, and founder of [Black Classic Press]( and BCP Digital Printing. David Steinberger praised Coates for a long career in which he has "recovered and discovered countless essential works of Black literature," and "has modeled what it means to be a community-focused independent publisher and tireless advocate for Black diasporic writers and books." [National Book Award Longlist Logo]This year’s [National Book Award Longlists]( have also [been announced]( by the [National Book Foundation](. In the Fiction category, the list includes: [Ghostroots: Stories]( by ['Pemi Aguda](, [Martyr!]( by [Kaveh Akbar](, [The Most]( by [Jessica Anthony](, [Catalina]( by [Karla Cornejo Villavicencio](, [James]( by [Percival Everett](, [All Fours]( by [Miranda July](, [Creation Lake]( by [Rachel Kushner](, [My Friends]( by [Hisham Matar](, [Yr Dead]( by [Sam Sax](, and [Rejection]( by [Tony Tulathimutte](. The Nonfiction category longlist includes: [There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension]( by [Hanif Abdurraqib](, [Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are]( by [Rebecca Boyle](, [Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling]( by [Jason DeLeon](, [Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church]( by [Eliza Griswold](, [Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia]( by [Kate Manne](, [Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder]( by [Salman Rushdie](, [The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives]( by [Ernest Scheyder](, [A Great Disorder: National Myth and the Battle for America]( by [Richard Slotkin](, [Whiskey Tender: A Memoir]( by [Deborah Taffa](, and [Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders]( by [Vanessa Angelica Villarreal](. The longlists for the other three categories recognized by the foundation are available as well: [Poetry](, [Translated Literature](, and [Young People’s Literature](. The 2024 winners of the [Wainwright Prizes]( have [been announced in three categories](. Named for British nature writer [Alfred Wainwright](, the prizes honor the best UK books featuring "a celebration of nature and our natural environment or a warning of the dangers to it across the globe." [Michael Malay]( has won in the Nature Writing category for his [Late Light: The Secret Wonders of a Disappearing World](, and [Helen Czerski]( has won in the Conservation Writing category for [The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works](. The winner in the Children’s Writing category was [Katya Balen]( for her [Foxlight](. The [Booker Prize Shortlist]( for 2024 [has been announced](, with six finalists emerging from the initial field of thirteen [Longlist]( contenders for the UK’s most prestigious literary award. They include: [James]( by [Percival Everett](, [Orbital]( by [Samantha Harvey](, [Creation Lake]( by [Rachel Kushner](, [Held]( by [Anne Michaels](, [The Safekeep]( by [Yael van der Wouden](, and [Stone Yard Devotional]( by [Charlotte Wood](. The winner will be named in November. In Australia, the winners of this year’s [NSW Premier’s History Awards](, given out by the State Library of NSW, [have been announced](. The winner of the Australian History Prize is [Alecia Simmonds]( for her [Courting: An Intimate History of Love and the Law](, while the winner of the General History Prize is [Katharine E. McGregor]( for [Systemic Silencing: Activism, Memory, and Sexual Violence in Indonesia](. The winner of the NSW Regional and Community History Prize is [Shauna Bostock]( for [Reaching Through Time: Finding My Family's Stories](, while the winner of the Young People’s History Prize is [Rebecca Lim]( for [Two Sparrowhawks in a Lonely Sky](. Please see [this announcement]( for the full list of winners. This year’s [Davitt Awards](, given by [Sisters in Crime Australia]( to the best crime books written by Australian women, [have now been announced]( in multiple categories. The winner in the Adult Novel category is [Monica Vuu]( for [When One of Us Hurts](, while the winner in the Debut Novel category is [Christine Keighery]( for [The Half Brother](. [Rebecca Hazel]( has won in the Non-Fiction category for her [The Schoolgirl, Her Teacher and His Wife](, while [Alison Goodman]( has won in the Readers’ Choice category for [The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies](. The winner in the Children’s Novel category is [Lucinda Gifford]( for [The Wolves of Greycoat Hall](, and the winner in the Young Adult Novel category is [Tracey Lien]( for [All That's Left Unsaid](. The 2024 [CBCA (Children’s Book Council of Australia) Book of the Year Awards]( have [also been announced](. The winner in the Older Readers category is [Grace Notes]( by [Karen Comer](, while in the Younger Readers category the winner is [Scar Town]( by [Tristan Bancks](. The winner in the Early Childhood category is [Gymnastica Fantastica!]( by [Briony Stewart](, while Picture Book of the Year went to [Timeless](, illustrated and written by [Kelly Canby](. The winner of the Eve Pownall Award, given to creative nonfiction, was [Country Town]( by [Isolde Martyn](, while the CBCA Award for New Illustrator went to [Erica Wagner]( for her work on [Hope Is The Thing](, written by [Johanna Bell](. Additional Award News This Month: Winners. [The American Book Award]( | [The Bread and Roses Award]( | [The CLMP Firecracker Award]( | [The Danger Awards]( | [The Dayton Literary Peace Prize]( | [The Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize]( | [The Ignatz Award]( | [The Indiana Authors Award]( | [The Klaus Flugge Prize]( | [The McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Novel of the Year]( | [The Nebraska Book Award]( | [The New England Book Award]( | [The New England Society Book Award]( | [The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards]( | [The Queensland Literary Awards]( | [The Ruby Award](2ABY-Award) | [The Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize]( | [The YA Book Prize]( Shortlists / Finalists. [The American Library in Paris Book Award]( | [The Barbara Jefferis Award]( | [The British Academy Book Prize]( | [The Cundill History Prize]( | [The Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year]( | [The Hilary Weston Writers Trust Prize for Nonfiction]( | [The Kirkus Prize]( | [The Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award]( | [The Nib Literary Award]( Book World News: In Memoriam Bestselling American author [Nelson DeMille](, known for his many suspenseful adventure stories, [has died at 81](. An infantry platoon leader in the Vietnam War (1966-69), he was awarded the Air Medal, Bronze Star, Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry and the Combat Infantryman Badge. Upon his return to the states he completed his degree at Hofstra University. DeMille’s first books were detective novels featuring NYPD sergeant Joe Ryker—[The Sniper]( (1974) was the first of the series—but his first true success was the 1978 [By the Rivers of Babylon](, which followed the story of an airplane hijacked by Palestinian terrorists. His [John Corey]( series about a wise-cracking former police detective, which began with [Plum Island]( (1997), was particularly popular. DeMille wrote some two dozen novels, a number of which—[The Gold Coast]( (1990), [The Maze]( (2022)—were set on his native Long Island, and he was often praised for the realism with which he depicted military situations. Other recent losses in the book world: - [Joyce Brabner](, American comic book author, editor and activist, [has died at 72](. - [Tom Brown, Jr.](, American wilderness survival expert and author, [has died at 74](. - [Stevie Cameron](, Canadian journalist, author and philanthropist, [has died at 80](. - [John Cassaday](, American comic book artist, [has died at 52](. - [Charles R. Cross](, American music writer and biographer, [has died at 67](. - [David Stuart Davies](, British teacher, author and playwright, [has died at 78](. - [M.J. Engh](, American librarian, science fiction author and scholar, [has died at 91](. - [Elaine Everest](, British journalist, novelist and creative writing tutor, [has died at 70](. - [Helen E. Fisher](, American biological anthropologist and writer, [has died at 79](. - [Michel Guérard](, French chef, food writer and cookbook author, [has died at 91](. - [Landon Y. Jones](, American magazine editor and author, [has died at 80](. - [Elias Khoury](, Lebanese novelist and pro-Palestinian activist, [has died at 76](. - [Michael Lerner](, American rabbi, magazine editor and author, [has died at 81](. - [Graham Rawle](, British writer, collage artist and designer, [has died at 69](. - [Steve Silberman](, American writer and magazine editor, [has died at 66](. - [Victoria Thompson](, American romance and mystery writer, [has died at 76](. - [John Yeoman](, British children’s book author, [has died at 89](. 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. TinyCat Webinars. Our live webinars are on hold for the time being, but you can watch one of our recorded sessions anytime from [LibraryThing’s YouTube channel](. That’s also where you can find Tiny Tutorials for using TinyCat and LibraryThing. Live webinar sessions will start back up some time in the near future, so stay tuned for details. If you have any questions about TinyCat, you can reach out to Zeph at tinycat@librarything.com. Wait, That's It? That's all I have for the Thing this month! If you have any suggestions, or ideas for improving State of the Thing, please reach out to me at abigailadams@librarything.com. Past issues of State of the Thing are available in our [SOTT Archive](. Happy reading, Abigail PS: If you'd rather receive a plain-text version, [edit your email preferences](. You can also read it [online](. This message was sent to {NAME}. Click to [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from future emails](.