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malinablue	Fairy Tales and Folklore on Librarything.com	Lead	[-]
Posts: 2 (12/08/08 11:24:38) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : fairy tales, folklore, books, libraries Hello everyone, I have been lurking on this forum for a long while, but have rarely jumped in. I plan to do so more often, as I am absolutely passionate about folklore and myth and have been so my entire life. I can honestly say I read just about everything that comes out in this genre - fairy tale adaptations, collections, scholarly titles, children's books. That being said, I wonder if you all know about a wonderful book site called Librarything.com. It's kind of like a MySpace for readers, a place to list your library and then make connections with others who share your reading interests. I put my fairytale and folklore library up last year (look under http://www.librarything.com/profile/malinablue ) and I have met several wonderful folklore enthusiasts. It's actually pretty easy to list your books. Librarything offers a $15 CatScanner (and it really looks like a little cat!) to simply scan everything in. Even if you are not looking for fellow readers, it's nice to have a digital version of your library, complete with book covers and all. Anyway, here again is a link to my own profile. I would love to see more fairytale and folklore collections up there to browse through, so I invite you all to join: http://www.librarything.com/profile/malinablue Cindy Last Edited By: malinablue 12/08/08 12:51:30. Edited 2 times.
Mnemosynehime	Re: LibraryThing	#1	[-]
Posts: 38 (12/08/08 19:13:06) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I had heard good things about Librarything, but haven't used it myself. I'm on Shelfari and Librarything looks pretty similar in function and set-up. How does the scanning function work? Is it just for covers? I'd like to be able to do that with my account as I have some foreign books I'd love to add in and share discussion on or find others who may have read them as well, but I'm not sure Shelfari has the capability. I too use my bookshelf and the search features to find more great books or browse other people's libraries, not just to look at what other people are reading but get ideas for my own wish list, especially as good fairy tale and folklore scholarship and retellings are sometimes hard to find thorough lists for, especially older or more obscure books. Anime-Myth.com "I may be a woman, but I'm a warrior." ~ Oscar Francois de Jarjayes
malinablue		#2	[-]
Posts: 3 (12/09/08 08:19:11) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Yes, librarything is a lot like shelfari. I have accounts both places, but I prefer librarything by far and actually don't even go to shelfari any longer. There seems to be much sense of community at librarything and they are constantly updating and making the site better. Every week, it seems, they add something new. Already, they have wonderful recommendations (automatically generated and also generated by members), and a wonderful Tag cloud and tag mirror feature that allows you to find similar books and also see how others view your library. Wonderful groups, wonderful blogs. I think, if you are already on shelfari and want to join librarything too, that you can simply import your entire library over without entering books again. I don't know how it is done, but I did see info about that somewhere on the site (and the people who run it are VERY helpful, so they can easily tell you). The cat scanner doesn't scan covers, alas, but upc codes. It's a way of quickly putting your books in. You simply scan the upc code and the book comes up with all the correct information about it and the correct cover for your edition. Anyway, it's worth a look around even if you are already on shelfari. Cindy
malinablue		#3	[-]
Posts: 4 (12/09/08 08:23:57) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Oh, and one more thing, since you mentioned foreign titles. There are quite a few non-US members on librarything. They have really made a push to get countries in Europe involved and keep expanding, so while it is dominated by US libraries, there are many non-US libraries too. They also have scanned in a number of "famous" libraries, those belonging to famous writers and such. So you can see what kinds of titles you shared with famous figures like Thomas Jefferson and Sylvia Plath, as well as a whole slew of current authors. I find that particularly enjoyable. Often, if I love a writer, I find that I also love their own selections in books. Cindy

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