Tag: book
Looks like a duck, Walks like duck, Quacks like a duck; is a spammer
I have my home library on Library Thing (my ID is libri_amor) and yes, it’s Latin. I find it lots of fun to catalog this stuff, review etc. Today there is a very interesting entry on the Library Thing blog that illustrates the somewhat blurry line between spamming and unscrupulous business practices. Here is a […]
Posted: November 8th, 2007 under General.
Tags: book, library, library thing, social_networks, spam
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Library Thing etc.
I recently joined Library Thing and uploaded my families entire library holdings (1500+) books see the sidebar for random sampling). BTW, it was very easy since I already had it db’d and could export the ISBNs to Library Thing. The tough part now is the tagging. But this is another story. Today, the Library Thing […]
Posted: October 22nd, 2007 under Books.
Tags: book, library, library thing, tagging
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Pleasure of Rabbit Holes
If you missed yesterday’s New York Times magazine (no registration required) take a look at this article from the “The Medium” column. I admit that I’m strongly old school when it comes to books. I like being able to hold them, carry them around etc. Computer screens just don’t do it. But computer screens and […]
Posted: October 22nd, 2007 under General.
Tags: blog_entry, book, internet, new york times magazine, newspaper
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