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Tuesday, August 29th, 2023

LibraryThing Birthday Sale & Treasure Hunt!

It’s LibraryThing’s 18th Birthday! We’re kicking off the celebration with a sale on everything in the LibraryThing Store through the month of September, and we’re hosting a special Birthday Treasure Hunt!

Sale. Enjoy major discounts on everything in the LibraryThing Store including CueCat scanners and barcode labels for the classroom, laptop stickers, gorgeous LibraryThing and TinyCat enamel pins, and more!

The sale opens today, August 29, on LibraryThing’s birthday, and runs through the month of September.

Treasure Hunt. We’ve scattered a mint of birthday candles around the site, and it’s up to you to try and find them all.

  • Decipher the clues and visit the corresponding LibraryThing pages to find a birthday candle. Each clue points to a specific page on the LibraryThing site. Remember, they are not necessarily work pages!
  • If there’s a birthday candle on a page, you’ll see a banner at the top of the page.
  • You have just two weeks to find all the birthday candles (until 11:59pm EDT, Tuesday September 12th).
  • Come brag about your mint of birthday candles (and get hints) on Talk.

Win prizes:

  • Any member who finds at least two birthday candles will be
    awarded a birthday cake badge. Badge ().
  • Members who find all 12 birthday candles will be entered into a drawing for one of five LibraryThing (or TinyCat) coaster sets and stickers. We’ll announce winners at the end of the hunt.

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    • Friday, June 16th, 2023

    Come Join the 2023 Pride Month Treasure Hunt!

    It’s June, and that means that our annual Pride Month Treasure Hunt is back!

    We’ve scattered a shower of rainbows around the site, and it’s up to you to try and find them all.

    • Decipher the clues and visit the corresponding LibraryThing pages to find a rainbow. Each clue points to a specific page right here on LibraryThing. Remember, they are not necessarily work pages!
    • If there’s a rainbow on a page, you’ll see a banner at the top of the page.
    • You have just two weeks to find all the rainbows (until 11:59pm EDT, Friday June 30th).
    • Come brag about your shower of rainbows (and get hints) on Talk.

    Win prizes:

    • Any member who finds at least two rainbows will be
      awarded a rainbow badge. Badge ().
    • Members who find all 11 rainbows will be entered into a drawing for one of five LibraryThing (or TinyCat) coaster sets and stickers. We’ll announce winners at the end of the hunt.

    P.S. Thanks to conceptDawg for the illustration, which is a riff on the European bee-eater.

    ConceptDawg has made all of our treasure hunt graphics in the last couple of years. We like them, and hope you do, too!

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    • Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

    Come Join the 2023 Poetry Month Hunt!

    April is National Poetry Month, and we’re springing into the season with our new Poetry Month Hunt!

    We’ve scattered a quiver of quills around the site, and it’s up to you to try and find them all.

    • Decipher the clues and visit the corresponding LibraryThing pages to find a quill. Each clue points to a specific page right here on LibraryThing. Remember, they are not necessarily work pages!
    • If there’s a quill on a page, you’ll see a banner at the top of the page.
    • You have almost two weeks to find all the quills (until 11:59pm EST, Sunday April 30th).
    • Come brag about your quiver of quills (and get hints) on Talk.

    Win prizes:

    • Any member who finds at least two quills will be awarded a quill badge
      Badge ().
    • Members who find all 12 quills will be entered into a drawing for one of five LibraryThing (or TinyCat) coaster sets and stickers. We’ll announce winners at the end of the hunt.

    P.S. Thanks to conceptDawg for the European Robin illustration!

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    • Wednesday, February 15th, 2023

    Come Join the 2023 Valentine Hunt!

    It’s February 14th, and that means the return of our annual Valentine Hunt!

    We’ve scattered a collection of hearts around the site, and it’s up to you to try and find them all.

    • Decipher the clues and visit the corresponding LibraryThing pages to find a heart. Each clue points to a specific page right here on LibraryThing. Remember, they are not necessarily work pages!
    • If there’s a heart on a page, you’ll see a banner at the top of the page.
    • You have two weeks to find all the hearts (until 11:59pm EST, Tuesday February 28th).
    • Come brag about your collection of hearts (and get hints) on Talk.

    Win prizes:

    • Any member who finds at least two hearts will be
      awarded a heart badge Badge ().
    • Members who find all 14 hearts will be entered into a drawing for one of five LibraryThing (or TinyCat) coaster sets and stickers. We’ll announce winners at the end of the hunt.

    P.S. Thanks to conceptDawg for the swan illustration!

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    • Monday, November 7th, 2022

    SantaThing 2022: Bookish Secret Santa!

    It’s the most wonderful time of the year: the Sixteenth Annual SantaThing is here at last!

    This year we’re once again focusing on indie bookstores. The pandemic has been a disaster for independent bookstores, even as it sent Amazon sales to new heights. So we picked a few of our favorite indies from around the United States. You can still order Kindle ebooks, we have Book Depository for international orders, and also stores local to Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland.
    » SIGN UP FOR SANTATHING NOW!

    What is SantaThing?

    SantaThing is “Secret Santa” for LibraryThing and Litsy members.

    How it Works

    You pay $15–$50 and pick your favorite bookseller. We match you with a participant, and you play Santa by selecting books for them. Another Santa does the same for you, in secret. LibraryThing does the ordering, and you get the joy of giving AND receiving books!

    SantaThing is a joint effort between LibraryThing and Litsy. When signing up, you can opt to give and receive from members of only one community or the other, or either.

    Sign up once or thrice, for yourself or someone else.

    Even if you don’t want to be a Santa, you can help by suggesting books for others. Click on an existing SantaThing profile to leave a suggestion.

    Every year, LibraryThing members give generously to each other through SantaThing. If you’d like to donate an entry, or want to participate, but it’s just not in the budget this year, be sure to check out our Donations Thread here, run once again by our fantastic volunteer member, mellymel1713278.

    Important Dates

    Sign-ups close MONDAY, November 28th at 12pm EST. By the next day, we’ll notify you via profile comment who your Santee is, and you can start picking books.

    You’ll then have a week to pick your books, until MONDAY, December 5th at 12pm EST (16:00 GMT). As soon as the picking ends, the ordering begins, and we’ll get all the books out to you as soon as we can.

    » Go sign up to become a Secret Santa now!

    Supporting Indie Bookstores

    To support indie bookstores we’re teaming up with independent bookstores from around the country to deliver your SantaThing picks, including BookPeople in Austin, TX, Longfellow Books in Portland, ME, and Powell’s Books in Portland, OR.

    Once again this year, we’re also offering international deliveries through Book Depository. And after last year’s success, we’re bringing back the following foreign retail partners: Readings for our Australian participants, Time Out Books for the Kiwi participants, and Kennys for our Irish friends.

    Kindle options are available to all members, regardless of location. To receive Kindle ebooks, your Kindle must be registered on Amazon.com (not .co.uk, .ca, etc.). See more information about all the stores.

    Shipping

    Some of our booksellers are able to offer free shipping, and some are not. Depending on your bookseller of choice, you may receive $5 less in books, to cover shipping costs. You can find details about shipping costs and holiday ordering deadlines for each of our booksellers here on the SantaThing Help page.
    » Go sign up now!

    Questions? Comments?

    This is our SIXTEENTH year of SantaThing. See the SantaThing Help page further details and FAQ.
    Feel free to ask your questions over on this Talk topic, or you can contact Kate directly at kate@librarything.com.
    Happy SantaThinging!

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