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Aug
26
Tuesday Thingers: LT Authors
2008 at 9am Posted by Rebecca Joines Schinsky
Today’s topic: LibraryThing authors. Who are your LibraryThing authors? What books of theirs do you have? Do you ever comment on an author’s LT page? Have you received any comments from an author on your LT account?
My LT authors are Marisa de los Santos, who wrote Love Walked In and Belong to Me (and whom I’m looking forward to meeting–hopefully–at the National Book Festival next month) and Doreen Orion, who wrote Queen of the Road, which I reviewed here.
I’ve never commented on either of their LT pages, and that’s primarily because there’s not much there to comment on. I wish more of the LT authors would actually catalog their books and participate in our discussions. I’m sure some of them do (and I know they’re very busy), but some more interaction would be great. I’ve also never received any comments from an author on my LT account.
Wait, I take that back. Hannah Holborn, who has written a book called Fierce that will come out in December, has left a few comments on my page. I feel special 
I’ve been talking to Christopher Meeks, author of Months and Seasons, and trying to get him to join LT and participate in an author chat because I loved his book and want to spread the word about it, but so far, no luck.
On an unrelated note: Joshua Henkin’s wonderful novel Matrimony is being released in paperback today. I adored this book (read my review here) and think it’s in strong contention for my August favorite…though, it’s competing with Margaret Atwood, which isn’t really fair. Anyway, here’s a peek at the new cover:
Go pick up a copy today, or wait for my giveaway later next month.
Speaking of giveaways, tomorrow is the last day to enter my Win It Before You Can Buy It giveaway of an ARC of Nick Harkaway’s The Gone-Away World.
And if you’d like to join the Tuesday Thingers fun, visit Marie at The Boston Bibliophile.
I love the new cover of Matrimony and have it on my want to read list. I’m like you, though, I already have stacks of books all over the place now.
I’ve heard alot about this Matrimony book.
I agree that there isn’t much to comment on most LT authors’ pages. Many of them have blogs, so I usually interact with them that way instead. A couple of authors of mine – Brandon Sanderson and Janny Wurts – do hang around in the Green Dragon group occasionally, which is nice.
Matrimony definitely interests me. I just have to decide if it’s worth getting now or waiting until the TBR pile goes down a bit and trying to get it for free!
I’m always disappointed with the authors that have exactly 12 books in their catalog, no tags and either nothing or nothing but publicity on their pages.
Devourer: My thoughts exactly! I get it that they want to publicize their books, but I’m going to be much more interested and willing to give them some of my time if they show a little willingness to do the same thing and use LT the way it’s meant to be used. What I love is when they have a sizeable catalog but only one review–and it’s of their book.
I never thought about it much, but I totally agree about authors participating more on LT. It’s no fun to see that they have only one book in their library- their own.