info for reviewers and (prospective) reviewees

[unclepete]

So in case you ever wondered what kinds ofbooks and how many books we receive for review -- you can now see it live and in action. I tricked Dave into letting me spend some money from the SFReader kitty and created an account at librarything.com. So far, all the books I have received from publishers and authors for revieware listed in there, along with their status -- the site has very handy tagging features. So, if you're curious and want to play, or if you're an author waiting for us to review your book, or if you're a reviewer and you want more info on a book than the crappy little pdf I send out, you now have access to the entire library of review copies that I have.

first off, the site is http://www.librarything.com/profile/sfreader.com

there are three main tags I'll be using, though I'll probably add some genre ones in later. for now, they are/will be:

"received" means I've got the book, and it's in my filing cabinet or desk, waiting to be chosen for review.
"selected" means one of our reviewers has it, or soon will, in their hot little hands.
"reviewed" will mean it's been reviewed on the site -- when I eventually get to adding those in.

The nice thing about LT is that reviewers can click on the "received" tag and see all the unclaimed books, complete with a link to amazon to see a description. Also, people waiting to be reviewed can see what the status is. Eventually, I'd like to cross post the occasional review over on that site, to help draw in some more traffic over here -- with the author's permission of course.

Any comments, questions and concerns are welcome. [img]/emoticons/smilewinkgrin.gif[/img]

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[von Darkmoor]

I love it, Pete! It's a great way to utilize the easy-to-use LibraryThing.com!

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[carnifexpress]

Yeah, pretty neat... I could lose myself for an hour going through your page, lol...

Armand

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"Dew Scented" Stalking Shadows anthology


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[unclepete]

yeah, it's definitely an addicting site for bibliophiles. Hopefully some of them will make their way over here...

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"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers." --Thomas Jefferson
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[crystalwizard]

Oooo librarything. Good choice. I'm crystalwizard on there (like here) if anyone wants to poke around my profile.

Never meddle in the affairs of a wizard unless you are soggy and hard to light!

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