Podcasts about LibraryThing

Laura López, de "Actualizados Comunicación", empresa que se adica á xestión da comunicación dixital. Hoxe falamos do Día do Libro: redes sociais literarias e o #Booktok "En Goodreads podemos ver que libros len os nosos amigos ou cales queren ler e tamén publicar cales lemos ou queremos ler nós". Me Gusta Escribir é unha rede social da editorial Penguin Random House na que os escritores amateurs poden compartir os seus textos"". "Booktok, conta con 31,5 millóns de publicacións e está formada por toda unha comunidade de lectores de TikTok". Aínda que o noso non deixan de ser as redes sociais, estas están moi relacionadas coa lectura. E, aproveitando que mañá se celebra un dos días máis agardados para os amantes da literatura, non se nos ocurre mellor idea que facer un pequeno repaso de como as plataformas dixitais e os libros, a fin de contas, teñen máis relación entre eles do que poidamos pensar. Goodreads e outras aplicacións similares Goodreads lanzouse no 2007 como unha aplicación para lectores. A día de hoxe, conta cunha comunidade moi específica que xera conversacións en torno ás lecturas que realizan. Deste xeito, podemos ver que libros len os nosos amigos ou cales queren ler e tamén publicar cales lemos ou queremos ler nós; podemos atopar valoracións e críticas de obras que nos interese ler; así como conversar con outros usuarios e usuarias. Un dato interesante é que no 2013, Amazon mercou esta aplicación e, dado ao interese que suscita entre os lectores, integrouse en Kindle, dándolle aínda máis valor do que xa tiña. Entón, falando de maneira máis precisa, que aporta esta rede social específica aos lectores? Permite buscar libros por autor, título ou ISBN e mostra a cuberta, reseña, características do libro e en que tenda online se pode mercar. Do mesmo xeito, permite crear unha listaxe dos libros que lemos e dos que queremos ler, así como engadir información, valoracións e comentarios dos mesmos. En canto á relación con outros usuarios, permite unirse a grupos por temáticas, descubrir que están a ler os nosos amigos ou intercambiar opinións. Xa por último, ofrece recomendacións en función dos libros polos que teñamos mostrado interese. Por outra banda, como autor ou editor, tamén ten o seu interese. É unha aplicación atractiva non só porque lles permite saber que opinan sobre as súas creacións, senón que dálles visibilidade e, a fin de contas, é un medio máis de publicidade. Existen outras aplicacións con características similares a Goodreads como Anobii, definida como unha rede social independiente para os amantes dos libros que permite descubrir obras de todas as épocas, crear a nosa propia biblioteca e coñecer a millóns de lectores de todo o mundo; ou tamén LibraryThing, que permite crear a nosa propia “balda virtual de libros”. Me Gusta Escribir e Wattpad No outro lado da moeda, atópase Me Gusta Escribir, unha rede social da editorial Penguin Random House na que os escritores amateurs poden compartir os seus textos e, os lectores, teñen a oportunidade de valoralos. Para os lectores é interesante porque podemos ler, valorar as nosas pezas favoritas, apadriñar talento votando as mellores obras e crear grupos de lectura. Para os escritores conta con ferramentas ideais para dar a coñecer a súa obra: un editor para traballar no manuscrito, unha ficha pública na que os lectores poden ler a peza, valorala e axudar como editores e, para os que queiran ir un paso máis alá, tamén dispón de servizos de autopublicación con asesoría editorial, revisións de texto, deseño da cuberta, promoción do libro e organización de eventos. Outra plataforma coñecida e da que teñen saído obras literarias con versión cinematográfica incluída, é Wattpad. Fundada no 2006 e coñecida entre escritores novos e aspirantes, nesta rede social os escritores poden publicar as súas historias de forma gratuíta e os lectores poden acceder a unha ampla variedade de contido literario, que inclúe novelas, fanfiction, poesía e moito máis. Os escritores poden publicar capítulos das súas historias de forma secuencial, interactuar cos lectores a través de comentarios e mensaxes, e incluso recibir feedback instantáneo sobre o seu traballo. Os lectores, pola súa banda, teñen acceso a unha enorme biblioteca de historias de diversos temas e estilos, moitas das cales son creadas por escritores afeccionados e emerxentes Booktok Aínda que, como puidemos ver, hai redes específicas para a literatura, as conversas sobre libros e literatura tamén teñen o seu oco en plataformas xeralistas como Instagram ou TikTok. Se falamos desta última, non podemos evitar mencionar a etiqueta #Booktok, que conta con 31,5 millóns de publicacións e que está formada por toda unha comunidade de lectores. Nesta, os usuarios comparten contido relacionado con libros, que inclúe recomendacións de lectura, reseñas, discusións sobre tramas, análises de personaxes e máis e, todo iso, en formato de vídeo curto. O booktok gañou popularidade como unha forma creativa e accesible de descubrir novos libros e conectarse con outros lectores. Ademais, estes vídeos poden variar desde simples recomendacións ata reaccións emocionais a certos pasaxes ou momentos da trama. Esta tendencia demostrou ser especialmente influinte na promoción de certos libros, impulsando títulos á fama e contribuindo á creación de tendencias de lectura. Dunha maneira ou doutra, aínda que as redes sociais sexan criticadas moitas veces por abarcar moito espazo do noso tempo libre e quitarllo a aficcións como a lectura, estas poden ser a ferramenta perfecta. Son a ferramenta perfecta porque fomentan a lectura, a escritura, axudan a manter o hábito e mesmo teñen ese compoñente de promoción e de visibilidade para os escritores. Máis Información ACTUALIZADOS COMUNICACIÓN: ✔️Páxina Web: https://actualizadoscomunicacion.com/ ✔️Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/actualizadoscomunicacion ✔️Twitter: https://twitter.com/actualizadoscom ✔️Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/actualizados_comunicacion/ ️"SUSCRÍBETE" ao podcast. 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On this week's mailbag, Brenna stumbled onto a Library Thing list created by norabelle414 that has documented all of the books we've read. We love it! Send us all the things you use the show for!Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on Twitter @HKHSPod or use the hashtag #HKHSPod:> Brenna: @brennacgray> Joe: @bstolemyremoteHave a mail bag question or a comment about book club? Email us at hkhspod@gmail.com or tweet us> Stolen (Ann-Helén Laestadius, 2023) - Submit by July 3 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 1500+ book collection comprises the cornerstone of research materials at the Frank Laumer Center for the Study of the Seminole Wars. Other items include hundreds of paper files that supported Frank Laumer's accounts of the Dade Battles, microfilm, tens of thousands of print and digital images, thousands of digital records, and assorted comic books and movie posters that put Seminole front and center.    At the time of his death in late 2019, Frank Laumer had amassed a library of roughly 350 Seminole Wars-related books. In addition, his compendium contained another 450 books on American presidents and American history related in some way to these wars. This included donations from the late Dr. John Mahon, author of The History of the Second Seminole War. These legacy books are the cornerstone for the Seminole Wars Foundation's Frank Laumer Center for the Study of the Seminole Wars. Since Frank Laumer's passing, and through aggressive, savvy canvassing, the Foundation has doubled its collection, to nearly 1,600 with some ties or references to the Seminole Wars. Some of the books are in-house purchases, but the vast majority are donations from members and friends of the Foundation, which provides a professional permanent home for the titles.  Today, the Frank Laumer Center features scores of non-fiction, biographical and historical books on the Seminole – including dozens more with Osceola as a central character. It also carries shelves of titles on the Seminole Wars, Black Seminoles, the U.S. Army of the time, crackers, pioneers, militia, and even Florida's environment. This library also carries many adventure novels -- featuring boys or girls avoiding, encountering, or working with Seminoles – as well as adult stories with a war setting that includes mystery and passion as key components. There are even several manuscripts of poetry with a Seminole Wars theme.     The Seminole Wars Foundation media collection includes a separate antiquarian book section with fragile or old volumes published during the Seminole Wars about those unfortunate conflicts. Open on display in this image (left) is a first edition of John T. Sprague's The Florida Wars. (Right) The war, although obscure, nevertheless resonates in American popular culture. This wall at the Foundation homestead sports posters and programs from a number of 1950s Hollywood productions that showcase Seminoles. On the half-book shelf below it are comic books that use Seminole in their story narratives.   In an interview with the Florida Historical Society, Frank Laumer himself said he wanted his collection of research files AND his books to be available for scholars to peruse. This is all well and good. The challenge, however, became cataloguing, labeling, and sorting the collection into a recognizable and standardized order so titles can be found and reviewed easily on the shelves. That is where three generations of librarians come in. Eileen Goodson and her adult daughter Erin Lewis have experience in Sumter County as librarians, media specialists, and school teachers. Erin's daughter Jayley, a high school student, mature and insightful beyond her years, brought online savvy and tenacity to the endeavor. Each brought special skills to this project and together they've created and refined a most valuable search tool for accessing this collection just as Frank Laumer desired. In this episode, Eileen, Erin, and Jayley describe their organizing process and reveal, because of the breadth and depth of this library -- what they learned about the Seminole Wars. They explain how they used LibraryThing.com, a social cataloging web application. It permits the Foundation to store and share its extensive book catalog for public inspection and review before they make an appointment to visit the Center in Bushnell to see the physical books themselves.     Jayley Lewis and Eileen Goodson crosscheck spreadsheet entries. Eileen said the library presents ample space to spread out. At Eileen's feet is the enormous Foundation floor logo that caught her eye (and in a good way).  (Right) Eileen Goodson and Erin Lewis discuss how best to line up spreadsheet catalogue numbers with the computer-printed multi-label sheet.  (Below left) Researchers can stretch out (or relax) on this work bench directly below a Jackson Walker painting, The Battle of Camp Izard. To its right is a display Halls rifle 1817, mentioned frequently in newspaper- and book-published accounts of the Florida War as they called it at the time. (Below right) By popular demand, the Foundation floor logo amidst the library shelves.       Host Patrick Swan is a board member with the Seminole Wars Foundation. He is a combat veteran and of the U.S. Army, serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Kosovo, and at the Pentagon after 9/11. A military historian, he holds masters degrees in Public History, Communication, and Homeland Security, and is a graduate of the US Army War College with an advanced degree in strategic studies. This podcast is recorded at the homestead of the Seminole Wars Foundation in Bushnell, Florida.  Subscribe automatically to the Seminole Wars through your favorite podcast catcher, such as iHeart or Stitcher or Spotify, DoubleTwist, or Pandora or Google podcasts or iTunes, or ... Check it out so you always get the latest episode without delay where and when you want it. Like us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube!  

Episode 130 / It's back to the archives this week for one of our most popular episodes. Jami and Sara share how they launch a book, covering tactics for low-, medium-, and high-budget launches as well as sharing beau·coup tips about what's working for book launches right now. Intro links:  Kickstart Your Book podcast Link (To be added) - Sign up to be notified when Jami's book about launching comes out Show notes: KU or wide - weigh pros and cons of each Price point - consider typical price of genre and goals to pick the best price point (99 cents can generate preorders and sales while a higher price point give you a higher royalty and the option of dropping it for sales later) Preorders - a preorder lets you capture sales and get your sales pages live on the vendors, but some authors won't do preorders because they feel Amazon doesn't weight the preorder sales as heavily as purchases/borrows made after the books releases, which may impact rank. Don't forget the impact of your newsletter to launch  Low-cost Launch Tactics for a New Author Blog tours Newsletter swaps Goodreads giveaways  Library Thing giveaways  Newsletter Connect with authors in genre groups Lower price Paid newsletter promos Small-to-medium Budget Launch Tactics:  Newsletter giveaway like Booksweeps Paid newsletter promos Ads, like a small Amazon ads   Big budget Launch Tactics: Facebook ads Newsletter swaps Discount previous books in the series    Bonus Launch Tips:  Focus on getting your book in front of the right readers Learn/use one ad platform at a time Pick about three things to focus on for your launch (don't try to do all the things) so you're not so scattered and so you can track results Backmatter matters -- make sure it's up-to-date and include link to next book/second epilogue/etc Goodreads giveaway sends an email on release day to everyone who entered your giveaway   Jami's Launch Plan: Use tagline in graphic teasers/promo images Shared prologue/early chapters Release paperback a week ea, call Author Central to merge ebook and paperback, and then readers can post review--you'll have reviews on the sales page when the book launches Add “follow” links (Bookbub, Goodreads, Amazon, etc) to promo and those sites will send a new release alert Preorder email on Bookbub  Contact authors in genre and ask if they will share and if they want an Advance Review Copy Giveaways in author groups to create buzz Remind readers of release date so they can post a review if they'd like Segment newsletter list and email over several days, then mail to unopens   Sara's Out-of-the-Box Launch Tactics for a First-in-Series Book: Set up a print preorder through Ingram Spark Send opening chapters to readers over weeks leading up to release to get them hooked on story Blog tours give you reviews and quotes you can use for graphics and editorial reviews Book box giveaway Advance Review Copies sent to reviewers Kobo Netgalley promotion Bookbub New Release Feature Staggered Audiobook release Long preorder on Book 2 so readers could order immediately when they finished Book 1 Patreon Amazon ad - low-budget auto-targeted Sara's launch philosophy: pull out all the stops with Book 1; subsequent book launch -- quieter launch, focuses on sale on Book 1 to pull readers into the series   Come over and say hi to Jami and Sara in the WIKT Facebook group! You can find show notes and links at wishidknownforwriters.com. Links:  Author website The Big List of Craft and marketing books mentioned on WIKT podcast episodes  Jami's Launch Plan Sara's Book Release Timeline Checklist Jami's books Sara's books Resources from the Author and Reader Community to Help Ukrainans

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Episode 040 / It’s Q & A time. We talk about how finding a critique group is similar to dating, how to prepare to go wide, and much more. Intro: Sara is planning a limited edition hardcover for the holidays and Jami is signing books for a subscription box. Plus Sara shares about an audiobook giveaway site. Reveal Book Box Library Thing Audiobook Giveaway Come over and say hi to Jami and Sara in the WIKT Facebook group! You can find show notes and links at wishidknownforwriters.com. In this podcast episode, you’ll discover: Developmental editing and critique groups Pros and cons of each Why finding a critique group is like dating Tips for publishing wide Mindset - long-term thinking Why you may need to save up “quit your job money” Go wide in format first -- audio, print, large print Try a perma-free, either a first book in series or prequeal Use smaller paid newsletter sites Check price points Advice for new writers Write your best book Don’t be in a rush Build a newsletter and draw readers to you that are interested in your specific genre Branding Marketing for writers Use ads and content marketing Newsletter Starting over in your author career Create new IP if you need to How to re-engage readers after you’ve been quiet for a while Risks of rapid release Scaling up Amazon ads Tactics: Bid high on Book One and get read through; start a new ad; courses Reader engagement Post one thing a day and then respond Dealing with FOMO Links: Story Alignment with H. Claire Taylor SPA Girls podcast David Gaughran’s Starting from Zero course Ads for Authors course Mystery Books Podcast WIKT Podcast with Amy Daws Nickolas Eric ad courses and resources Novel Marketing Podcast - Why Rapid Release is a Risky Book Launch Strategy

Episode 026 / Jami and Sara share how they launch a book, covering tactics for low-, medium-, and high-budget launches as well as sharing beau·coup tips about what’s working for book launches right now. In the intro, Sara talks about she’s started a German translation through Reedsy. Jami’s new book Homecoming King launched with a big splash--breaking into the top 100 of the Amazon store, then going all the way to number 81! You can find show notes and links at https://www.wishidknownforwriters.com. In this podcast episode, you’ll discover: Things to Consider Before You Launch: KU or wide - weigh pros and cons of each Price point - consider typical price of genre and goals to pick the best price point (99 cents can generate preorders and sales while a higher price point give you a higher royalty and the option of dropping it for sales later) Preorders - a preorder lets you capture sales and get your sales pages live on the vendors, but some authors won’t do preorders because they feel Amazon doesn’t weight the preorder sales as heavily as purchases/borrows made after the books releases, which may impact rank. Don’t forget the impact of your newsletter to launch Low-cost Launch Tactics for a New Author Blog tours Newsletter swaps Goodreads giveaways Library Thing giveaways Newsletter Connect with authors in genre groups Lower price Paid newsletter promos Small-to-medium Budget Launch Tactics: Newsletter giveaway like Booksweeps Paid newsletter promos Ads, like a small Amazon ads Big budget Launch Tactics: Facebook ads Newsletter swaps Discount previous books in the series Bonus Launch Tips: Focus on getting your book in front of the right readers Learn/use one ad platform at a time Pick about three things to focus on for your launch (don’t try to do all the things) so you’re not so scattered and so you can track results Backmatter matters -- make sure it’s up-to-date and include link to next book/second epilogue/etc Goodreads giveaway sends an email on release day to everyone who entered your giveaway Jami’s Launch Plan: Use tagline in graphic teasers/promo images Shared prologue/early chapters Release paperback a week ea, call Author Central to merge ebook and paperback, and then readers can post review--you’ll have reviews on the sales page when the book launches Add “follow” links (Bookbub, Goodreads, Amazon, etc) to promo and those sites will send a new release alert Preorder email on Bookbub Contact authors in genre and ask if they will share and if they want an Advance Review Copy Giveaways in author groups to create buzz Remind readers of release date so they can post a review if they’d like Segment newsletter list and email over several days, then mail to unopens Sara’s Out-of-the-Box Launch Tactics for a First-in-Series Book: Set up a print preorder through Ingram Spark Send opening chapters to readers over weeks leading up to release to get them hooked on story Blog tours give you reviews and quotes you can use for graphics and editorial reviews Book box giveaway Advance Review Copies sent to reviewers Kobo Netgalley promotion Bookbub New Release Feature Staggered Audiobook release Long preorder on Book 2 so readers could order immediately when they finished Book 1 Patreon Amazon ad - low-budget auto-targeted Sara’s launch philosophy: pull out all the stops with Book 1; subsequent book launch -- quieter launch, focuses on sale on Book 1 to pull readers into the series Genres discussed include romance, romantic suspense, cozy mystery, and historical mystery. Links: Wish I’d Known Then Facebook Group Canva Book Box episode on the Science Fiction and Fantasy Marketing Podcast Jami’s Launch Plan How to Set up a Print Preorder on Ingram Spark

The Genealogy Guys have invested in new microphones and cables to improve the sound quality of the podcast. They discuss the new equipment and thank our Patreon supporters for supporting us in this investment. Bear with us as we learn to use the new mikes! News You Can Use and Share MyHeritage has improved its MyHeritage In ColorTM facility by providing new technology to use colorization settings to further enhance photographs. The MyHeritage Yearbook collection now allows you to toggle between black-and-white and color on yearbook pages. MyHeritage' Theory of Family RelativityTM facility in its DNA matches has grown tremendously. In the next few weeks, a banner will appear at the top of your DNA Matches page. Click on “View Theories” to see all theories found, old and new. Ancestry offers 450K yearbooks and more than 62 million pages in its huge searchable collection. Findmypast launched a photographic collection of more than 10,000 images in celebration of VE Day. Findmypast added additions and new records to the collections: Scotland, Edinburgh & Lothian Death and Burial Index; Scotland, Aberdeenshire Poll Tax 1696; Yorkshire Memorial Inscriptions; and Cambridgeshire Burials. The Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference registration is now open. It will be held 2-5 September 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri. Drew recaps new record additions, updates, and indexes at FamilySearch. Cyndi Says Cyndi Ingle reminds us to remember the beginners. Our Listeners Talk to Us Vic thanks us for discussing LibraryThing and tagging on Episode #377. Legacy Libraries is another facility at the site to look at famous people's libraries at https://www.librarything.com/index_catalog.php?search=legacy&page=legacy. Mary posted at our FB page that she listened to Drew's interview with Libby Copeland (Genealogy Connection #68) four times! Tell us about how your society is meeting virtually/online, the tools you're using, the positive things, and any negative things. This will help other societies connect their members. The Genealogy Squad The Genealogy Squad just celebrated its one-year anniversary with more than 33.5K members! Welcome Cari Taplin, CG, as a new Administrator of The Genealogy Squad, along with George G. Morgan, Drew Smith, and Cyndi Ingle. We have moderators in England and Australia to help answer your questions and direct you to resources. And our members help one another in a friendly environment. Thank you again to our Patreon supporters! You can support us at https://patreon.com/genealogyguys. You can also tell your friends or your society about our free podcasts, our blog, and our Genealogy Guys Learn subscription education website. Send us email at genealogyguys@gmail.com.

The Genealogy Guys Learn site (https://genealogyguyslearn.com/) April sale ends at midnight Eastern U.S. Time on 30 April. Look for details and instructions on the Genealogy Guys Blog on March 31 and at http://blog.genealogyguys.com/2020/04/the-genealogy-guys-learn-is-on-sale-for.html. Don't miss your opportunity to get written and video education and more at a bargain price, and new content is added every month. News You Can Use and Share MyHeritage makes its entire yearbook collection available for free through 23 May 2020, and you can now display pages and photos in color as well as black-and-white. AncestryDNA has added many new communities around the world, and their ethnic estimate research panel has been updated to include indigenous communities in Australia. Drew discusses Ancestry's records and developments in the coming months. The National Archives in the UK has announced that it is offering free access to its records. Check their blog at https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/digital-downloads/. A list of records available can be found at https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/?research-category=online. Findmypast has added Northumberland Baptisms and Marriages, Durham Baptisms, Surry Burials, and more. Drew recaps new record additions, updates, and indexes at FamilySearch. DNA Segment with Blaine T. Bettinger Blaine explains what a centimorgan is, who it is named for, and why it's important. Cyndi Says Cyndi Ingle discusses why working with others is so important to genealogical research. Our Listeners Talk to Us Tom discusses the recent interview with Diahan Southard and whether or not he needs her new book. Vance recounts his family's excitement at developing the family's tree, information found on our podcast episode # 295 (4 October 2015), and recording telephone calls with relatives. Organize Your Books with LibraryThing Drew reminds you to “Organize Your Books” as he wrote about on Day 11 of his January Getting Organized series of blog posts (http://blog.genealogyguys.com/2020/01/day-11-organize-your-books.html). The Guys then discuss LibraryThing (https://www.librarything.com/) and the ease of cataloguing your entire collection of books. As of 18 March 2020, LibraryThing is free and allows you to add an unlimited number of books. You can tag and organize your books into groups. There is a LibraryThing app for the Apple iOS that allows you take it with you anywhere. The app allows you to snap an image of the ISBN and immediately add the book to your library. Pre-ISBN books also are easily added using a search of author and partial title. George reminds you to back up your browser bookmarks. Thank you again to our Patreon supporters! You can support us at https://patreon.com/genealogyguys. You can also tell your friends or your society about our free podcasts, our blog, and our Genealogy Guys Learn subscription education website.

Today, in part seven of our nine-part series, we’re going to stop all this dreamy, head-in-the-clouds crap and get practical. I talked about 4 ideas in this episode (links to resources included below): 1) Book bingo 2) Coming up with a reading plan 3) LibraryThing 4) How many books to keep in your “To Read” list

A look at LibraryThing and Goodreads and how they can best be used to catalog books, track lending, seek recommendations and reviews, connect with other book lovers, and more! Complete transcript available at https://insc581.infosci.utk.edu/jheyboer/podcast/ .

Episode 42: Richelle E. Goodrich; YA Author, Poet & Illustrator In This Episode, You’ll Hear: (Podcast run time 52 minutes) :40 - Introduction to Richelle E. Goodrich 2:26 - Richelle & Vikki talk about the podcast & Vikki shares about her blog tips she’s writing about podcasting 3:15- Richelle shares about her working background & budgeting time to write 5:35 - Vikki & Richelle talk about what Richelle is currently reading 8:51 - Richelle shares about when she knew she was a writer 11:30- Vikki talks about how she discovered her love for writing & dealing with self-doubt 14:16 -  Richelle shares tips for writing  18:51 - Richelle shares her titles and the genres she writes  25:00 - Richelle takes about her publishing journey 29:32 - Richelle shares about editing & support groups 32:25 - Richelle shares her inspiration 33:34 - Richelle reads from three pieces of her work Connect with Richelle E. Goodrich: Richelle’s Website – https://www.richellegoodrich.com Richelle’s Blog - https://regoodrichnews.blogspot.com/ Richelle on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RichelleEGoodrich/ Richelle on Twitter - https://twitter.com/REGoodrich Richelle on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/richellegoodrich/ Richelle on Goodread - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5082833.Richelle_E_Goodrich Richelle’s LibraryThing - https://www.librarything.com/profile/REGoodrich Richelle on Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/regoodrich/ Richelle on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/regoodrich/ Richelle on Tumblr - http://regoodrich.tumblr.com/ Richelle on Google+ - https://plus.google.com/u/0/105426719345785938668 Richelle’s Amazon Author Page - https://www.amazon.com/Richelle-E.-Goodrich/e/B008A6A5W4/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vu00_tkin_p1_i9   Vietnam Diary: A Memoir of my Posterity by Lanny Starr (Richelle’s Father’s Book): https://www.amazon.com/Vietnam-Diary-Memoir-my-Posterity-ebook/dp/B07HYNN6JB/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1550872065&sr=8-1&keywords=Lanny%20Starr&fbclid=IwAR2Khb12YRb9uGHVKExFi57hWdMNYDErLBsnNYsMRtd4lfI6V3tQPkQldFY   Resources Mentioned in the Podcast: Lulu: https://www.lulu.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5p_A4KjQ4AIVYh6tBh2gnw1rEAAYASAAEgIohfD_BwE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com IngramSpark: https://www.ingramspark.com Amazon KDP: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/   Podcast Music Credits: Title: Amazing Plan by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/   Thanks For Listening Thanks for listening!. If you have something you’d like to share with me, please connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or our website. Write a review on iTunes.

Episode Fifty Six Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Join our Goodreads Group! Purchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! Please subscribe to our email list here. – Currently Reading/Listening – The Prisoner in the Castle – Susan Elia MacNeal (CW) Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef’s Journey to Discover America’s New Melting Pot – Edward Lee (EF) All About Boats: The Evacuation of Manhattan Island on September 11, 2001 – edited by Mike Magee (CW) The Stars Are Fire – Anita Shreve (EF) Middlemarch – George Eliot (CW) – Just Read – Crazy Rich Asians – Kevin Kwan (CW) The Masterpiece – Fiona Davis (EF) – Biblio Adventures – Emily went to RJ Julia’s Booksellers in Madison, CT to see James R. Benn author of the Billy Boyle series in conversation with Cara Black author of the Aimee Leduc series.   Emily went to Vermont and visited Crow Bookshop in Burlington, VT. She also walked passed, but was unable to go inside, Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop in Portland, ME. Chris went to Chicago and visited the Pritzker Military Museum and Library, American Writers Museum and saw the Gwendolyn Brooks statue. She also visited Anderson’s Bookshops in Naperville, IL and Barbara’s Bookstore O’Hare. Chris went to Bookclub Bookstore & More to see our Mystery Man, John Valeri, in conversation with Emily Arsenault author of The Last Thing I Told You. Chris attended the grand opening of That Bookstore in Wethersfield, CT. – Upcoming Jaunts – August 8 – Chris will be headed to Bank Square Books to see Wick Griswold & Stephen Jones discuss their book Connecticut Ferries. August 24 – Institute Library in New Haven is hosting a Library Thing-a-Thon. Help them digitize their catalog! September 12-14 – Wyndham Campbell Prizes Festival September 15 – Chris will moderate a session with Kimberly McCreight, author of the Outliers Trilogy, at Book Club Bookstore & More. September 27, 2018 – The Book Cougars will be hosting an historical fiction author event in partnership with Bank Square Books at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT. Please join us along with Fiona Davis, James R. Benn, Melodie Winnawer and Marie Benedict. You can order your tickets here. – Upcoming Reads – The Still Point of the Turning World – Emily Rapp (EF) Courageous Women of the Vietnam War: Medics, Journalists, Survivors and More – Kathryn J. Atwood (CW) Mrs. Dalloway – Virginia Wolff (CW) Song of Kali – Dan Simmons (CW)  – Also Mentioned – Books Are Magic Bookstore Smoke and Pickles: Recipes and Stories from a New Southern Kitchen – cookbook by Edward Lee Reading Envy Podcast The Book Barn in Niantic, CT Fiona Davis: The Address and The Dollhouse Rosemary’s Baby– Ira Levin A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving Maud Martha – Gwendolyn Brooks Chris blogs at WildmooBooks Poster Child: A Memoir – Emily Rapp The Classics Club Maurice – E.M. Forster

Welcome to our new lifestyle podcast where we talk about owning books and where to keep your books and what color of book will be big this spring and how to prepare the best books for your dinner guests and which books make your butt look better and which books to put on your tricky under eye area. JK. We talk about some cool things in our lives regarding books recently: ie the personal library cataloging app Library Thing, trying to keep a book budget, and how to be our friends on GoodReads (look up bookstore_corinne and beckyramone). Ok, LYLAS, byeeeeee. Next Discussion: Aetherial Worlds by Tatyana Tolstaya

The news includes: MyHeritage announced a new pro bono initiative to reunite adoptees with their birth families. Learn more, see eligibility requirements, and apply at https://www.dnaquest.org. MyHeritage has upgraded its new chromosome browser's capabilities to include one-to-many matches. The Suzanne Winsor Freeman Memorial Student Grant Committee is now accepting applications for its annual $500 grant and full registration to the 2018 Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree. Application deadline is midnight PDT on 10 April 2018. Details and an application can be found at https://thefamilycurator.com/swfgrant/. Living DNA previewed its Family Networks platform, a new DNA matching service, at RootsTech, and it will be available to consumers later this year. Findmypast announced the release of their new Ireland Civil Birth Registration Index and Ireland Civil Marriage Registration Index, the first phase of a collection that will grow throughout 2018. Drew shares his review and insights of RootsTech 2018. Listener email includes: Natonne Elaine Kemp, co-author of There Is Something About Edgefield, thanks Drew for his book review, and was “stunned” to learn that Drew's 2nd great-grandfather was mentioned in the book. Gail comments about sound quality on the Genealogy Connection Marjorie inquires about the possibility of transcriptions of our podcasts. Tom asks about an app or program to record books, magazines, and articles in your personal library. George and Drew describe LibraryThing in detail. Matt is confounded by differences in his DNA ethnicity estimate and those of his parents. Liza shares a surprise in DNA results in her husband's test that indicates a paternity issue. She asks for guidance in how to approach this news, both with her father-in-law and with the person with whom there was a match. D. A. responded to the listener's question about copying information received in Facebook Messenger. George reminds listeners that the incentive premium for listener support at Patreon at www.patreon.com/genealogyguys is still available!

In this episode we review the Dreamhouse Kings series by Robert Liparulo. This Young Adult fiction series of six books is an engaging and spine-tingling read that we heartily recommend. Also in this episode is Nicole's Fact about a writer who changes his name and JD's Tip about a fabulous way to keep track of your personal or small organization's library. The Appetizer The world's only library to operate in two countries simultaneously. The Review Dreamhouse Kings Series by Robert Liparulo BOOK 1 - House of Dark Shadows BOOK 2 - Watcher in the Woods BOOK 3 - Gatekeepers BOOK 4 - Timescape BOOK 5 - Whirlwind BOOK 6 - Frenzy Composer Jonathan Maiocco wrote some beautiful music inspired by Dreamhouse Kings. Check out his pieces on the soundtrack page of Dreamhouse Kings website. Also check out his instrumental albums on your favorite digital music outlet. He had this to say about the composition below: "I read Book 1 of the series and thought, 'Whoa, I can totally hear the music!' So, with all the horror and suspense of the story in mind, I composed “House of Dark Shadows” as what I though of as the “main theme” of the series." JD's Rating: 4 out of 5 Nicole's Rating: 4 out of 5 Nicole's Bookworm Fact...is about a writer who changes his name. JD's Bookworm Tip...is TinyCat; which is the online catalog for small libraries, created by LibraryThing. It turns your existing LibraryThing account into a simple, professional, web-based catalog. Today's episode is brought to you by Adagio teas. Adagio is the premiere source for loose leaf teas on the internet. Check out the Bookworm Banquet tea blend. Get in touch with us! Email: feedback@bookwormbanquet.com Feedback Line (text or voice): 623-688-2770 Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

In this episode we review the Dreamhouse Kings series by Robert Liparulo. This Young Adult fiction series of six books is an engaging and spine-tingling read that we heartily recommend. Also in this episode is Nicole's Fact about a writer who changes his name and JD's Tip about a fabulous way to keep track of your personal or small organization's library. The AppetizerThe world's only library to operate in two countries simultaneously.The ReviewDreamhouse Kings Series by Robert LiparuloBOOK 1 - House of Dark ShadowsBOOK 2 - Watcher in the WoodsBOOK 3 - GatekeepersBOOK 4 - TimescapeBOOK 5 - WhirlwindBOOK 6 - FrenzyComposer Jonathan Maiocco wrote some beautiful music inspired by Dreamhouse Kings. Check out his pieces on the soundtrack page of Dreamhouse Kings website. Also check out his instrumental albums on your favorite digital music outlet. He had this to say about the composition below: "I read Book 1 of the series and thought, 'Whoa, I can totally hear the music!' So, with all the horror and suspense of the story in mind, I composed “House of Dark Shadows” as what I though of as the “main theme” of the series."JD's Rating: 4 out of 5Nicole's Rating: 4 out of 5Nicole’s Bookworm Fact...is about a writer who changes his name.JD's Bookworm Tip...is TinyCat; which is the online catalog for small libraries, created by LibraryThing. It turns your existing LibraryThing account into a simple, professional, web-based catalog.Today’s episode is brought to you by Adagio teas. Adagio is the premiere source for loose leaf teas on the internet. Check out the Bookworm Banquet tea blend.Get in touch with us! Email: feedback@bookwormbanquet.com Feedback Line (text or voice): 623-688-2770 Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

Intro Hi and Welcome to Books Between - a podcast to help teachers, parents, and librarians connect kids between 8-12 to books they’ll love. I’m your host, Corrina Allen - a teacher, a mom of two girls, and so excited to announce that this podcast has a new home at AlltheWonders.com - the place for readers to discover fabulous new books and experience those stories in amazing ways. I am beyond thrilled to be part of their team and help inspire more connections to books and authors. And to celebrate that, we have a gorgeous new logo designed by the incredible illustrator and author Brianne Farley. Her new picture book, Secret Tree Fort is a huge favorite in my home.  Also - we are celebrating with a great giveaway which I’ll tell you more about at the end of the podcast, so stay tuned! This is Episode #8 and today we’re talking about keeping track of your reading life, three incredible new school-centered novels, and I’ll answer a question about how to talk with kids about their book when you haven’t read it. Main Topic - Tracking Your Reading Life Lately I have noticed a lot of conversation and push back against the practice of requiring students to keep a daily signed-by-parents reading log to attempt to hold kids accountable for their reading.  As a parent and a teacher, I understand that impulse to encourage our children to read every day and to have something tangible as evidence of that. But I do think there are more authentic ways to help kids track their reading life that are based more on what strong readers actually do in real life.     I think about this conversation today as having two layers. First is tracking your own reading life to get more out of your reading and to be a strong role model for the children in your life. And second, guiding children to keep track of their reading lives.   So with that in mind, today we’ll discuss why you and your students should consider keeping track of your reading, thoughts about what to track, and then finally a few ideas for different digital or analog ways to track your reading life. Why You Should Keep Track of Your Reading Life To begin with, let’s talk about why you should keep track of your reading. I have gone through periods in my life when I am recording all different aspects of my reading, and there have been times when I’m not. But when that’s going well, you feel such a sense of accomplishment. It’s fulfilling to look back and see how many books or pages you’ve read. And that motivates you to keep going. Another thing that naturally comes out of recording your reading is that you start to notice patterns that otherwise you might miss. For me, I noticed that I was reading a lot of fantasy and very little historical fiction. Bringing awareness to those patterns and ruts can lead you to set goals and strive toward them. Another benefit of tracking your reading life is that it helps you remember more details about what you read, especially if you jot down a little bit of information about the setting, characters, or topics in a nonfiction text. Having that information really helps you make better recommendations to children and when they are recording what they read, they can make better recommendations to each other. And that’s really what you want to see - kids connecting kids with books.  And one more long-term benefit of tracking your reading is that after many years, those documents become nostalgic. They are a snapshot in time of who you were at that moment. One of my most treasured items from high school is the “To Be Read” list I started my senior year when I was really inspired by a teacher to push my reading in a different direction. So hang on to them! What to Track Now that I have hopefully persuaded you to track your reading and encourage the children in your life to do the same, let’s talk about what you could track. A good place to start is the basics of what you read: title, author/illustrator, date you started and finished. I also like to include a rating, a note about genre and who recommended it to me. Those are all items that I also ask my students to record as well. Another great thing to record is an ongoing TBR (To Be Read) list of books you want to read so you’re never left with that “I don’t know what to read next!” feeling. Of course, sometimes you can have the opposite problem of having TOO many awesome books to read next.  Also - recording progress toward reading challenges can be fun. I participate in the #SixtyBooks challenge and many of my students are doing the 40 Book Challenge so they keep track for that. Jotting down inspiring quotes or “Wow!” moments from non-fiction as well as your own reflections and connections to books, can be another way to get the most out of your reading life. And encouraging students to do that as well keeps things authentic. Reading habits are another really interesting thing you can record. For example, you could record the number of minutes you read each day, the number of pages, numbers of days in a row that you read at least 20 minutes, or track the genres you’ve read over a certain time frame. Some adults and some children really love to get into the nitty-gritty with keeping track of all kinds of things. During last summer’s library reading program, my older daughter got into setting a timer and inputting all the minutes she read into the computer to watch that number grow. And if something like that inspires a kid to read more, then great. For me, I’m always thinking of the balance between reading time and recording time and putting the emphasis more on the reading. Especially in the classroom where time is so precious. Ways to Track Your Reading Life Finally, let’s chat about some different digital or analog ways to track reading. Let’s start with digital. Some favorite spots for adults and older children are websites like Goodreads or LibraryThing where you can track books read, participate in challenge groups, and connect with other readers. Those sites are nice because they generate great statistics for you about your reading habits. If you are looking for something similar to Goodreads but for younger kids, Biblionasium and Bookopolis are worth checking out. A spreadsheet or word document works, too - and Google Docs are nice if you want to share your lists with someone else. There are also some apps you can use like Book Crawler, Litsy, or BookBuddy or even a basic To-Do app with “reading” as one of the items you track. I notice too that more and more people use Instagram and Snapchat as a spot to post the books they’ve read. All of those can be really engaging ways for you and your kids to connect with others about their reading.   On the other hand, you could go with a pen and paper analog method. During the first week of school, my students and I set up our reading journals with sections to record the books we’ve read, our TBR lists, and our new colorful circle genre tracker. If you are interested in taking a peek at that, I’ll post a picture in the shownotes and a link to where you can download the student version. The kind of notebook you use is really all about your preference. My students use spiral notebooks but composition notebooks are good, too. For me, I am very attached to my black Leuchtturm 1917 dotted hardcover notebook which I use as my bullet journal. So, if you’re not familiar with bullet journaling, it’s essentially a combination of planner, to-do list, and habit tracker. I use my bullet journal to keep track of everything including my reading life. I’ll post a few pictures on the website if you’re interesting in seeing how that looks. However, I’m really interested in seeing and sharing your ideas. What benefits do you see for tracking your reading life and what methods do you prefer? If you have a second, email me at booksbetween@gmail.com or tag me in a photo on Twitter or Instagram to share how you keep track of your reading life. Book Talk - Three Incredible New School-Centered Novels   In this segment, I share with you three books centered around a theme and discuss three things to love about each book. This week I’ll be talking about  three fabulous school-centered novels that I have not stopped talking about this summer: The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary, Save Me a Seat, and Ms. Bixby’s Last Day. The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary The first book I want to share with you and that I hope you share with your children, is The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary by Laura Shovan. This is a novel in verse, but it’s not like most other poetry narratives. The premise here is that the 18 children of Ms. Hill’s fifth grade write poems about their year to put in a time capsule to commemorate the closing of their elementary school. So the story is told one poem a day from the point of view of each of the students as some deal with personal struggles and some take on the task of saving their school. So here are three things to love about Laura Shovan’s The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary: There are tiny square sketches of each student to accompany their poems. And it’s a small thing, literally, but that touch really helped me imprint each different voice with the image of that character. It made it easier to recognize the narrative threads that pop up in later poems. How the author presents the problem of the school being torn down with nuance. It’s not that the Board of Ed is evil and selling out to some faceless corporation. And not all the students agree that it’s a bad idea. And yet, this novel truly recognizes how deeply meaningful a building can be. My middle school was torn down about ten years ago and even though my middle school years were rough, I felt so sad to see that building ripped down. It was beautiful with hardwood floors and a cool spiral staircase in the back. Don’t tell anyone, but I actually stole a brick from the construction site when they were tearing it down. Putting on my teacher hat now - the poetry resources in the back of this book are phenomenal. I got ridiculously excited when I saw them. You get great descriptions of every type of poem used in the novel, topic suggestions for kids, and it tells you the page number where you can find the examples of that kind of poem in the book. Also - it has 15 poetry writing prompts that I’m really excited about sharing with my students this year. This is a book that teachers are going to want within reach when planning to teach some poetry - either within a full poetry unit or throughout the year for some fun writing exercises. It takes so much skill to tell a cohesive story from multiple points of view and so much skill to convey a narrative through poetry that this novel amazed me. Kids who really like that growing field of novels in verse are going eat up this book. And if you know a kid who likes to write, this book would be the perfect one to put in their hands to inspire some creativity. Save Me a Seat Another new and wonderful school - centered novel released recently is Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan. This is another multiple point of view book, alternating between the perspectives of two 5th grade boys -  Joe and Ravi. Joe is tall, a little awkward, and is working through a learning disability. Because of that, he’s a target for the popular, thieving school bully, Dillon Samreen. At least, he is until Ravi arrives. Ravi is small, self-confident (at first), and as a recent immigrant from India, he is a bit socially awkward. I read Save Me a Seat as our bedtime read aloud at home with my daughters over the summer. My nine-year-old loved it so much that she swiped it from my nightstand and snuck it into her bedroom with a flashlight to finish reading it on her own. Here are three reasons why we all loved this book: The authors recognize the importance of pronouncing names correctly.  My youngest daughter, Helena, and I both have names that are often mispronounced and I deeply appreciate people who try to get it right. My former principal called me “Core-IN-uh” for the entire time I knew her. And she was wonderful and fiercely protective of her staff but I was so intimidated by her as a young new teacher that I just couldn’t bring myself to tell her that she was saying it wrong. So, I think a lot of kids can relate to Ravi’s frustration when everyone calls him RAH-vee instead of Ra-VEE. Story structured around the lunch menu for the days of the week. The novel only takes place during the first week of school but so much happens that I had to go back and double check. At first I thought, “Oh, that’s a cute device” that the first part is Monday: Chicken Fingers, Tuesday: Hamburgers, but when I got to Wednesday:Chili, I started to realize how the lunch food each day ends up playing a much bigger part than I first thought. At the back of this book, there are also two recipes that also play a part in the story: Apple Crisp and an Indian cookie named Naan Khatai (NON-cuh-tie). In this book, there is that rare and perfect balance of tension and humor. Often, the reader knows the trouble that’s coming because Joe is well aware of Dillon Samreen’s bullying and thievery.  But Ravi doesn’t know all that. And Ravi reasonably thinks that Dillon might be a good friend and ally - he’s also from an Indian family and Dillon has been smiling and winking at him. Dillon is a great villain and you just want to keep reading to see if he gets what’s coming to him.   Save Me a Seat is a fantastic book for kids who enjoy humor mixed in with a really inspiring story. And - you can try out some recipes when you’re done reading, too.   Ms. Bixby’s Last Day Our final school-centered book this week is John David Anderson’s novel Ms. Bixby’s Last Day. This book is amazing and there hasn’t been a day that’s gone by since I read it that I haven’t thought about it.  It’s about three 6th grade boys (Topher, Brand, and Steve) who find out that their teacher, Ms. Bixby, has cancer and her last day at school will be next Friday. The whole class plans a going away party for her but she unexpectedly ends up in the hospital earlier than she thought. And so, these three boys decide to bring their amazing “last day” celebration to her. I’ve read a lot of great books this summer, but this one was different. I found myself slowing down as the pages dwindled because I didn’t want to let those characters go. I just wanted to spend a little more time with them.  There are so many fabulous things to say about this book that it’s hard to narrow it down to just three, but - here we go: How much the storyline is a Quest - Topher, Brand, and Steve are three intrepid heroes braving dangerous territory (skipping school and taking a the bus downtown alone) to collect their sacred objects to make their farewell to Ms. Bixby as perfect as possible. Throughout their journey they have side excursions into dusty old book shops, a bakery, and even a run-in at a liquor store. It’s a small thing, but if you have the hardcover and peek under the dust jacket, you will see a little hidden message from the boys. I think it is so fitting because at the end of the story as you learn more and more about the boys’ relationships with Ms. Bixby through their flashbacks, it’s revealed that Topher, Brand, and Steven each have a small but powerful moment with her that they have kept secret. Topher’s breakdown of the six kinds of teachers you get like the worksheet loving Zombies, the jittery fast-talking caffeine-addicts, the strict Dungeon-Masters, or the Spielbergs who just show movies all the time. But - Ms. Bixby is what he calls a Good One. And he names a few cool things about her like her pink hair and her python. But I think this paragraph gets at the heart of it. Let me read you a bit from page 30. “There were other things, too, little things. Like how she always chose The Hobbit as the class read-aloud and had different voices for every character. How she could be strict when she needed to be and sweet when she wanted to be and kind of a smart aleck all the times in between.  But mostly there was the way she listened to you, giving you her full attention. All the other teachers, they’d keep looking around the room when you talked, but Ms. Bixby fixed you with her eyes and waited for you to finish no matter how long it took you to figure out what you wanted to say.” This is a book that will live in your heart and your students’ hearts for a long, long time. As a side-note - I SO want a taste of that white-chocolate raspberry supreme cheesecake!   You and your students are going to love Ms. Bixby’s Last Day. And at the end of the show today, I’ll tell you how you can get a chance to win a class set of this book. Q & A Our last segment this week is Question & Answer time. Question: Last week at my school we had Parent Information Night and one of the questions asked of my teammate was, “How can I talk to my child about their reading, if I haven’t read the book?” Answer: We chatted about it for a little bit that night, but I didn’t get across what I wanted to, and I have been stewing about it for the last few weeks. So, if I had a do-over, here is what I would say: First, it’s fantastic that you’re making time to connect with your child about their reading. Simply expressing interest and enthusiasm about their book is more important than any particular question you could ask. Sometimes a simple comment like, “That book looks interesting - what’s it about?” opens up the conversation in a more natural way than if you try to read off a set of predetermined questions that never changes. Or, if you want to ask more targeted questions, instead of “Please describe three traits of the main character.” you could say “Tell me more about Ramona. What kind of person is she?” I think that’s especially important at home when you want to keep reading time enjoyable and not a chore that they start to dread. Closing Okay - that wraps our Q&A section this week so on to the details about the giveaway! To help us celebrate our relaunch of the Books Between podcast at All the Wonders, Walden Pond Press has so kindly offered a set of Ms. Bixby’s Last Day. The contest runs from October 10th - October 24th, 2016 and the winner will receive one class set (30 hardcover copies) of Ms. Bixby’s Last Day by John David Anderson. You can enter by heading to the post for this episode at AlltheWonders.com and entering the giveaway at the bottom of our page there. Good luck and I just know you and your class will LOVE this story. If you have a question about how to connect middle grade readers to books they’ll love or thoughts about any of the topics we’ve discussed today, please email me at booksbetween@gmail.com or message me on Twitter/Instagram at the handle @Books_Between. Thank you so much for joining me this week. You can get a full transcript of this show with links to every book and resource I talked about today by going to BooksBetween.com/8 which will take you to our new home at All the Wonders. And, if you are liking the show, please help others find us too by telling a friend, sharing on social media or leaving a rating on iTunes or Stitcher. Thanks and see you in a couple weeks!  Bye!

Det här med internet alltså. En massa datorer som liksom hänger med varandra och byter samlarkort på söta katter och grejer. I det här avsnittet av FAQ-podden snackar Anders, Ivan och Magnus om just detta världsomspännande datornätverk och försöker svara på frågan: Vem i hela världen kan man lita på? Ladda ner avsnittet som en mp3:a, prenumerera via iTunes, eller använd dig av vår RSS. * * * * * * * SHOWNOTES! * * * * * * *Internet är fullt av länkar och här är några av dem:Anders använder Unblock-us för att kika på amerikanska Netflix i PS3an. Vidare nyttjar Anders Diino för oändlig backup och (relativt) praktisk 100 Gb lagringsutrymme á la Dropbox. Spotify & Netflix såklart och även anonymiseringstjänsten Anonine.Ivan hostar upp slantar på regelbunden basis till Spotify, Netflix, Dropbox och Torguard.Magnus lade pengar på Flickr Pro och katalogiseringstjänsten LibraryThing, men numera lägger han sina surt förvärvade pengar på internetbokmärkeshanteringswebbtjänsten Pinboard. Och Dropbox, Netflix och HBO Nordic såklart. Magnus litar blindt på Cory Doctorow som huserar på favvobloggen Boing Boing, den typ enda bloggen Anders läser och älskar.Ivan kikar datorpryttlar på SweClockers och gillar Zero Punctuation.Netflix rekommendations-aprilskämt innehöll knasiga kategorier som t.ex. dessa:Movies That Are in English But Still Require Subtitles   ("In the name of the Father", "Trainspotting" o.s.v.)Surreal Ballets Based on a William Shatner Album   ("Gonzo Ballet")Movies Featuring an Epic Nicolas Cage Meltdown   ("Adapotation", "Raising Arizona", "Face/Off" o.s.v.)Fler tokroliga kategorier hittar du här. Vi tipsar om att använda bankernas Swish-tjänst. Och till sist: XKCD har en jätterolig stripp om det här med mobilbeteende! 001111000010111101110011011010000110111101110111011011100110111101110100011001010111001100111110

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Horror Addicts Episode# 026 Horror Hostess: Emerian Rich Intro Music by: SpekrFreks ---------------------------- Featured Author: H. E. Roulo Featured Band: Crimson Ivy Featured Movie: Ghost Ship, 2002 ----------------------------     Crimson Ivy Bumper | Recording Live from Quills, SL | HA on Myspace | Ghost Ship, 2002 | Evil Plant Quiz | Rhonda Call-in | Project Shadow = Fandom Today? | dashPunk.com | Librarything.com | Monster Candy | The Package ~ Ruckus | Work Sleeping Excuses | doomcandy | Japanese Cannibalism | Quills Directions | Horror Addicts on SL | Linda Ciletti | Borrowed Time | Monster Mania Con | Crimson Ivy Show | Grave Concerns | A Snowy Night In Michigan 3 | Elvira Hollywood Star | Jyu Oh Sei | HA Fashion Fake Eyelashes | Member Spotlight | Grant House | New Members | Evil Plant Quiz Answers | Interview with H. E. Roulo | Undergrowth | Fractured Horizon |   Full show notes available at http://www.horroraddicts.net ---------------------------- Quills, A Place For Writers on Second Life, 22 Gutenberg Alley, Book Island : http://slurl.com/secondlife/Book%20Island/240/192/37 Horror Addicts Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/horroraddicts Ghost Ship Review ~ Knightmist: http://emzbox.ning.com/forum/topics/ghost-ship-2002 Evil Plant Quiz sources from http://www.amctv.com Rhonda Carpenter: http:// www. rhondacarpenter.com Podioracket: http:// www. podioracket.com Soon to be Fandom Today: http://www.projectshadow.mevio.com Emz articles on dashPunk.com: http://dashpunk.com/author/emzbox/ Emz profile on Librarything.com: http://www.librarything.com/profile/emzbox Monster Candy: htt p://www.fastcompany.com/blog/cliff-kuang/design-innovation/worlds-most-horrifying-candy The Package, Ruckus Productions: http://ruckusproductions.com/wordpress/ Doomcandy definition ~ Caitlin: http://emzbox.ning.com/profile/CaitlinDuffy Japanese Cannibalism ~ Carmilla: http://emzbox.ning.com/forum/topics/high-priced-cannibalism-in Linda Ciletti: http:// www. lindaciletti.net Promo: Keith Hughes, Borrowed Time: http:// www. penslinger.com Monster Mania Con: http://emzbox.ning.com/events/monster-mania-con Crimson Ivy Show: http://emzbox.ning.com/events/crimson-ivy Crimson Ivy: http:// www. crimsonivy.net Grave Concerns: http:// www. graveconcernsezine.com A Snowy Night In Michigan 3 ~ Knightmist: http://emzbox.ning.com/forum/topics/a-snowy-night-in-michigan-part-2 Elvira Hollywood Star ~ Camellia: http://www.myspace.com/2macabre Jyu Oh Sei ~ Ari: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyu_Oh_Sei Fake Eyelashes ~Emz: http://www.amphigory.com/eyelashes.html HA Member Spotlight: Audrey: http://emzbox.ning.com/profile/Monkey Grant House ~ Audrey: http://emzbox.ning.com/forum/topics/grant-house New Members: Caitlin: http://emzbox.ning.com/profile/CaitlinDuffy Jing: http://emzbox.ning.com/profile/JingChen Interview with Heather Roulo ~ Emz Featured Author: H. E. Roulo, Undergrowth Promo: Fractured Horizon: http://www.podiobooks.com/title/fractured-horizon ---------------------------- ***Next show August 16th: Jeff Carlson, Dog Soldiers, Mach Fox***   HA staff: Emerian Rich, Knightmist, Audrey, with music by the SpekrFreks All articles and forum topics can be found at: http://www.emzbox.ning.com Season 3 Movies: Subspecies, 1991 Phantasm, 1979 Lost Souls,2000 Death Note (Live Action), 2006 Ghost Ship, 2002 Dog Soldiers, 2002 The Ghost amd Mrs. Muir, 1947 Pitch Black, Brides Of Dracula, 1960 The Others, 2001 Sleepy Hollow, 1999 /    

Horror Addicts #021 http://www.horroraddicts.net Horror Hostess: Emerian Rich Monster Music by: SpekrFreks Featured Author: A. Craig Newman, Read by Emerian Rich and Edward G. Talbot --------------------------------- Intro Bumper: Edward G. Talbot Movie: Thir13en Ghosts, 2001 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245674/ Review: KnightMist Reviews / events / forum topics can be read at: http://www.emzbox.ning.com Events: Baycon 2009 / May 22-25 World Horror Convention 2009 / April 30-May 3 SL Bookstacks Paranormal Book Discussion April 25th, 2009 Kelly Armstrong's Bitten Montreal Fetish Weekend 2009 / Sept 4-6 NJ Writers Conference 2009 / Sept 11-13 New members: Secret Fan Quiz Contest re: Night's Knights: http://emzbox.ning.com/forum/topics/guess-who-and-win-a-prize HA Season 3 contest!!  ~Send entries to emzbox@sbcglobl.net Writers for next season announced & contest with Wicked Women Writers. What type of vampire are you? ~ Knightmist Thank you to all the writers on emzbox ~ Knightmist Queen Mary ~ Audrey Grave Concerns Announcements: http://www.graveconcernsezine.com Band: Wolverine Ensemble ~ http://werwolfensemble.org/   Movie: Dark Passages ~ http://www.outworldentertainment.com Movie: CLARE ~ Willo Hausman ~ www.gryphonpictures.com Interview: Simeon & Kghia from Bookstacks group on Second Life Bookstacks SL landmark ~ http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/118/157/25 Caledon SL landmark ~ http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Oxbridge/194/123/27 Library Thing ~ http://www.librarything.com/ Book Mooch ~ http://www.bookmooch.com/ Off The Shelf itunes link ~ http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=307741972 Bookstacks Website: ~ http://thebookstacks.org/ Caledon Library ~ http://www.thelibrarymilitant.net/blog/ Off the Shelf Podcast ~ http://thebookstacks.org/off-the-shelf/ London School Of Journalism ~ http://www.lsj.org/ Nameless Isle SL landmark ~ http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Nameless%20Isle/26/210/171 Crimson Shadow SL landmark ~ http://slurl.com/secondlife/Crimson%20Shadow%20Rezzable/146/151/37 Mark Eller and The Write Stuff TV show http://thewritestufftv.com/ Fan Feedback: Rye bread fungus? Promo: M.J. Hahn ~ http://bellefairepodcast.com/ Featured Author: A. Craig Newman, Circe's Music Shop Sound effects for this story: By Erdie (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=118241) ~ bee-colony.flac (http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=35089) By Sonic (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=2304) ~ Sonic Valley Productions-20 Gauge - 3 Single Shots.wav (http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=7060) By EcoDTR (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=181367) ~ muffledpop.wav (http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=27498) muffledsnap.wav (http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=27499) By kpaul (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=8369) ~ Chime1.aiff (http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=31905) Leave a review on itunes for Horror Addicts http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=286123050 Contact us at: http://www.horroraddicts.net Horror Hostess: Emerian Rich http://www.emzbox.com emzbox@sbcglobal.net Monster Music by: SpekrFreks http://www.myspace.com/spekrfreks Horror Addicts Staff Macabre Movie Man: Knightmist Radioactive RPer: Millie Spookiness Locator: Audrey Ghoul On The Street: Johnny Ghoul Reviews can be read at: http://www.emzbox.ning.com Join emzbox/horror addicts mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/emzbox Movies in this Season: #013 12/18/08 The Nightmare Before Christmas, 1993 #014 12/25/08 Fido, 2006 #015 01/08/09 Special Episode, No Movie #016 01/22/09 Nosferatu, 1922 #017 02/05/09 Brotherhood Of The Wolf, 2001 (Pacte des loups, Le) #018 02/19/09 Vampire Journals, 1997 #019 03/05/09 Blood & Chocolate, 2007 #020 03/19/09 From Dusk Till Dawn, 1996 #021 04/02/09 Thir13en Ghosts, 2001

This week's news includes: Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States, submitted his resignation to the President, effective 19 December 2008, citing health reasons for his decision; and FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org) just completed digitizing its 25,000th book. (Visit http://www.familysearch.org and click on Search Records and then on Historical Records.) This week's listener email includes: Rich discusses how he used Windows Home Server to back up his data, and how he was able to use it when his son's hard drive failed; he also shared another website at which a small program can be downloaded for free that allows you to locate and use special characters -- It is at SourceForge at http://sourceforge.net/projects/allchars; Rollin wrote to clarify that support for adding GPS coordinates is available in the purchased Deluxe version of Legacy and not in the free Basic version; Rich in PA advised us that Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/) has added the great facility to link parents and children, and spouses, to records there (using the Find A Grave Memorial number at the bottom of the left-hand column); he also shares another social networking site for book lovers called Shelfari (http://www.shelfari.com/), similar to LibraryThing (http://www.librarything.com); Claire shared an excellent census map resource at http://www.familyhistory101.com/map_census.html at which you will find maps for most U.S. states that you can use to see boundary changes for each of the census years; Tom shared a story from the Kansas City Star from 15 November 2008 [the story has been retired from their website] in which Linda K. Lewis was highlighted as having spent 5 years with volunteers documenting and photographing 40 of the 44 known cemeteries in Johnson County, KS -- and she has documented them all at http://cemetery.cottonhills.com/;  Tim asked for The Guys' opinions about using a genealogy database software program vs. Ancestry.com as a repository for his genealogy information; Rod in Australia shared an excellent interview from Australian Radio National regarding cousin marriage with Cathy Day, PhD researcher, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, ANU -- listen to it at http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lifematters/stories/2008/2426440.htm or click on the link above.

Christian Kohls zeigt auf einem kurzen Streifzug durch die Welt von LibraryThing, Zotero, WordCat, Bibsonomy und Co Potenziale auf und ebnet den Einstieg in die Literaturverwaltung 2.0.

George begins with two pieces of news: he will be appearing at the Mississippi Genealogical Society's Conference on January 19th. For more information, call 601.924.9346. He also announced that he is discontinuing his long-running "Along Those Lines ..." column, which began on AOL, then appeared for years at Ancestry.com, and has been a blog for the past two years. The blog at http://ahaseminars.livejournal.com/ will remain online through April 2008.Listener e-mail provided some great information this week: Jerry highly recommends the Fujitsu Scansnap S510 scanner for its lightening speed, accuracy, and automatic feed. (Click here for a link to the Fujitsu product information.); The Guys do accept friend links at LibraryThing, and George has just been designated a LibraryThing Author; Megan tells about her research into an heirloom "True Lover's Knot"; Rollin asks about how to record a confusing death date, and shares information about a free Windows screen capture program he likes -- FastStone Capture 5.9 at http://www.faststone.org; Find-a-Grave's Rich Hrazanek reports that there are now over 20 million interments recorded at the site; and Patty asks about the indexing by Ancestry.com of the Drouin Collection and George refers her to Suzanne Adams at Ancestry for a status.George discusses the progress of Web-based resources over the last 15 years, including databases, blogs, wikis, podcasts, and video. He especially likes RootsTelevision at http://www.rootstelevision.com which features lectures, conferences, different ethnic research resources, military research hints, DNA research discussions,  genealogy for kids, reunions, and much more. The Guys will have more to say about RootsTelevision in 2008!The Guys spent the last segment of the show recapping genealogical news, additions, developments, people losses, conferences and cruises, books, and more in 2007.HAPPY NEW YEAR!

-In this episode: Darrah hangs out and tries to stay awake by juggling as Misty screams at Mike, Mike tries to get away, Anissa glowers and the Library Thing tries to get her clothes on. Misty figures out how to get the cake to quit coming out of the Oldsmobile's tail

News of the upcoming Polish Genealogical Society of America (www.pgsa.org) conference in Schaumberg, Illinois on September 28-30, and listener mailbag with several items about military records, and an interesting find of funeral documents on eBay.  George discusses June weddings, and Drew provides more details about LibraryThing (librarything.com).  Drew also talks about how he uses newspaper databases to locate obituaries for distant cousins.

George shares the URL for the UK postcards site (www.oldukphotos.com), talks about the Genealogy Blog Finder (blogfinder.genealogue.com), and discusses the latest issues of Digital Genealogist magazine (www.digitalgenealogist.com) and Internet Genealogy.  Drew tells about a podcast listener who used Google Maps to find something interesting about the French terrain, and notes that several listeners have brought up LibraryThing at www.librarything.com (an online tool for keeping track of one's personal library).   Drew discusses his recent library visit where he discovers the benefits of examining the newest books, and Drew and George share their tips for getting past brick walls, including unsolvedancestry.com.