LibraryThing Plus: New Functionality for LibraryThing

You may have come across LibraryThing already. If you have, you'll know that it provides a convenient (and addictive) way to catalogue your books. Now the LibraryThing Plus Firefox extension gives you just that little bit extra.

More options

Using LibraryThing Plus, you can search your catalog using your CueCat barcode scanner, have your ISBNs automatically validated for you, have a summary suggested for you when you edit book details, and more.

Easier sorting

It can sometimes be difficult getting LibraryThing to sort your catalog just the way you want. But with LibraryThing Plus, simply select "Sort Order..." from the "LibraryThing Plus" menu, and you'll get a dialog box giving you a choice of more ways of sorting your books that you'd ever want. You'll also see a mini preview of what the sort you've selected will look like. Make your choice and press "OK" and your books with be in the order you asked for.

Export your data

So, you've entered all your books on LibraryThing, but now you want to do your own thing with the data. There is an official export option on the tools page, which allows you to download your details in CSV or tab-delimited formats. Now LibraryThing Plus gives you additional flexibility with your download: you can choose which fields you want in your output file, and the file is guaranteed to have one book per line, making it extremely easy to work with. Load the file in your favourite spreadsheet application, such as OpenOffice.org Calc, and you have all your data at your fingertips.

Questions

• Can I use this with Internet Explorer? No, this is an add-on which works with Firefox only. If you haven't used Firefox, why not give it a try?
• Does this work with any websites other than LibraryThing? No, this extension is designed specifically to work with LibraryThing. However, although it was designed with the English language site in mind, it should work with the other language ones also.
• Do I need a LibraryThing account? No, you can use LibraryThing Plus while simply browsing other people's catalogs. However, you'll be missing out on the editing facilities which LibraryThing Plus gives you. And don't forget, LibraryThing accounts are free for up to 200 books.
• Can I contact you? Yes, please email librarythingplus at twistedlip.org with your praise, complaints, suggestions and general comments.

More questions and answers are on the How do I...? page.

LibraryThing Plus – How do I...? | Install now