Library Love Fest

Twitter Wit Update

Remember our last post on Twitter Wit? Here's an update! The on sale date is now September 8, 2009, and we're pleased to give you a quick list of our star-studded contributors, who include:

Ashton Kutcher, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, Margaret Cho, Stephen Fry, Rainn Wilson, Penn Jillette, Diablo Cody, Neil Gaiman, Michael Ian Black, Paula Poundstone, Eugene Mirman, Russell Brand, Aziz Ansari, Lisa Lampanelli, John Hodgman, Susan Orlean, Judah Friedlander, Scott Aukerman, Paul Scheer, Graham Linehan, Peter Serafinowicz, Michael Showalter, Kevin Rose,Ana Marie Cox, Doug Benson, Warren Ellis, David Wain, Felicia Day, Joel McHale, Sasha Frere-Jones, Jonathan Coulton, Bill Corbett, James Urbaniak, Leo Laporte, Will Durst.

If you're on Twitter, be sure to become a follower at http://twitter.com/harperlibrary-- we're almost up to 700!

Calling All Librarians! Be a Part of 'Twitter Wit'

Well folks, we’re officially up to 500 followers on Twitter, which makes this post fitting! If you’re a tweeting librarian, you can win a chance to be published in the first official Twitter book coming in Fall 2009. Twitter Wit: Brilliance in 140 characters or less will bring together the most poetic, funny and entertaining tweets from the land of Twitter. And our newest imprint, It Books, wants you to be part of it! How do you enter?

1) Visit www.Twitter.com/YourItList to start following It Books on Twitter.
2) Email your favorite tweet to [email protected]. Please include your name and your library’s name and address for verification.
3) Entries must be received by APRIL 30, 2009! Those selected will appear in Twitter Wit this October (with your Twitter user name).

Not on Twitter? Click HERE for an easy guide to setting up an account for your library.  And if you’re not following us already, head over to our page—we just might hit 600!

-Kayleigh

Book Club Girl Talks to Adriana Trigiani

Set your clocks, add a reminder to your Outlook, just make sure you don't miss Book Club Girl's interview with Adriana Trigiani, tonight at 7 pm EST.  Set your reminder for the show here, and return to that same link to listen live. Remember, if you want to participate in the chat, be sure to register on Blog Talk Radio beforehand so you're not trying to do that as the show begins. (Click register at the top left of the screen). You can call and ask Adriana a question directly at (347) 945-6149. If you can't make the show, but have a question for Adriana, please email [email protected].

To celebrate the show, 25 lucky people will receive a free copy of Very Valentine.  All you have to do is listen to the show tonight, and leave a comment here.  Easy, right? We will randomly select 25 winners from the entries received. No purchase necessary. The last entry will be accepted on Thursday, April 9th. Approximate retail value of each prize: $25.99. Estimated total prize value: $649.75. View rules here: Download Librarylovefest-blog-sweepstakes Leave a comment below for your chance to win!

-Kayleigh

Follow us on Twitter

We've exceeded 400 followers on Twitter! Check out our word cloud, and be sure to follow us.

Have an awesome weekend!

-Kayleigh

HarperCollins Has Gone Digital!

We’re saving trees with an online catalog.

Starting this month, all HarperCollins sales catalogs will be phased out and publications will now be searchable online by going to: www.harpercollinscatalogs.com

The new online catalog is even better than a printed catalog because you will be able to search titles and create lists, sorting by author, title, category, ISBN or pub month.  You’ll also be able to get up-to-the-minute news of any add-on titles, important schedule changes, national publicity alerts, and more.

This online catalog will be an extremely useful tool not only for acquiring new books but it will also help you fill holes in your collection by providing easy access to backlist titles by every author in the catalog.  Once you’ve had time to navigate the site, we’d love to hear your feedback.

Send an email to: [email protected]  

Thanks so much.  Have fun checking out the catalog!
-Virginia

Download Press Release- Digital Catalog Launch

What’s the Buzz?

 

Check out Library Journal’s Spring Book Buzz Webcast on TUESDAY, MARCH 9TH.

Virginia Stanley, Director of Library Marketing at HarperCollins Publishers will be one of four speakers who will talk about upcoming titles from the Spring 2009 list.

Sign up for LJ's Spring Book Buzz webcast TODAY!