Friday, June 26, 2009

Giveaway~ Your Home Library: Book Collection Software


Your Home Library: The Complete System for Organizing, Locating, Referencing, and Maintaining Your Book Collection by Kathie Coblentz

For the general book lover, someone whose ardor for the printed word has led to stacks of yet-to-be-read volumes on floors and other surfaces, here's a great, enjoyable way to keep track of them all. This comprehensive kit draws upon the expertise of one of the world's greatest libraries, the only facility of its kind with both world-class research and circulating collections. It includes a CD containing custom software to organize and record your book collection by title, author, subject, location on your bookshelf, and numerous additional useful categories. Also included are beautiful bookplates, an instruction manual, and an instructive volume on creating and organizing home libraries, written by an experience librarian. The 96-page book celebrates the myriad of joys of being a book lover, and addresses such issues as evaluating and organizing a collection, and keeping it in place with bookends and shelves; caring for books, and the art of loaning books that are actually returned.

Here's how to enter ~

  • U.S. addresses only please
  • Leave a comment here with your email address or PBS ID (I need to have a way to get in touch with you!)
  • Follow my blog (on lower right sidebar) ~ get an extra entry
  • Rate my blog (on left sidebar)~ get an extra entry
  • Blog about it ~ get an extra entry
Contest open through July 24th. The winner will be announced on July 25th.

75 comments:

Melissa O. said...

What a cool giveaway! I'd love to win it!!

My email - mlb108[at]gmail.com
I'm already a follower :-)
And I've already rated your blog :-)

Thanks for the chance to win!!

shannons said...

This was made for me!

Jo said...

ooh, this would be great!

My email: jump_up_thrice[at]hotmail[dot]com

I'm already a follower, and I've already rated your blog.

I might blog aout this later and will post a url if/when I do.

Home Library Design said...

Great giveaway! I am mostly awarding points for the choice of the topic, of course :)

Theresa said...

What a fantastic giveaway! My books are out of control, I have stacks everywhere.

My PBS ID is: TikiTree

nfmgirl said...

This kind of thing is perfect for me! I love organizing data, and am known as the "spreadsheet queen". I'm a natural statistical analyst. Please count me in!

Thanks!

nfmgirl AT gmail DOT com

nfmgirl said...

Oh, and I do follow!

nfmgirl AT gmail DOT com

Anonymous said...

I need this!

I follow your RSS feed.

carolsnotebook at yahoo dot com

lisaray said...

What a great giveaway! And boy, could I ever use this! Last count, we had - rough estimate - 6000 books in this house. (Yipe!) A better sense of orgianzation would surely be a good thing!

jbeckett said...

Sign me up please! Sometimes I look for a book and can't find it because there is no organization.

Andrea said...

This sounds like just what I need!

And I blogged about the contest here


belle2211@yahoo.com

MOMFOREVERANDEVER said...

mrs.mommyyatgmaildotcom

would love it
count me in

Everyone have a great week!

nfmgirl said...

I blogged it:

http://cerebralgirl.blogspot.com/2009/06/book-giveaways-in-blogworld-06-27-09.html

maweisberg said...

i want to win this

oceanrena said...

this looks great, thanks for the contest

oceanrena(at)yahoo(dot)com

Sunnyvale said...

Nice prize, sounds as though this would be very handy

Gaby317 said...

Wow! Pls count me in

I'm already a follower

gaby317nyc AT gmail DOT com

esjro said...

My TBR needs this, LOL! I am esjro on PBS.

Carlene said...

wow - That looks cool. Please include me in your giveaway.
Thanks
Carlene
iluvreading(at)Verizon.net

Unknown said...

Hi - count me in for winning. I could not find where to rate.

my email is in my profile

Unknown said...

follower!

LuAnn said...

Oh, my gosh! This is exactly what I need. My TBR piles total at least 300 books (really, honest!).

reading_frenzy@yahoo.com

LuAnn said...

I'm now a follower!

reading_frenzy@yahoo.com

marthajane said...

This would be perfect for my best friend (whose birthday is coming up...)
Thanks!!

Nickolay said...

This was made for me. Thanks for the chance

jason(at)allworldautomotive(dot)com

sweetsue said...

I need this, I have way too many books!
smchester at gmail dot com

Lesley (aka Upper West Side Writer) said...

I would LOVE this one; thank you!

lesleymfan(at)gmail(dot)com

Lesley (aka Upper West Side Writer) said...

I'm already a follower--thank you!

lesleymfan(at)gmail(dot)com

Lesley (aka Upper West Side Writer) said...

I've also already rated your blog; thank you!

lesleymfan(at)gmail(dot)com

Melissa said...

This sounds really interesting! I use LT but am not too good about keeping it updated. Maybe this would help.

I already follow

shhhimreading at hotmail dot com

sharon54220 said...

OMG!! I would love to win this. I definitely need this. I have books all over, plus I have lots of notebooks trying to keep track. This would be ideal.

Thanks

sharon54220@gmail.com

sharon54220 said...

I am also a subscriber.

sharon54220@gmail.com

*~Dani~* said...

Great idea for a book! Maybe it will help me.

Email address in the blog profile. Thanks!

Libby's Library said...

Please count me in - thanks.

I'm already a follower.

I blogged it here:

http://libslibrary.blogspot.com/2009/07/more-giveaway-links_06.html

libneas[at]aol[dot]com

Marianna said...

Thanks for the chance to win!

Marianna said...

I follow!

iggysaysno said...

Wow! this is exactly what i need!

Carol EL said...

This sounds like just what I need! Enter me in the giveaway.
jelly15301@gmail.com

Carol EL said...

Blog follower. jelly15301@gmail.com

Carol EL said...

I rated your blog. jelly15301@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

This is a fantastic giveaway for book lovers, and I am a book lover.

bgcchs@yahoo.com

Jennifer O. said...

i would love to have this! i am a librarian, but still cannot manage to get my own books in order.

alycep said...

Boy can I use this one-books everywhere and I need organization!

apoalillo at hotmail dot com

paryjeja said...

I have a huge collection of knitting and crocheting books and need some way of organizing them. This might give me some great ideas.
paryjeja at sbcglobal dot net

Leslie said...

great giveaway

Venus Montoya said...

Book Lover in need of HELP!

erma said...

This is awesome to have.
erma.hurtt@sbcglobal.net

djgroz said...

Thanks for the chance to win this prize

D Q said...

That is a great item. Please add my name to your giveaway.
djeanq(at)gmail(dot)com

Gloria's Bits and Pieces said...

This would be great to have!

kngmckellar@hotmail.com

Salleefur/Jesselyn/Jesster said...

We have books galore and have never found a efficient way to shelve or catalog them - it gets very confusing and time consuming! This is a terrific giveaway.
Reality1203(at)aol(dot)com

Misusedinnocence said...

I would love to read this. :)

misusedinnocence@aol.com

Unknown said...

I could use some help with organizing my books!

jgbeads at gmail dot com

Unknown said...

I am a follower :)

jgbeads at gmail dot com

Leilani said...

My books rule my life. I need help!

Thanks for the chance.

one18fifteen*at)aol(dot)com

Gabriel S-J. said...

Great read, great contest!

Anonymous said...

This looks so interesting!

theyyyguy@yahoo.com

cdmarteny@mywebdesk.com said...

just moved have 10 boxes of book to put away this would help

Anonymous said...

What a great giveaway! Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to win!

jlilleysprint@earthlink.net

electricisland said...

oh this is a nice idea to get yourself organized and hopefully to stay that way.
Following.
email- electricisland(at)gmail.com

Jlefkovenj said...

What a great giveaway!

Molly C. said...

What a great book!

Miranda Ward said...

I would love to get a little better organized

Kathy P said...

Thank you for the AWESOME GIVEAWAY.. Please count me in :)

Unknown said...

Thanks for the giveaway!

Unknown said...

I followed your blog (sunnyview99)!

Unknown said...

I rated your blog (I think).

Jennifer said...

This would be great, I have thousands of books that I really need to organize!

mattandjen[at]gmail.com

Maja said...

seems great

Maja said...

follower

Anonymous said...

Neat! I could really use a way to organize my books.

ladycat713@yahoo.com

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Anonymous said...

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lilyk said...

Please enter me into the contest. Thanks!

lilyk@mail2world.com