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:

  1. 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!!

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  2. 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.

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

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

    My PBS ID is: TikiTree

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  5. 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

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  6. Oh, and I do follow!

    nfmgirl AT gmail DOT com

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  7. I need this!

    I follow your RSS feed.

    carolsnotebook at yahoo dot com

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  8. 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!

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

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  10. This sounds like just what I need!

    And I blogged about the contest here


    belle2211@yahoo.com

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  11. mrs.mommyyatgmaildotcom

    would love it
    count me in

    Everyone have a great week!

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  12. I blogged it:

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

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  13. this looks great, thanks for the contest

    oceanrena(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  14. Nice prize, sounds as though this would be very handy

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  15. Wow! Pls count me in

    I'm already a follower

    gaby317nyc AT gmail DOT com

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

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

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

    my email is in my profile

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

    reading_frenzy@yahoo.com

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  20. I'm now a follower!

    reading_frenzy@yahoo.com

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

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  22. This was made for me. Thanks for the chance

    jason(at)allworldautomotive(dot)com

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

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  24. I would LOVE this one; thank you!

    lesleymfan(at)gmail(dot)com

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  25. I'm already a follower--thank you!

    lesleymfan(at)gmail(dot)com

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

    lesleymfan(at)gmail(dot)com

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  27. 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

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  28. 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

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  29. I am also a subscriber.

    sharon54220@gmail.com

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

    Email address in the blog profile. Thanks!

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  31. 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

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  32. Wow! this is exactly what i need!

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

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  34. Blog follower. jelly15301@gmail.com

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  35. I rated your blog. jelly15301@gmail.com

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

    bgcchs@yahoo.com

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

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

    apoalillo at hotmail dot com

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  39. 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

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

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  41. Thanks for the chance to win this prize

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

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  43. This would be great to have!

    kngmckellar@hotmail.com

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  44. 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

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  45. I would love to read this. :)

    misusedinnocence@aol.com

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  46. I could use some help with organizing my books!

    jgbeads at gmail dot com

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  47. I am a follower :)

    jgbeads at gmail dot com

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  48. My books rule my life. I need help!

    Thanks for the chance.

    one18fifteen*at)aol(dot)com

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  49. This looks so interesting!

    theyyyguy@yahoo.com

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  50. cdmarteny@mywebdesk.comJuly 23, 2009 at 9:23 PM

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

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

    jlilleysprint@earthlink.net

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

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  53. I would love to get a little better organized

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

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  55. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  56. I followed your blog (sunnyview99)!

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  57. I rated your blog (I think).

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

    mattandjen[at]gmail.com

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

    ladycat713@yahoo.com

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  60. I would love to win this great giveaway. garrettsambo@aol.com

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  61. tohis looks likae some neat sftrwe

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  62. follow your blog

    ardy22 at earthlink.net

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  63. Please enter me into the contest. Thanks!

    lilyk@mail2world.com

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