“Hav­ing your books there like an old friend, fol­low­ing you from house to house for all the days and long nights of your life: this is the invalu­able asset that is in publishing’s hands today. But for some rea­son pub­lish­ing has set out to con­vince read­ers that they have no busi­ness read­ing their books as property—that they shouldn’t get attached to them. The worst part of this is that they may in fact suc­ceed.” — via @laurenpressley

“Library­Thing pro­gram­mer Mike has put together a Library­Thing “over­lay” for the mobile phone app Layar. It draws on Library­Thing Local to show you the clos­est book­stores and libraries.… We have our own “Local Books” appli­ca­tion com­ing out soon. We think its going to be a big hit. Until then—and for the added kick of aug­mented reality—this is some pretty cool stuff.”