Book pile contest

It's been a while since we've had a bookpile contest, so we figure it's time to bring back that LibraryThing tradition. We're also nearing the 30 million books milestone as well as coming up on our third anniversary—time to start celebrating!

As you know, we've been doing a lot of work on the home page lately. As we announced last month, every member now has a personalized, customizable home page. Next up is redesigning the home page that everyone sees when they first visit LibraryThing (the signed out home page). We're considering a new book pile (see the current one to the right)—that's where you come in. We're not guaranteeing we'll use it, but we figured we'd see what LibraryThing members can come up with!

So, the contest! We want book piles. Remember, your pile should represent LibraryThing itself, however you choose to interpret it (is it all about the cataloging for you? The talking about books? Connecting with other members?). Given the international flavor of LibraryThing, extra points if you include non-English books in the pile as well.

The rules

• Post your photos to Flickr and tag them "LTbookpile" (also tag them "LibraryThing"). If you make a new account it can take a few days for your photos to be publicly accessible, so post a URL to them in the comments here.
• Or, post your photos on WikiThing here.
• Or, if all else fails, just email them to abby@librarything.com and I'll post them for you.

The deadline
Get your photos in by Friday, August 15th at noon EDT.

The prizes

• One grand prize winner will receive a LibraryThing tshirt, a CueCat barcode scanner, and a gift membership.
• One runner up will get a gift membership.