LibraryThing provides a blog widget that you can add to any web page that accepts Javascript. Check out the LibraryThing blog widgets in this blog's sidebar. Adding a widget to a Blogger blog like this one is a breeze:
- Navigate to LibraryThing's Blog Widgets page.
On the left is a simple form with values you can change to customize your widget, on the near right is the Javascript code you'll copy and paste into your HTML, and on the far right is a preview of what the widget will look like. - Customize your blog widget.
Select a preset widget and customize it, then click the Make it! button to update the code and preview what it looks like.
You can even enter your Amazon Associate ID so you can get paid for any purchases your widget is responsible for.
I selected the random book covers preset, unchecked the option to show a header, and entered my Amazon Associate ID. Here's the code I generated:<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://www.librarything.com/jswidget.php?reporton=cloudmonkey&show=random&header=&num=12&covers=small-fixed-width&text=none&onlycovers=1&tag=alltags&amazonassoc=cloudmonkey-20&css=1&style=5&version=1">
</script> - Select the Javascript code and copy it.
You can paste this code anywhere you can add Javascript. Here we'll cover how to add it to the sidebar of a Blogger blog. - Click the Layout tab in Blogger's customization interface.
- Click Add a Gadget in the sidebar area.
- Select the HTML/Javascript gadget in the Add a Gadget pop-up.
- Enter a title, paste the Javascript into the Content area, and click Save.
- View your blog.
Here's what the widget from the code above looks like:
