paulgranger Posted 23 October , 2008 Share Posted 23 October , 2008 Not sure if shouldn't be in Chit-Chat, but as it's to do with books, I've put it here. Those of you who like to organise your collection of valuable volumes might like Book Collector from Collectorz.com, about £25 to buy as a download. Very comprehensive, searches on ISBNs etc, all sorts of info can be input, great fun. I've no vested interest, only that it's the best program I've looked at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughton Posted 24 October , 2008 Share Posted 24 October , 2008 Interesting idea, I checked it out here: http://www.collectorz.com/book/ But what about books of our research era (circa 1914) that have no bar codes or ISBN? Oops, they missed the collectors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armistice Posted 24 October , 2008 Share Posted 24 October , 2008 Alternatively, you can go online with LibraryThing - you can catalogue 200 books for free, or unlimited if you buy a membership. According to the blurb, members have catalogued over 30 million books to date. Great way to see what other people with similar interests are reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmac Posted 24 October , 2008 Share Posted 24 October , 2008 LibraryThing looks interesting. Throwing in a few random books of mine to see what comes back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxy Posted 24 October , 2008 Share Posted 24 October , 2008 I have book collector. It's not too bad, but it doesn't find all ISBN; however, you can enter books 'manually' Overall, I am content (if not ecstatic!) Roxy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fair Posted 25 October , 2008 Share Posted 25 October , 2008 But what about books of our research era (circa 1914) that have no bar codes or ISBN? I have found this a really effective package. It also works with author (surname only)/title, and the programme will look for old books on British Library, Lib of Congress, French Biblioteque Nationale etc. I would estimate that it finds 95% or more of books that predate barcodes/ISBNs without trouble. I should add that it does find most ISBNs. Some of the oldest ISBNs (c. early 1970s) are less reliable as they have fewer digits than todays ISBNs. However, I have found that if you insert a leading digit (usually a 1 or a 9) the offending volume will often turn up. If that doesn't work switching to a search by author/title will usually do. I have entered a couple of thousand books and would estimate that I have had to do a full manual entry on only 20-30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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