When that happens, I just enter the code numbers and Bookpedia finds the book information. The camera doesn’t work all of the time many times the ISBN bar code seems to be too small, or maybe the book cover stock is too glossy for a good read. I check to make sure it is the correct volume, add my own genre keywords: Genealogy, New England, Handwriting, etc., and click Add. When Bookpedia reads the code, there is an audible “beep” and a window pops up pre-filled with information from internet book databases like Amazon. Using the built in camera, I can hold up the ISBN bar code. The program allowed me to set up my Library and use a checkbox “Sold” for books I am donating and/or selling. There are too many new titles on my Wish List!īookpedia and the iSight camera on my new iMac have made relatively quick work of a big task. I am always trying to remember, “Have I read that before?” and I was tired of buying duplicate copies. I didn’t want to move along old books until I had cataloged them in some way. My major roadblock to previously cleaning up my books was rooted in good old sentimentality. With another half hour or so for re-shelving, I am beginning to see progress.
I’ve been chipping away at the stacks for the past week and this morning cataloged 71 books in just over an hour. I have one wall of bookcases that were double-stacked with books from my past and present lives as student, teacher, writer, researcher, and reader.
Bookpedia vs librarian software#
Bookpedia book cataloging software is helping me tame the monster in my home office. Most Januarys I get a surge of energy to whip my chaos into shape.
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