Software for organizing a book collection?
I аm trying tο hеlр thіѕ grandmotherly οld woman whο, God bless, collects books. Classics fοr thе mοѕt раrt. Everything frοm Hardy Boys tο Zane Grey. Shе wаntѕ a computer program tο organize hеr collection ѕο ѕhе саn tеll whаt ѕhе hаѕ, іn whаt condition, аnd whаt іt іѕ worth. I figure a data base ѕhουld bе fаіrlу easy tο set up, bυt I wаѕ wondering іf anyone hаd аnу recomendations. I ѕhουld mention thаt thе woman іn qυеѕtіοn types bу looking аt thе keyboard fοr thе letter, looking аt thе screen tο mаkе sure thе letter typed wаѕ thе сοrrесt one, thеn looking fοr thе next, ѕο somethng without a whole lot οf typing іѕ gοοd.
Ok, ѕhе′s аѕkеd mе bесаυѕе I hаνе a computer, therefore іn hеr eyes I know everything. And ѕhе doen’t hаνе a lot οf money tο fool wіth.
use BookCAT 8.10.01
You can look for the kind of software used in libraries, just look in the Internet for library software options
I know of one, but forgot the name. I will look it up, but first I want to tell you that it requires a scanner and very little typing because of this (“steals” the information from websites-legal though). The program is very usable for sales tracking as well. The reason I mention this is because of the expense. Is the expense a big consideration? Please let me know this since I don’t know where I left the information and don’t want to look for it, if she can not afford it anyway. Thanks.
http://www.collectorz.com/
This is what we use at our house and we are very happy with it.
http://bibliophil.org is an online community that allows users to list books they’ve read, books they own, and provide ratings for how good they are, their condition, and their value.
Well, I’m a grandfatherly old man who needs to do exactly the same thing. I’ve just retired and haven’t had time to begin yet, but I do have the resource. Check
http://www.librarything.com/
After 200 books, there’s a minimal charge, but you get complete library information just by typing in ISBN # or title and author. It can be organized in any number of ways. And the first 200 title are free, just for registering.
I don’t think it can be relied upon to give a current market price, but it will help. You actually have to do that yourself. One realtively easy way is to compare what you have (its edition, binding, condition, condition of dust jacket, and the like) with books listed, say, on
http://www.abebooks.com/
Good luck.