Comments on: Tech Tuesday – What Books do I own ? http://worthy2be.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/technology-tuesday-what-books-do-i-own/ Worthy To Bear The Dignity Of Ones Ancestors Fri, 17 May 2013 15:21:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sugel http://worthy2be.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/technology-tuesday-what-books-do-i-own/#comment-1504 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:16:23 +0000 https://worthy2be.wordpress.com/?p=1471#comment-1504 The main screen of Book Collector gives you many ways to view, browse, sort, group and search your database. The screen can be fully configured to your own liking. Switch Book Collector’s main panel (top right) between Images View, a nice wall with cover image thumbnails, List View. a list with multiple data columns or Cover Flow View, a cool 3D presentation of the front covers of your books. Images View: List View: Cover Flow View: Browse your books as one long list in No Folders mode, or group them into folders, e.g. by Author, Genre, Publisher, etc.. You can even use multi-level folders, e.g. first by Author, then by Genre. Manage the items you own and your wish list using the In Collection Status field. Flip between your Collection and your Wish List with the tabs at the bottom left. View collection statistics in bar charts or pie charts.

]]> By: Russ Worthington http://worthy2be.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/technology-tuesday-what-books-do-i-own/#comment-1421 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:36:08 +0000 https://worthy2be.wordpress.com/?p=1471#comment-1421 Regina,

I just added 40 books to my library. Even manually, it’s pretty quick.

I had looked at LibraryThing, and tried it earlier, liked it, but couldn’t keep up with it.

Thank you,

Russ

]]> By: Regina http://worthy2be.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/technology-tuesday-what-books-do-i-own/#comment-1420 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:18:46 +0000 https://worthy2be.wordpress.com/?p=1471#comment-1420 Really nice look at the software! If I wasn’t already using LibraryThing this could be the way to go.

]]> By: Russ Worthington http://worthy2be.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/technology-tuesday-what-books-do-i-own/#comment-1419 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:12:46 +0000 https://worthy2be.wordpress.com/?p=1471#comment-1419 Lorine,

I am working on my non-Bar Coded books now. Three stacks of books. ISBN Numbers, LOC Numbers, No Numbers. So far, the ISBN Numbed books are working well. Enter the ISBN Numbers and let Collectorz find the books. So far so good. Have tried a couple LOC Numbers. some work, some don’t.

I had been watching EasyBib, but when Collectorz updated and with the iPad AP, that is the direction I went.

Just tried to share my experience with it.

Thank you,

Russ

]]> By: Lorine McGinnis Schulze http://worthy2be.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/technology-tuesday-what-books-do-i-own/#comment-1418 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:36:13 +0000 https://worthy2be.wordpress.com/?p=1471#comment-1418 Very interesting article Russ. I started doing the same thing with my genealogy book collection, using an iPad app called EasyBib. I quickly discovered that since most of my books are out-of-print old books, they don’t have bar codes or ISBN numbers!

That means I have to do them manually and I haven’t been able to face that task. But it would be SO helpful to have all my books inventoried!

Lorine

]]> By: Russ Worthington http://worthy2be.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/technology-tuesday-what-books-do-i-own/#comment-1417 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:12:19 +0000 https://worthy2be.wordpress.com/?p=1471#comment-1417 Heather – I am working on my old books now. I am starting with the ones with ISBN Numbers, and no Bar Codes, then to the LOC Numbers, then to the old ones without either. BUT, putting the library back together is so much easier. It was worth the effort, something I have wanted to do for a long time. I was really surprised at the amount of time it took. It was ready not as bad as I thought. Should finish today or tomorrow. Thank you, Russ

]]> By: Heather Wilkinson Rojo http://worthy2be.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/technology-tuesday-what-books-do-i-own/#comment-1416 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:02:19 +0000 https://worthy2be.wordpress.com/?p=1471#comment-1416 Holy cow, very cool that you scan most of your books. However, most of my genealogy books are over 100 years old. I have over thirty that are at least 50 years old. I guess it’s back to the basics for me.

]]> By: Russ Worthington http://worthy2be.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/technology-tuesday-what-books-do-i-own/#comment-1415 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:34:56 +0000 https://worthy2be.wordpress.com/?p=1471#comment-1415 Kim,

The updated software is what I really like. I had the program for a number of years, but I lost interest. Too hard to hand enter everything and the output didn’t work for me. It sure does now.

Thank you,

Russ

]]> By: Russ Worthington http://worthy2be.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/technology-tuesday-what-books-do-i-own/#comment-1414 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:29:19 +0000 https://worthy2be.wordpress.com/?p=1471#comment-1414 Taneya,

Sorry, I don’t know the answer to that. Hadn’t considered that. The way I (tried) to describe it here, worked for me. I may add the Smart Phone AP to my back of tricks, just in case I don’t have my iPad.

Thank you for your command. If I see anything, I’ll let you know.

Russ

]]> By: Julie Tarr http://worthy2be.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/technology-tuesday-what-books-do-i-own/#comment-1411 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:59:50 +0000 https://worthy2be.wordpress.com/?p=1471#comment-1411 Looks like a nice tool. I just use a simple Access database for my inventory of books…and am faithful to add to it when I get new books. I started an inventory when I found myself buying duplicates of books I already had :)

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