22 Feb
2006
22 Feb
'06
2:34 p.m.
On Wednesday 22 February 2006 03:40 pm, Richard wrote:
In article <200602221843.k1MIh1XW001289 at
onyx.spiritone.com>,
"Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com> writes:
I think you're missing what I'm after. I'm not looking to cook up my
own database. If I were going to do that, I'd just download one of
the free tools for libraries. No, I don't want to spend my time
entering ISBN, author and title information. Instead, I want
something like the web sites I mentioned for organizing the books I
own. Really this is something Amazon should be all over, but at the
moment they only use the "I own this" check box to refine further
product suggestions. Not a bad use, really, but not the one I'm
after.
You're observing that they're attuned to taking care of _their needs_, and
thinking that they should be taking care of _your needs_ instead? Does this
make sense?
--
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
There
seem to be software products devoted to book collectors, but I'm
looking for something really simple.
Any suggestions?
Trust me, I'm cringing as I suggest this. MS Excel. [...]