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. The sad thing is I
know a Library that is being started up, and they're using MS Excel to
catalog the books they're getting in.
Personally I've moved from some Shareware DB in the late 80's early 90's, to
dBase IV in the early to mid-90's, to FileMaker Pro from the mid-90's on.
Having said that only a very, very small portion of my collection is
cataloged.
Seriously one of the best solutions might be FileMaker Pro, FileMaker
Mobile, and a handheld (I've been using a Sony Clie). I'm primarily using
this for keeping track of the LP's that we have as my collecting interests
have pretty much shifted to collecting LP's.
I've seen a pretty cool Mac application that uses the Mac iSight video
camera to scan barcodes. I think it's used for creating lists of your CD
and DVD collections.
Zane