The Outhouse - The Greatest Comic Book Forum

by **nietoperz** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 6:56 am

Anyone know of a good free one?

by **nietoperz** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 9:58 am

Anyone? Anyone at all?

by **Timbales** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:05 am

what do you want it to do?

by **nietoperz** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:14 am

Timbales wrote:what do you want it to do?

Catalogue my books (not comics).

by **LobsterJ** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:15 am

i just use goodreads.com

by **LobsterJ** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:16 am

my gf uses librarything.com

by **Timbales** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:19 am

nietoperz wrote:
Catalogue my books (not comics).

that's kind of obvious

why not just use Excel to create a database?

by **Victorian Squid** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:22 am

BASIL is the most popular one for booksellers and independent bookshops, but it's not free.

by **nietoperz** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:22 am

Timbales wrote:
that's kind of obvious

why not just use Excel to create a database?

Because whilst it's something that needs doing, cataloging via an Exel spreadsheet would take forever. I'd rather use a program (like Book Collectorz, which is expensive, sadly) which can match a book to its ISBN number and download the details from the net, thereby creating a browseable database.

by **Timbales** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:24 am

nietoperz wrote:
Because whilst it's something that needs doing, cataloging via an Exel spreadsheet would take forever. I'd rather use a program (like Book Collectorz, which is expensive, sadly) which can match a book to its ISBN number and download the details from the net, thereby creating a browseable database.

that's why I asked what you wanted it to do

by **Victorian Squid** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:32 am

There are free apps for smartphones, I think, where you may be able to scan ISBNs into a database.

by **capjr** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:48 am

I use mybookdroid on my phone. Real easy scan and I can share it with my goodreads account.

It's for android phones, though...

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by **nietoperz** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:13 am

Well, I joined librarything. Now the daunting task of entering all the books - I suspect it may take a while.

by **Keb** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:31 pm

nietoperz wrote:Well, I joined librarything. Now the daunting task of entering all the books - I suspect it may take a while.

Dude that's why you have children!

Well tasks like that are why my parents had children...

by **Thunderstorm** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:45 pm

I use the Collectorz.com programs, but they are not free. I have a lot of media, and these programs give me a ton of flexibility, and I can keep the info on my phone.