Project

[msmemory_archive]

Project for the day: update the SF Books list so that we don't buy (any more) duplicates at Worldcon.

Second project: cut out Viking dress.

Comments

[galaneia.livejournal.com]

What program are you using? I'm still trying to settle on one (made a little more difficult by the fact that I'm using a mac).

[mikekn]

My first book list was done on a mac - I used a simple database program (FileMaker, I believe) and just typed everything in. It was a lot of work up front, but I've been able to maintain it ever since then. It's now in SmartListToGo, a PC/Palm database program so that I can have my complete list with me when I'm shopping.

[oakleaf-mirror.livejournal.com]

I'm on a Mac, too.

The program that looks most promising is Books. This is a free Cocoa app under active development, with source code available, for tweaking.

I have to make one tweak to this to make it really useful to me. On the ISBN list import pane, I want to put a 'location' pull down list. Since one is likely to be entering a number of books from the same place at once, pre-setting that for all books imported in that pass (the other fields are auto-filled from a net source) will simplify things. Then, I can set it to 'Storage Box 1,' say, scan all the bar-codes, and get title, author, genre, cover image and more auto-filled from Amazon, while when I later look up that book, I'll see from the location that it's in 'Storage Box 1.'