all booked out
I’ve spent most of today re-cataloging my random scattering of books. It was getting to the state where piles of books were everywhere, waiting to be listed (to stop me buying duplicates because I can’t remember if I borrowed it or have it). Me being me, I’ve managed to lose the file that I made last time so I started again.
I use Tellico, which lets me type in ISBN/UPC and retrieve the rest of the detail from Amazon. I’ve been using it for a couple of years now and I think it’s fantastic. I didn’t get on with Alexandria (but I can’t remember why) and I couldn’t be bothered making my own, when Tellico (previously Bookcase) does such a good job.
I’m going to have to learn XSLT it seems, as I don’t like the reports that come out the other end, and they appear to be hackable, but not by mere mortals like me. Something for another day, perhaps. In the meantime, here is the new book list.
Looking again at Alexandria, its output is more along the lines of what I was looking for, plus it’s Ruby, which wins points automatically. I shall give it another try. But not right now. After a day spent hoiking books around, I’m all graunchy around the edges, so I shall now have a bath.