calling all the bookworms.

[katster]

This is pretty cool.

I'm just entering random books around my room at the moment, but I've always wanted to catalog the ones I've got. Unfortunately, this is a task that will take me most of the spring to finish, considering I have two bookshelves in here, plus books piled everywhere, plus about twenty crates of books between the room and the storage shed.

At least when the weather gets better, wireless might let me take the laptop to the storage shed. :)

Please tell me I'm not weird for finding this kinda fun?

Other note, while I'm thinking about it. I hefted all the existing GURPS 4e books thus far (Characters, Campaigns, Fantasy, and Magic) and those suckers all together are *heavy*. I shouldn't be complaining because they're really nice books, but damn, this makes it harder to transport the collection to where others are. :) I should invest in an RP milk crate. First, I ought to find people who would *want* to game before I worry about transporting books. ;)

[damn, I *really* *really* *REALLY* need a books icon.]

Comments

[rickvs.livejournal.com]

> Please tell me I'm not weird for finding this kinda fun?

That's not why I think you're weird :>

Seriously, there are people who track their dollar bills across the country by serial number; I've been tempted by *that* one, so *this* is tame by comparison. Rest easy.

[phenyx.livejournal.com]

Hey, that's cool. I've started doing something similar with my books and movies, using OpenDB on a local machine. It's a bit less polished, but it seems to work...

[phenyx.livejournal.com]

and I see your GURPS collection and raise you (*oof*) my burgeoning CS literature shelf.

where was this when I was starting to catalogue my books?

[glinda-w.livejournal.com]

started in the mid-80s, using Word 4.0 for D0S; had about 1600 titles at the time. Eventually created an Access (97) database, then ported *that* into Access 2000; about 3900 titles. The db isn't elegant, but it works for me. (and one of these years I'll be in an apartment in public housing, instead of an SRO, and will at least be able to get *some* of the books out of the storage locker. Gordon, who shoved 'em in, says there are 114 cartons. *boggle*) what, me addicted to books? :) --g

[tropism.livejournal.com]

Hrm. I've been wanting to catalog my books for a while, and something like this seems like a neat way to do it. one problem that I have, though, is that there's no way to enter in books without ISBNs -- and I have a relatively large numbers of books that predate the use of ISBNs.