Just don’t get a swelled head over the sales figures for that one. They’re obviously skewed. LOL

LOL. No complaints or arguments here. 🙂

Eric

Keep up the “good work”

Denny in Coshocton

Like you, Eric, I’ve been able to remember what books I have. In fact, I just caught myself this past weekend when I was considering a particular book on Amazon.com and thought to myself “I think I already have it.” And I did. But for insurance and the day when my memory may not be quite as good, I’ve been thinking about cataloging my collection. (CD’s and DVD’s too, for that matter.)

Like Rob, I considered just using Excel, but it seemed to me that some of the cataloging products I saw might serve my purposes better, and they had some pretty slick features. Although most of them have user testimonials, I wanted to hear more directly from some of your readers Eric. Now I’ll do a little more research and then take the plunge.

One thing I do know – no matter what product I decide on, the data entry process is going to be a slow, tedious one. (I cleaned that up.) I just hope it doesn’t turn into a Mud March.

Thanks for posting on this, and thanks again to you and others who provided suggestions.

Phil

p.s. – My admiration to you on having a wife who is willing to do that
data entry. If I suggested a similar course of action to my wife, who is terrific, she would look at me as if I had lost my mind.

One thing you may think about doing is for items like the ORs, just enter all books as 1 set. For instance, in my catalog, the 28 or 29 volumes of the Time-Life Civil War Series are all entered as 1 complete set. Maybe that is not ideal for insurance purposes – I had never thought of it from that angle – but since I know I have the complete series, that makes this easier to track (though it only counts as 1 book in the catalog, not giving a true indicator of how many books I have, which is a weakness). With the OR being so much longer and the lack of ISBN, you may consider approaching it from that angle.