[cvs] [Wiki] changed: Project/Groo

[Chuck Hagenbuch]

chuck  Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:14:18 -0400

Modified page: http://wiki.horde.org/Project/Groo
New Revision:  1.13
Change log:  add personal library managers

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+++ Personal libary managers
+
+There are many sofware products, free or commercial, to help people manage
their personal libraries.
+
++++ Desktop
+
+[[image
http://www.delicious-monster.com/images/librarypage/screenshots/cover_BIG.jpg Delicious Library screenshot]]
+
+++++ Delicious Library (http://www.delicious-monster.com/)
+
+* Pros: excellent UI; can read barcodes via iSight web cam; !MacOSX
compatible
+* Cons: limited to Amazon.com catalog; !MacOSX only; proprietary software
+
+++++ Personal Library Manager (http://www.thebottle.org/)
+* Easy navigation to browse through books
+* Title, Author, Publisher, Category, Pages, Status, Rating, Description,
and Cover fields
+* Title and author search
+* Filter through books marked "Not Read", "Finished", or "Read Again"
+* Compact and repair the database
+
++++ Web based
+
+++++ !BookCrossing (http://www.bookcrossing.com/)
+
+This is a thriving community site which encourages people to pass on their
books, even to total strangers, by leaving them in public places. Each book
carries a message explaining the idea to whoever found it, and a unique
identifier that can be used to track where the book has been previously.
This is a fantastic idea, and the first approach to try to manage the ((Book
Commons)). However, it is not really a personal library manager in the sense
that you do not control your books, but only track them.

 ++ The Book Commons

 Is the collection of all books which freely circulate among people. Most of
them are unaccounted for.