Love books? You'll like this app.Įditors' note: This is a review of the trial version of Bookpedia for Mac 5.1.8. The interface could do with some improvements, but it's OK as it is. If you have a large collection of owned and borrowed books, this app will help you organize them more thoroughly, by providing extensive metadata about each title. We also liked the book wish list, which is not only convenient, but also easy to use.īookpedia for Mac lives up to its promise. In addition to cataloging features, this app also comes with a sub-menu that lists borrowed books, including when they are due, a helpful feature if you use the library often. The app runs smoothly, and when you select a particular book, cover art and additional information are displayed quickly without any lag, bugs, or glitches. The search completes quickly and features a lot of metadata, which can help you sort out your library more easily. The app is not free, but you can test it and see if you like it before purchasing.īookpedia for Mac lets you add new books to the library, manually, or by searching for them online using keywords. Its tracking features for borrowed books and handy wish list are two nice extra features you'll like. Despite its basic and slightly dated interface, this iTunes-like app is easy to use and comes with fast book searching features. This app is a great option for personal libraries, work, and students.Bookpedia for Mac allows you to organize and manage a large book collection more easily. With the extensive list of online databases Bookpedia can reference when adding new books, you are also less likely to have to manually enter information. Set up is painless, and if your data is already in another application like Delicious Library, there wonit be any data re-entry, either. Managing your book collection with Bookpedia is easy to do.
If friendly isnit your style, you can edit the reminder to say whatever you want. If someone fails to return a book on time, the app can email a friendly reminder for you. If you lend books out, Bookpedia can track who has what, and when everything is due. Statistics for authors, however, wasnit always accurate because minor variations in an authoris name caused each version to appear as its own statistic. I found that I have a wide range of authors in my book collection, and that the majority of my books had cover prices between US$20 and $30. Just like DVDpedia, Bookpedia can also show statistics about your library. You can export book info for bibliographies. worked perfectly, and the edition was even properly tagged as a reissue. Scanning Bagombo Snuffbox by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. That was most likely because my copy has new cover art, and not a problem with Bookpedia - Mass market book covers can change quickly. Both were added accurately to the database, although the book cover art for Animal Farm was wrong. I tested Bookpediais ability to accurately autofill an entry for me by scanning mass market printings of George Orwellis Animal Farm, and William Goldingis Lord of the Flies. If you have additional information you want to add, there are custom fields you can use as you like. The app has a long list of Web sites it can check for information including publisher and release date, author, cover art, synopsis, value, and more. You can enter that data yourself, or let Bookpedia fill it in for you when you first add the book to your library. While depicting the terrors of Jim Crow, he also shows how Hattiesburg’s black residents, forced to forge their own communal institutions, laid the organizational groundwork. Selecting a book displays its information. An insightful, powerful, and moving book.Kevin Boyle, author of Arc of Justice Sturkey’s clear-eyed and meticulous book pulls off a delicate balancing act.
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Both are useful - I found that I used the list view when reviewing my full library, and cover view when looking at smaller groups of books. Much like iTunes, you can view your book library in a list view, or graphically by book cover.
The interface is similar to iTunes, so it feels familiar even before you get started.
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