BOOKPEDIA VS DELICIOUS LIBRARY 3 FULL
BOOKPEDIA VS DELICIOUS LIBRARY 3 SOFTWARE
BOOKPEDIA VS DELICIOUS LIBRARY 3 PLUS
BOOKPEDIA VS DELICIOUS LIBRARY 3 MAC

If so, highlight that entry in the list and edit those numbers out. Occasionally, you'll run across a barcode that has extra numbers-like 00-at the end, separated by a space. If there are smudges, bits of labels, etc., on the barcode, it may not scan. You don't want to go slowly, but do hold the Cue Cat perpendicular to the surface and right against it. It takes a little practice, but it's not difficult. Make sure that the cursor is in the UPC line.

In one of the 'pedias, use the add multiple command. It should light up-the LED may flash, but it will run steadily if you hold the Cue Cat against something.

BOOKPEDIA VS DELICIOUS LIBRARY 3 PLUS

(Search on both 'Cuecat' and 'Cue Cat' plus USB-you don't want the PS2 version.) It plugs into a USB port (it's USB 1.1, so it should work plugged into the keyboard). You can get a modified USB Cue Cat on eBay for about $13.50. If you would like to do it even faster, get a barcode scanner like the Cue Cat. With Delicious Library you can basically wave the book in front of the camera, while with Bookpedia you have to adjust the distance, get the barcode exactly centered and not slanted, then do it again because you didn't hold it steady enough for long enough. Rickl wrote:A discovery I made after downloading Bookpedia: the scanning function is awful compared to that of Delicious Library. DL 2.0 is, as far as I know, is still just a teaser in a Blog. Given how impressive DL is in version 1.xxx, I imagine that verison 2.xxx will be a sock knocker-offer.

BOOKPEDIA VS DELICIOUS LIBRARY 3 SOFTWARE

Wil Shiply is a very talented software engineer. If all you need is Bookpedia, then buying it to compare and contrast is not a huge deal.

BOOKPEDIA VS DELICIOUS LIBRARY 3 FULL

I imagine you will be able to demo BP with your full collection to see how it performs. I pesonally like this integration a lot, but others might consider it a big negative.Īn unlicensed version of BP is supposed to only let you enter 10 books, but I was able to import my entire library. DL essentially integrates all of the pedias into a single app, for the cost of all of the pedias. There is a reason DL almost won Apple's 2005 Design Award.

BOOKPEDIA VS DELICIOUS LIBRARY 3 MAC

Buy BP and put it on any mac in the same family (under the same roof).Īll that said, DL has some things I like better. Perhaps it is the far richer set of metadata for the books.

BP, for no reason that I can really put my finger on yet, seems to be better focused on 'serious' bibliophiles.

BP supports Smart Collections similar to iTunes. So, when I have to look up a UK book, I have to go into Preferences and switch to Amazon UK.Ĩ. DL only references Amazon sites, and even then only 1 at a time. The very large number of lookup sources in BP as compared to DL.

BP's ability to customize export templates, and to publish on. Sort of an answer looking for a problem, but I like it a lot.Ħ. In fairness, two of the items I use custom fields for (series index # and owner) are dedicated fields in DL.ĥ. There is no way in DL to, say, barcode scan 10 books and then have it look them up and add them to your library. BP makes importing a library very easy.ģ. I had to go through some serious hoops to get my Readerware library into DL, even when DL supposedly will import from RW directly. Put simply, importing a library into DL is a pain. Bookpedia, at least for now, is the overwhelming speed winner.Ģ. This must be a common complaint, and it is one of the key things Wil talks about addressing in his Blog. Scrolling in icon view is very sluggish, and even the table view is not so fast. I have a dual 2.5GHz G5 power Mac with 4.5GB of RAM, and it still takes about 25 bounces to open DL and easily 15 seconds to close it. There are several references to a DL 2 on Wil Shipley's (creater of DL) most excellent web site, Wil Shipley, which hint at addressing several of my beefs I am an owner/user of Readerware, Delicious Library, and now Bookpedia First, a copuple of things you should know:

Bookpedia vs delicious library 3