A couple of similar programs are collectorz or readerware. Online you have librarything or goodreads.

I use readerware for my cds and librarything for my books.

Dave

I just use DVD Profiler for that purpose:

http://doena-soft.de/phpbookprofiler/index.php

I use Collectorz and it's alright. At the time I bought it, it was the best out there that I found. I do have to say they tend to update their software quite frequently and require payment every time it's more than a bug update. Got old pretty quickly and I've stuck with an older version for a few years. They also don't like books that don't have an ISBN number; most of that you have to enter manually. Also, while they do have fields for a price, they don't supply it, so if she wants to track purchase/manufacturer's price, you have to do the lookup of it yourself. Most data comes from Amazon if that's a consideration as well. Also, a biggie for me, their customer service is pretty bad. They have a forum and do not take suggestions or complaints that well. If you have a problem, if it's not solved quickly, they get pretty frustrated with you.

That being said, it's really adjustable to what you want to track. You can hook up a scanner for barcodes that makes entering a lot easier (I bought a cuecat, I think it was called, for a few bucks and it works nicely). You can also change some of the fields to track things that are important to you but not necessarily something that is to anyone else which is a nice feature.

Like I mentioned, I have an older version so things have probably changed, so take this with a grain of salt! I also have not been on their forum in a couple/three years so maybe they've gotten better with customer service as well...

Hi Karsten, it's a great idea for Books. The same idea i have had for  music CD's. Only Tags i have missed.

I use cailbre E-ebook management (http://calibre-ebook.com/). It pulls metadata, including covers, overview, author, publisher, ISBN, etc. from a number of sources.

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calibre is a free and open source e-book library management application developed by users of e-books for users of e-books. It has a cornucopia of features divided into the following main categories:

    Library Management
    E-book conversion
    Syncing to e-book reader devices
    Downloading news from the web and converting it into e-book form
    Comprehensive e-book viewer
    Content server for online access to your book collection
    E-book editor for the major e-book formats
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Sounds interesting. I'll take a look. My wife also has a large library of hard cover books and notes on them. Would calibre handle those as well?

While designed specifically for e-books, some users catalog their hard copy and audiobook collections with calibre.

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