Ask HN: How do I easily catalog a couple thousand physical books?

Re:Ask HN: How do I easily catalog a couple thousand physica... by mystixx on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @12:18PM (#28606604)

I use the free version of Libib.com [1]. Both the Android and iOS apps work just great. The app has an integrated barcode scanner and automatically looks up for the book's info. You can even export the catalog as csv.

[1] https://www.libib.com

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Re:Ask HN: How do I easily catalog a couple thousand physica... by quinndupont on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @12:38PM (#28606843)

I use Libib as well. It has a blazing fast barcode scanner, though manual entry is a bit cumbersome. They seem like a good company, though longevity might be a concern. There is an easy export option, anyways.

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Re:Ask HN: How do I easily catalog a couple thousand physica... by sumthinprofound on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @12:37PM (#28606837)

I've been a happy user of the (free) version of libib for ~8 months now. Android and website both work great for my purposes (800 books, manually added) but as parent states the service can be used with a barcode scanner for larger libraries.

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Re:Ask HN: How do I easily catalog a couple thousand physica... by jeffwask on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @01:28PM (#28607394)

Ditto, I used Libib for a much smaller library (500 or so) and scanned everything when I moved last month. It was handy because the phone app easily scanned most of my books and I could manually enter the ISBN for those that didn't.

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