Manage your book collection more effectively
I love reading. My house is full of books and I don't plan to stop buying new ones, so if you're anything like me I guess you'll need a tool like bookTome.
With bookTome you can easily turn your chaotic personal library into a perfectly organized book database with a thorough entry for each one. Don't worry about filling in all those fields: you can import them from Amazon UK, just by entering the title and author of each book.
bookTome lets you browse your collection by author, series or reading status – yes, you can mark books as "currently reading" and "already read". There's also a built-in engine for more refined searches and a wish list tool, though the latter doesn't seem to work properly.
Once you've created your book database with bookTome, you can export it to web format or a CSV file. Being such a complete application, it's surprising it doesn't have such a basic feature as a loan manager.
If you're an avid book reader and collector, bookTome can help you manage your personal library in a very easy way.
User reviews about bookTome
by Anonymous
BookTome is so far dead! Imposible to get a copy............ Oops!.
MoreDevelopment Discontinued / Amazon Support in bookTome
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
As has been posted on the individual bookTome and taskTome sites for quite a while now, please note that all development on bookTome and taskTome has ended. Also note that due to changes Amazon is making to their systems, support for Amazon searches in bookTome will most likley break on October 25th, 2011, and is unlikley to be fixed.
Pros:
Oops! No download option from the official website............
Cons:
Oops! Can't say anything.............. no way to give it a try!
by Anonymous
Best freeware book manager.
MoreThis application is really impressive. It has so many features. You can import the informations of your books from Amazon, of many different countries (com, ca, fr, de, uk, jp) even if the app is english only. You can decide which informations to show in the viewer as well as whether you want to see written informations or the covers of the books to show. You can view your books as well with different filters: authors, series, reading or categories. You can insert tags and make make indepth searches. There is an entry called Location where you can put the name of the person who borrowed your book and later make a search on it. There is as well a good wish list. The application looks pretty with nice icons and it is intuitive to use. Now there is as well a portable version. The dev also responds quickly to emails for support and he even gently reads your suggestions (mines were added in version 1.60 for the wishlist and partly the categories tab).
The dev is working on a new improved version 2 that will allow this time to be able to translate the interface in other languages than English on top of having new features.
I've tried other similar applications, freewares and sharewares, and this is the best one out there. And on top of that booktome is freeware.
Pros:
-Import informations from all Amazon websites
-You can view your collections with different filters (authors, series, books you're reading or categories)
-Portable version available
-You can add extra informations and tags
Cons:
None