Bookpedia

Bookpedia
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Trial version
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English
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Mac OS X
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Softonic review

Cyril Roger

“What's on your shelves?”

by Cyril Roger about Bookpedia

Bookpedia is an excellent application to keep track of the books you have at home. Thanks to a clear interface, you can view all album covers and book information in one go. Using your Apple iSight camera you can scan the bar codes of your books to register them into Bookpedia. And if for some reason you don't have the bar code, Bookpedia will let you look at ten different international search sites and z39.50 library servers. We were also impressed by the Spotlight integration, which makes any piece of information quickly within reach.

The full screen mode, which shows all the album covers, is a nice way of browsing through your titles. Bookpedia also streamlines the way you can create smart collections to keep all your different books organized. We also quite liked being able to create a book wishlist or at least seeing the one you have on Amazon. Bookpedia also lets you keep a note of who has borrowed which book and can generate all sorts of statistics on your collections.

While scanning book bar codes with your iSight camera worked most of the time, it can fail every once a while. Always make sure there's sufficient light and that the bar code is clean. One other little drawback we could also point out is that Bookpedia doesn't let you sort by author last name.

Apart from that, Bookpedia is a top notch application to keep your book collection organized.

Pros
  • Scans books quickly
  • Smart collections
  • Access to loads of search sites and libraries
  • Produces great reports
  • Spotlight integration
Cons
  • Can't sort by author last name
  • Scanning with iSight can fail
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Developer's description

Whether books line every wall of your house or barely fill one shelf, Bookpedia is the perfect application to help you keep track of them. Entering the information for each book is fast and easy because the program retrieves all the information from the Internet for you. So you can sit back and relax with a good book. It offers the following features:

  • Full screen mode (view and play)
  • Apple Remote compatible
  • Over 10 international search sites and access to z39.50 library servers
  • iSight & scanner integration
  • MLA style bibliography draw-up
  • Add links to URLs, files or images
  • Borrowed feature with due date
  • Address book integration
  • Wishlist collection
  • Customizable HTML export with BibTex & EndNote templates included
  • Direct export to .Mac
  • iPod export
  • Spotlight integration
  • Customizable info display
  • Library-independent collections
  • Self-updating smart collections
  • Folders for better organization
  • AmazonPedia widget included
  • Database statistics

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