How are your books organized on your shelves? Some book lovers choose alphabetical order by title or author, some group all paperbacks in one place and hardback books in another, some organize their books by genre with all horror novels on the top shelf and reference books on the bottom. You've probably organized your books according to your own preferences, so why not choose book organizer software that allows you that much freedom when creating a book catalog?
The benefits of book organizer software should be pretty clear. You enter the title (or part of it), the author's name or some other criteria by which to search for a book, and the book organizer software present you with a list. Click your book, and it's in! You can add extra information beyond the many details the book organizer automatically adds for you, including graphics and detailed author information with a photo. No more typing in dozens or hundreds of titles and authors, creating your own database or trying to customize generic inventory software to handle your book collection.
But you still have many choices among book organizer programs. Be sure you choose a full-featured book collection organizer that offers the following benefits:
Searches online databases for your book and enters all the information for you
Allows you to add your own custom fields and tags so you can sort your books however you want
Allows you to enter extra graphics and information
Exports to HTML for online sharing and mobile devices
Imports lists from other sources
Allows you to organize your e-books! You probably have some, and you'll want to add those to your inventory, too.
Allows you to organize your audiobooks! Find a book organizer program that understands all types of books and lets you keep track of them all
Further Thoughts on Choosing a Book Organizer
Of course the book organizer program you choose should do the basics as well as the things above, let you choose different skins, print your lists and organize them how you want. And of course, modern book organizing program should allow you to catalog e-books and audiobooks.
But make sure that your book collection organizer is one that's updated from time to time. Huge corporations that put out hundreds of software titles often abandon several as they start new ones. Why pay for something that won't change with the times? Look for forums where users can interact and get help with problems and you'll be getting book organizing program that's up-to-date that the company cares about and will continue to improve.
And why pay up front at all? A great software company knows that once you try their software, you'll want it. Choose a book organizer you can download and check out so you're sure it's everything you want, rather than pay up front for book organizer software that you might be unhappy with.
Try to install our All My Books program. We hope you'll enjoy it!
"Hello! I wouldn't know where to begin. AllMyBooks has gotten so much better... But in random order what I like best about the program:
The interface is excellent!
Updating book information through numerous sites (Goodreads/Google and so on) especially seeing as I have lots of old books without ISBN number
The fact you can add not only the cover of a book but also illustrations
The fact that you can add a Biography (with picture) of the author
The virtual shelf (my idea to have this added hope others enjoy it) And on and on. There is just too much to mention!!! Overall it helps me keep track of the books I have and the location they are in. I even uploaded all to my website so whenever I am in an antiquarian bookshop and want to buy a book from them, I can have a look to be sure I don't already have that particular book (I sometimes forget if I already have a book)!!!"
