Bookpedia for PC and Mac

Software Reviews and Criticism

• By Araquen

  Surprisingly robust, yet not quite perfect

  In my quest to find a replacement for my homebrew FMP library catalog database, I have been largely disappointed by the pre-built offerings. Delicious Library has a far more polished interface than Bookpedia, but cannot handle custom fields, of which I have many, and Delicious does not easily support the Library of Congress Classification call numbers, which I rely on. I was cautious trying Bookpedia, because the interface is fairly early 2000's, but it's really what's under the hood that counts, and Ballotpedia proved surprisingly robust. I was easily able to import my tab delimited file, and with some creative use of custom fields, I captured all the information I am tracking for my 1,000 personal library. But what made my day was not only does it appear as if Bookpedia seem to sort by call number (a monumental task, as call numbers are as anti-technology as one can get for something intended to orgnaize data) *but* I actually had Bookpedia provide missing call numbers, saving me the lugubrious task of manually acquiring call numbers, or cobbling together fake call numbers. The only downsides are that Bookpedia tends to crash when I try to change the default grid view, leaving me have to redo the effort and that I can't really customize the record detail view as far as layout (for instance, I would like "stack" and "shelf" to be first and together, and not placed in the middle or broken up). Hence 4 stars and not 5. In general, it is quite possible that Bookpedia will do exactly what I need - keep track of my books and allow me to quickly find a book by tracking its location in my bookcases (I have 4 in my office, and three in my bedroom). But just for the call number management alone, this app stands out from the crowd and it's price is well worth the investment.

  
  
• By stanblues999

  Constantly Freezing and doesn't find all items

  This app constantly freezes and I find myself force quit all the times. I tried Searching a general well known book "The Harvard Dictionary of Music 4th edition by Don Randal". None of its search databases has this item. I had to export from Delicious to Bookpedia. If this generic item cannot be cataloiged I wonder all the otehrs...but I'll stop using it.

  
  
• By The Hillbilly Physicist

  Bookpedia and Pocketpedia

  I've been using this tool for years. I have many recent problems with the Windows and IPhone Apps. 1) Windows App crashed during cut and past of bibliography 2) Iphone App does not sync noting that both apps on running on the same network. Please fixt these bugs.

  
  
• By ThisBlakeley

  Love

  I really love this app. It helps me out so much, especially because my library is constantly growing, however, there is a daily limit which you can exceed. Which gets quite annying. Otherwise, I love this app. But please fix this.

  
  

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