I have a lot of CDs, Videogames and Books and it has always been a dream of mine that I could organize them in some sort of catalog so I could keep track of what I have. I believe I finally found what I have been looking for all my life, Delicious Library.
Delicious Library is a software for the Mac that allows you to organize your stuff very easily. There are various ways you could add stuff to the library, at the moment I am entering the bar code numbers manually and the software automatically searches various sources online and then returns with a whole bunch of info on the product I just entered. Current prices, reviews, ratings, album cover, and a ton more info just by entering the bar code. If you have iSight or any other firewire camera you don’t even have to manually type the bar code numbers, just take the bar code and place it in front of the camera and it will automatically scan it just like the supermarket people use the bar code scanners. If you are lucky enough to have a bar code scanner (cuecat owners click here) you could also use it to input information into Delicious Library. You could even add stuff by typing in the CD or book titles, for example I typed in Blind Melon Soup and it returned 2 results, I clicked on the right one and thats it, its automatically added into my library.
After you add all your items to the catalog you can then search for songs, artists, authors, publishers etc.. you can even have it print out the whole catalog for you with all your items listed. You can add notes under each item also for example the name of the person you lent the item to and even find items similar to one you have highlighted.
Delicious Library isn’t free though, it costs $40 but its worth it. So make sure you check it out. [Link]
Note: If you are interested in a cuecat modified to read barcodes, you can find them on Amazon for only $9.99. [Link]
Note 2: If you are a PC user there is a software called Readerware that supposedly does the same thing except not as pretty looking. [Link]
9 replies on “Delicious Library”
No PC version?
dammit
https://www.readerware.com/
this is a pc version of a software that does the same thing.
I bought that like 2 weeks ago online, and I have scanned most of my books via the iSight it’s just so damn cool 😀 Was going to write a review of it but apparently I forgot 😛
i just ordered the cuecat for 9$ because typing the barcodes out isnt as fun as scanning them in 🙂
Yea it is incredible, the speed in which it scans the barcode is amazing hehe 😛 But there are some that aren’t recognized and should be entered manually.
information junkies
OH YES!! my dream too! thx mark 😀