bookshelf.
So I am working on some software that will help me keep track of the books that we have here at the house. I have been wanting to track them for a number of reasons, but mainly it just gives me a chance to get back into coding doing something that “should” be relatively easy.
I was curious, if you could track pretty much anything that amazon.com tracks, what would you be most interested in? Mainly I am looking for some random statistics that can be displayed on the main page of bookshelf. (That is the name that I have given the project.) For example, total number of pages in our library is already in the works.
Let me know what you think.
Heather said,
July 2, 2008 at 11:36 am
I looked for a program to make an inventory of Chad’s library. Are you making this or is it something on the internet? Please pass on the info. I would love to do something like this for Chad.
Slade said,
July 2, 2008 at 12:03 pm
I am making it. Maybe when it starts to look good I will distribute it or something. In the famous words of Laura: We’ll see.
Trae said,
July 2, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Is this a web-app or stand alone application?
If I was using the information from Amazon, I’d like to see recommendations based on your bookshelf, Original publication date (not just when your paperback was released), top 5 tags or so that you can then use to organize, current price (for insurance purposes).
Slade said,
July 2, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Trae: Definitely a web-app. I want to be able to access it from anywhere, especially if my house burns down.
Recommendations are a good thought, especially for people who might browse my books. I need to go back in the Amazon XML feed and see if they provide the original publication date. I am already tracking the tags and the current price, so that is covered.
Keep the ideas coming. The more eyes the better.
Jess said,
July 3, 2008 at 4:32 pm
I like to know how many pages in the book are pictures only. The more pictures the better. I would also like to know the number of pop-up pages (this might be more for wyatt and myself).
Alex said,
July 29, 2008 at 11:18 pm
I wrote a web based program that managed my cds. It used an Amazon scrapper that pulled the relevant info I wanted from the xml (worked a lot like ampache). It was in VB (don’t laugh. it was all I had at the time). I could send u a link, and you could change the XML feed to books; I assume, I haven’t looked into it;.just an idea.