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Booxter

Booxter - 1.2.1

manage your book collection

All Time: (4.5)
Version 1.2.1: (4.7)
Selected Version: 1.2.1
Release Date: 2004-02-06
License: Commercial
Downloads (version 1.2.1): 475
Downloads (all versions): 2,419
Price: $14.99

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Product Description:

Booxter gathers book information from various sources on the internet to allow you to view, edit, sort, categorize, export, and print books in your collection.

With Booxter you can:

  • add books one at a time or in batches.
  • create book lists
  • browse books using various filters
  • fetch book information online
  • scan barcodes of books to load in
  • export book information to text files
  • print book information

What's new in this version:

  • Added smart lists. To create a smart list, use cmd-shift-L (Get Info will edit a smart list).
  • Online searches now update status with real time feedback as to what is being searched.
  • Added ability to sort book table by multiple columns. To do this, control-click on each column that you want sorted.
  • Sorting by title column now disregards leading 'a', 'an', 'the'.
  • Dragged in URLs are now loaded in the background and automatically added to your library.
  • When a new author or subject is added, it's added to the top of the list, and the name is selected automatically for you.
  • When backfilling cover images, user-entered cover images are retained instead of being overwritten.
  • Description field is now searchable.
  • When backfilling books, books with invalid or empty ISBNs are skipped.
  • Genre and location combo boxes now auto-complete case-insensitively.
  • Added size preference for add/edit panel (will fit on 800x600 screen now)
  • Added size preference for detail drawer (will fit on 800x600 screen now)
  • Added ability to select which columns to export, including description and notes.
  • Added Australia as a locale and currency type.
  • Set Esc key to trigger cancel button for all sheets.
  • Resized backfill and clear attribute panels so they fit on an 800x600 screen.
  • Fixed minor memory leak when adding a new book.
  • Fixed issue where adding new authors or subjects did not work in cases where the result of an ISBN search returned nothing.
  • Fixed issue where renaming a book list could trigger a search.
  • Fixed issue where removing books from the library did not work correctly (v1.2).
  • Fixed printing issue where batch filled books with empty authors or subjects would keep printing from working (v1.2).
  • Minor update for importing; also added extra date formats for importing.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.3
  • Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

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Feedback Summary:

Version 1.2.1:
Overall Rating: (4.7) Features: (4.7) Support: (4.7)
Ease of Use: (4.7) Quality / Stability: (4.7) Price: (4.7)
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Booxter ReviewExcellent App - Version: 2.1, 8/17/2009 02:29AM PST

robbo793
I have used Booxter from the earliest version and still find it a joy to use. Being able to give iSight a mere sniff of the ISBN barcode and seeing it scurry off to get the book details makes a game out of entering a long list of books. I am impressed by how forgiving the recognition software is when reading the bar code under poor light and when a book is held in less than steady hands.
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Booxter ReviewBest book catalog software - Version: 2.0.12, 7/15/2009 06:18AM PST

danmichaelo
One year ago, I tried various book catalog software, including Delicious Library, and ended on Booxter. One of the main reason, as a Norwegian citizen, was the many non-US sources Booxter search through, including two Norwegian ones. I hope even more sources are added in the future, especially an African one like e.g. the National Library of South Africa.

Otherwise I find Booxter a very straight-to-the-bone app that does cataloging and just that. It's not an app you fall in love with at first sight, but an app you like better the more books you add. As my library grows, I really appreciate the many good browsing options Booxter includes, like the tag view where you can browse the books by genre, publisher, year, Dewey class, subject, etc. Many fields are available, but some are missing like e.g. "Original title". But then there is of course a notes-field to enter misc info. The smart list feature is also really useful.

One quite serious issue is the documentation, which is almost non-existent. This is not acceptable for an $50 app. There are so many features in Booxter, some of which are quite hidden, so good documentation would be really useful for new users. Also, I've not received replies to my two emails to the developer.
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Booxter ReviewToo expensive for an unfinished application - Version: 2.0.11, 4/16/2009 10:23AM PST

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thomasmarch
I've tried this app for a day. At first glance it's impressive and easy to use, but it is sorely lacking a number of important functions, e.g. the inability to selecting a number of items and create a list from them (iTunes style).

In fact the whole "Book List" function seems....unfunctional. And there's no help section.

I created one extra list, just to try and see how it works, and it doesn't work. AND I can't delete that pesky list. It's going to there until the end of time.

This guy is asking for $49,99 (that's fifty bucks to you and me) for an application that isn't complete, and for which there is NO help of any kind. That's too much. Not worth it, at least not yet until the application has been tested a whole lot more.
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