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Book Collector Pro - Collectors Edition 1.0
My Book Collection
Collectorz.com: Book Collector
Collector software
Dealer software
| Book'em | Book Hound | |
| BookMate | BookMinder | |
| BookTrakker Pro | ||
| Dealer BookStacks | FileMaker Pro | |
| HomeBase | QBook |
Click the link on the product name to go to their homepage, where you can get more detailed information and download trial or demo versions of the software:
BookHound
Bibliopolis.A full-featured database for real (and virtual) booksellers. Includes Rapid Cataloging features, Pre-formatted Uploading for ABE, Alibris, Bibliocity and Bibliofind; multiple Financial Reports, multi-level Passwords, Built-in Help and Glossary of Book Terminology, Publishers, Editions & Conditions Lists; extensive Keyword Libraries by Subject; plus ability to Track Sales History by Book & Client, Quote by E-mail, Export to HTML, and Print Single & Double Column Catalogs and Lists, as well as Mailing Labels & Indexes. Thirty Days Free Tech Support . Minimum Requirements: Windows 95 / MacOS 7.1, FileMaker 3.0 or greater, 8MB Disk space. Optimized for 15" Windows Monitor at 800 x 600, or 15" Mac at 832 x 634. $99 (single user) and $250 (multi-user).More Info | Free Demo
BookTrakker Pro
BookTrakker.com.Professional relational database with all the built-in tools today's bookseller needs to be successful on the Internet. Offering Inventory, Wants and Contacts management with the following offers and key features:
• Free Inventory Management Software & Multi-Level Pricing As your business grows, your software can grow with you. The first level is FREE and includes unlimited use and unlimited record entry. Higher levels start at $50 for the Basic Package; followed by $125 for the Advanced Package; and The Pro for $250. Advance to higher levels as your needs change.30-Day Free Trial of the full program for all levels. *Free Tech Support for All Levels.
• One-Touch Uploads Pushing One Button uploads all records and updates to ABE, Bibliofind, Alibris (*through Bibliocity), other designated booksearch sites, and your personal Website(s).
• Instant Productivity Start entering data and managing Inventory, Wants and Contacts immediately. Requires no additional programs to produce professional looking listings. Choice of Tab or Enter Key to move through fields.
• Multi-User Networking Multiple users can enter data simultaneously.
• Invoices Automatically fills in previous customer or creates new customer. Back-calculates discounts. Keeps records for online and in-store sales.
• Power Catalog Builder
• Image Scanning Up to 23 images per Inventory Record; one image appears right in the Inventory Form for easy book identification.
• Single, Double or Multi-Column Catalogs, Lists, and Hit Lists *Rearrange columns and sort by any fields.
• Customizable Tab Orders Tab Orders can be saved for each user and for specific tasks.
• Full Screen Display Run the program full screen or resize to a smaller window.
• Customizable Screen Colors
• Additional Built-in editing features streamline workflow and can be turned off, if desired. Four User-Defined Fields; Context-sensitive Help; Publishers, Editions & Conditions Lists; Unlimited Keyword entry; Sales History by Client; Source, Shelved, and Spine description fields.
• System Requirements Windows 95, 98, or NT. Minimum 300mHz; A fast Intel Pentium II or AMD K6 optimizes performance. Minimum 32MB RAM; 64MB RAM preferred. 500+ Megabytes free Hard Drive space. Minimum 800X600 256 Colors. It can run on less, but very slowly.
Go To BookTrakker.com/ for more information, screen shots, and to download your free trial software.
DV Book Manager 1.5
DV Book Manager is a shareware application that lets you manage your books easily and intuitively.Shareware: $30. Download
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Book Tracker V1.3 - Collector's Edition
Duck SoftwareBookTracker-Collector's Edition will help you catalog all your books with 15 different fields including Title, Author, Category, Value, Printing Date, Publish Date, Purchase Price, Date Purchased, Edition, Rating, Condition, Location, and ISBN. Also included, are two custom fields that you can use for whatever information you like. The 'Library' section tracks the fields 'Lent to', 'Date Lent', 'Given to', and 'Date Given'.Book Tracker CE Price: 14.95 + $3.00 shipping and handling*
Download Windows 95/98 Shareware Version
Home Library 2.5
Data Village Shareware.A full featured database system to help you keep track of all of your books ! The Home Library incorporates a powerful search engine, a versatile report writer, easy data entry, context sensitive help, full customization, data graphing, a book shelf view, a spreadsheet view, multimedia sound annotation, and much more. As an added bonus the software is extremely easy to use, and includes helpful hints throughout.For Windows 3.1 and Windows 95. Version 2.0 received a ZDNet **** Rating! Version 2.5 is now Available! $20.
SmartTracker Books v3.0
Insight Software Solutions, Inc.SmartTracker Books contains a number of features designed to help you quickly organize and catalog your book collection or small library. Know your book collection value, where to locate your books (including books lent out to friends or patrons), or review a multitude of statistical information about your library. Equipped with the Borland Database Engine, SmartTracker Books is both fast and powerful.SmartTracker Books is available in both 16 bit (Windows 3.1) and 32 bit (Windows 95/NT) versions. Requires a minimum of 4MB Ram, 5MB of disk space and a VGA Monitor. $25 + S/H.
Manage Your Books! 98
Book Cataloging Software by TurboSystemsCoFeature-packed easy-to-use program to organize and manage your personal, club, school or business library. Tracks borrowers and due dates. Includes a comprehensive but easy-to-use query/search system that allows you to find just the book or list of books you want. The query system is fully integrated with the report system. The report system includes eight reports and a full featured print preview system. Each entry is automatically indexed by Title, Author, Subject, Book#, Catalog#, Book Type and Catalog#. Additional fields include Subject 2 & 3, Volume, Edition, Issue, Year, Pages, Book#, Catalog#, ISBN, Rating, Publisher, Location, Purchase Price, Current Price, Purchase Date, Where Purchased, Condition, High and Low Market Value, Note1, Note2 and a 64k memo field. Data can be quickly listed by any of the seven index fields by simply selecting one of the browse tabs. Price: $28.00 plus shipping/handling if applicable.
Download evaluation version - MANAGE Your Books 98(32 bit) for Windows 95 or NT only (1446kb)
Download evaluation version - MANAGE Your Books 98 (16 bit) for Windows 3.1 or 95 or NT (1276kb)
G.R. April 9, 2001
PrimaSoft Books Organizer 3.5
PrimaSoftPrimaSoft Book Organizer is a powerful and flexible program that will help you organize your book collection. All your information about books can now be stored at one place and easily retrieved.Requirements: PC 486DX CPU or better, 8-16 MB RAM; Color monitor; Windows 95/NT (32-bit) or Windows 3.1 (16-bit); Requires 5 megabytes of disk space.Using a notebook-like interface (complete with alphabetical tabs), the program stores all the information you might need to track: book title, author, catalog number, cost, status, keywords, category, ...., a detailed description, plus any additional comments, optionally you can include a graphical image.
Features: -Notebook-like interface (complete with alphabetical tabs); -The program organizes and displays the data efficiently, so that the information is readily accessible in a variety of ways; -Resizable main window with self-adjusting data fields; -Selectable Fonts for various elements of the main window; -Templates for adding new records, printing reports, printing labels; -Easily search for information; -Define filters to display only selected records; -Sort records by any field (primary, and secondary sort fields); -Define and print a variety of reports directly from the program, print preview; -Print labels (support for American/European Avery labels); -Export/import data to/from ASCII/Dbase file; -Capture graphic images directly from the program; -The program is network aware and can easily be used on multi-user systems; -Custom data fields;
Shareware: Free to try, $33 if you decide to keep it.
CATBooks
FNProgramvare
Version Number 3.2
Compressed Size 2,007,156 bytesCATBooks is a database program for organizing your book collection. It includes 22 standard fields, such as author, title, publisher, category, condition, and value. In addition, you'll find 13 custom fields, a memo field, keywords field, and the ability to include a .bmp graphic. A loan module allows you to track books that have been borrowed, while offering four specific loan reports. Powerful search capabilities allow you to look up items in any field in a variety of ways. Reports can be customized and viewed onscreen or printed. An in-depth Help file will get you up and running quickly. CATBooks has a slightly different interface with a number of minimized windows, but it's a comprehensive cataloging tool. New to this version is the loan module, several new fields, a revised memo field which, now offers three sections, and various fixes.Requirements: Windows 3.1x or Windows 95
Shareware: Free to try, $45 (including shipping and handling) for diskettes/manual by mail or $29 for electronic distribution.
ORGANIZE! Your Books and Magazines
PSG-HomeCraftPSG-HomeCraft's ORGANIZE! Your Collection software provides a fast and easy way to keep a complete inventorty of your books and magazines. Currently used by thousands of individuals, churches, small libraries, and businesses this software will help you know what you have and where it is.BOOK2001.EXE Ver-4.12 - Updated July 1998. ORGANIZE! Your Books and Magazines: Full 32-bit WIN'95 software. Flexible software software that let's you catalog your collection the way you want it cataloged.BOOKM.EXE Ver-4.0 - Updated July 1997. ORGANIZE! Your Books and Magazines: A complete Windows program for cataloging all types of books, magazines, articles or other printed material. This software is both flexible and easy to use.
Book'em
Michael C. Taylor, The Old Library Shop, 528 Main Street, Hellertown, PA 18055. (610) 838-2790. email: books@oldlib.commailto:books@oldlib.comBook'em is a full-featured Windows or Windows95/NT based system targeted specifically to the serious book collector or dealer. It was developed, tested and enhanced in our book shop, The Old Library Shop and makes collection management and sales much easier to track!
- Book'em allows an unlimited number of "collections" to be created in which to organize your books, magazines etc. One book can be put in one or more collections to organize them by type, interest, size or any way you wish to see them.
- Built-in contact manager and label printer. You can keep track of book dealers, collectors, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, etc right from within the Book'em system.
- Book'em features a state of the art query system based on Query-by-example. You can query your entire database easily to find books matching whatever criteria you specify.
- Book'em also can be ordered with an optional module to add a full point-of-sale system. A must-have for book dealers and book shops! The add-on produces customer receipts as well as sales summaries and details.
Demo Version: This is a fully functioning Book'em system with all the features of the Standard Version except that you are limited to a total of 50 books in your database. Free.
Standard Version: This provides all the basic features of the Book'em system except for the Point of Sale module (see below) and allows an unlimited number of books to be entered. This version is ideal for the serious book collector. The Standard Version sells for $59.95.
Point of Sale Version: This provides all of the features of the Standard Version as well as a point- and-shoot Point of Sale system for quick sales entry and tracking. This version is ideal for book dealers and book shops. The Point of Sale Version sells for $249.95.
Book Librarian for Windows
TurboSystemsCoBook Librarian for Windows is a feature packed easy-to-use program to organize and manage your personal, club, school, church or corporate library. Tracks borrowers and due dates. Includes fields for Title, Author, Subject(3), edition, catalog#, purchase, current value, publisher, location and more. Includes a comprehensive but easy-to-use query/search system that allows you to qucikly find just the book or list of books you want.
The report system also features a comprehensive query/filter system, and can list reports to the screen, printer or disk. Also prints index cards in addition to numeorus reports that can be generated at the click of a menu item.
- Book Librarian - Single User[$32.00 plus S/H]
- Book Librarian 95 - Single User with Password[$45.00 plus S/H]
- Book Librarian 95 -Network Version[$75.00 plus S/H]
- Book Librarian 95 - Network with Password[$90.00 plus S/H]
- Number of Network Users (Book Librarian) There is a $10 per user license fee in addition to the Book Librarian network program price. The minimun number is 2. Use this field for both the 16 and 32 bit versions of Book Librarian.
QCollector™
Quill & BrushQCollector™ is a low-cost scaled-down collectors' version of QBook™, a book dealers' program developed over the past five years by Keith Jones for the Quill & Brush, a bookstore specializing in 19th- and 20th-century collected books.
QCollector provides you with ample space to enter a complete, detailed description of each item in your collection. There is no limit to the number of items that can be stored by QCollector (other than available disk space on your computer's hard drive).
QCollector gives you the ability to add and revise entries for both collection management and development. Many features aid the user. Printouts.
The user determines which fields, the order of the fields, and the order in which entries will appear for each printout. The user may also add text before and after each field, if desired. Every printout format defined may be saved and later retrieved as needed by the user. Printouts are saved to a text file and may be printed to the printer. The text file may be edited in a word processor, or tailored to a specialized format using a print- or mail-merge routine.
Collection entries may be grouped in any manner the user desires. The entire collection, or any selection of groups from the collection, may be printed out. In addition, individual entries may be selected from any group for printing. Totals are displayed on the screen when reports are created and may be printed, if desired.HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS -386 or Higher Computer System -2 Megabytes of RAM Memory -Minimum 10 Megabytes of Space on the Hard Disk -VGA Monitor -MS DOS 3.3™ or Higher Operating System
PRICING: All preceding features are included in the $99.00 program cost. Full credit will apply toward the purchase of QBook™.
QBook
Quill & BrushSimplicity. Clarity. Consistency. Ease of Use. The requirements that guided the development of the finest tool for total management of your specialty book business: QBook, the computer program for book dealers.
Each of the three main "files" in QBook--the Customer File, the Inventory File, and the Search File--provides you with the ability to add and revise individual entries on a complete, readable, single screen. Commands available are continuously displayed and consistent from file to file. Movement between files is accomplished with a single keystroke. Inputted information from each file is automatically integrated and updated to create invoices, quotes, mailing labels, catalogs, customer wants, etc., which may be tailored to your specifications.
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS: -386 or Higher Computer System -2 Megabytes of RAM Memory -Minimum 10 Megabytes of Space on the Hard Disk -VGA Monitor -MS DOS 3.3(tm) or Higher Operating System
Price: Networked Business Version: $1,495
Single-User Business Version: $495
BookMinder Software 3.0
Bookminder Software, 1015 2nd Street, Old Sacramento, CA 95814.
for Macintosh, Windows 3.1 (with WIN32S) and Windows95BookMinder has evolved over the last five years into the finest program for use in the book trade. It has defined the industry standard. BookMinders' powerful features include: Customer Data Base / Instant Cataloging/List Creation / Quote Cards and Book Slips / Prepare Data for On-Line Service / Consignment/Layaway/Late Payment Reports / Quarterly Tax Statements/Resales/Out of State Reports / Complete Invoicing Capability/Credit Card Tracking / Full Inventory Control/New Book Reordering / Bar Coding / Mailing Labels/Bulk Rate Report / Full Export/Import Capability / Vendor Information / Web - Savvy Exporting / Over 45 Comprehensive Reports
File sizes are limited to the size of your hard drive space, no more 33Meg limitation! PLUS, if you own Filemaker Pro 3.0, you may now modify and create layouts and scripts in all modules
System requirements: Hard drive, laser/inkjet printer (preferred),
PC requires: 386+, Windows 3.1, 8MB+ RAM (recommended) or Windows95 and appropriate RAM (If you are running under Windows 3.1, you will have to install WIN32S, which you can get for free from Microsoft or from us for an additional $15 service charge.)
Mac requires: 4+ MB RAM, System 7.x
BookMinder is being offered for $200 ppd. Check out the latest BookMinder Documentation.Posted to BiblioPhile Maillist 11/24/97: I have been using Bookminder for about 3 years and have found it outstanding. It is extremely versatile and does everything I need both record and business management. I have seen others and have Interloc's BookMaster, but IMO, none of them compares with Bookminder. A.M.
Dealer BookStacks™
Parmer Books, Jean Marie and Jerry Parmer, 7644 Forrestal Rd, San Diego CA 92120-2203 USA Ph. 619 287 0693, Fax 619 287 6135 Anytime. email: ParmerBook@home.comPut your book business on your desktop. And run it with Parmer Books' BookStacks 2.0™software-- the Macintosh® solution for managing your book business.
Now, making big improvements in your efficiency is as simple as using the smallest Macintosh computer. By using your computer to organize your business you can spend less time on searches and keeping track of customers, and more time increasing sales. That's why we're offering you the software system that made our business so successful.
Parmer Books' BookStacks comes complete with 'stack' interfaces for your Customer Address List, Book Inventory, Quotes, Catalogs, Want Lists and Invoices. The System will also Export Books for Sale and wants to On-Line Data Bases like ABE, Bibliofind, Bibliocity, Alibris, Automated Bookman, and BookMatch Network .
Managing your business has never been so easy. This comprehensive, easy-to-use, low-cost software runs on any Macintosh with at least 4Mb of RAM and an 80Mb hard drive.* BookStacks is built on HyperCard® Scripter application so you can customize BookStacks to meet your needs. We also offer a HyperCard Player version if you don't have this application.
We can help you configure your system. Call today : 619-287-0693 (Mon.-Sat., 9-5 PST)
*8Mb RAM and 160Mb drive with Apple® System 7.5.1 is recommended for increased performance.
$195. Demo Disk $25 (applies to purchase)
Collector BookStacks™
Parmer Books, Jean Marie and Jerry Parmer, 7644 Forrestal Rd, San Diego CA 92120-2203 USA Ph. 619 287 0693, Fax 619 287 6135 Anytime. email: ParmerBook@home.comCollector BookStacks for collection management, value tracking, want list maintainence, and supplier purchase orders and record keeping. Only $95.00 + applicable tax & shipping.
FileMaker Pro
Mac/Windows $199User Comment:
For example, if you want to trace a book from seller to you to customer plus have all the info on it [value, condition, etc.], you can set up a db file for all the sellers with whom you deal; another db file for the book itself and a third one for your customers and connect them all [that is relational]! AND you can share as much of that data and/or hide [protect] as much of that same data as you wish with customers or sellers.
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HomeBase
Advanced Book ExchangeHomeBase also features a full context sensitive Windows help system. HomeBase will operate on any PC running Windows 3.1, 3.11 or 95. A 386 class computer with at least 4 mega-bytes of free disk space is the recommended minimum configuration. HomeBase can be downloaded from ABE's WEB system and has an easy to follow installation program. Naturally, HomeBase can prepare your records in the most efficient manner possible for upload from your computer to ours. Member bookstores of the Advanced Book Exchange can use HomeBase to quickly and easily upload their books and wants to the ABE database. ABE member bookstores can access 1-800 HomeBase technical support as well as a handy Getting Started manual.
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BookMate
Alibris (Interloc)
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