As a "typical" homeschooling family, we have books EVERYWHERE...
Zach's are in a basket by his bed...
Molly has a basket by her bed...
Paul has a drawer by his bed...
There's an overflowing bookshelf in the "office"
Books on my nightstand...
And of course there are books on the toilet...
Books in the playroom floor from today's playing...
Books on the shelves in the schoolroom...
More books on different shelves in the schoolroom...
And that's just SOME of our many books! So, when I was asked to review Collectorz.com book edition I knew it would be a great product for us. The "Book Collector Pro" is a great deal at $49.95.
Basically you enter your books in with either a scanner or using the ISBN code. I did not purchase the scanner that is sold separately. Entering the ISBN code was plenty quick enough for me, although it did take quite some time to enter all 758 books I have entered thus far! The program catalogs the books by genre and anything else you want to add in the "category" section. It automatically fills in the pertinent information such as author, title, publisher, and much, much more, as well as a picture of the cover. For us, this means that when we are doing a unit on fish, or dinosaurs, or American History, or if Paul wants a Star Wars book or whatever the kids decide they want to read about I can simply pull up Collectorz and search for all the books on that topic. Although, it doesn't help me then LOCATE the book on our many bookshelves it does let me know what books we have so that I don't go buy another book. So, I then go search the shelves knowing that is there somewhere, instead of thinking "Did I get rid of that book"
You can also purchase an application for the iPhone that allows you to upload your list so you can have it when you go book shopping. I haven't done this yet but plan to before I start searching for books at curriculum fairs in the Spring. I don't know how many times I have been at a Homeschool Fair/Expo and thought "Do I have that book" or have I just looked at it many times. Now I will know! In a nutshell I loved this product and think many homeschooling/book loving families will find it very useful!
Don't forget to check out Collectorz.com to see this as well as other products for movies and music inventories!
You can check out what other TOS members have to say about the product here
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