It annoys me greatly that there is not a mainstream program for cataloging ebooks and such. I make it a point to buy books that come with an electronic version, or just the electronic version itself.
I also have begun converting some of my docs into LIT files (then LRF) so I can take them wherever I need to go. As a programmer having books like this instantly available is a huge win, and toting a library is much harder than 15 or 20 2 GB MicroSD cards. Trying to figure out where the book is though is driving me bonkers.
Since there son't seem to be a mainstream cataloger (besides Readerware which costs $ and doesn'thave the features I want anyway) I think I will just write one. Being a programmer at heart, this shouldn't bee too bad. Throw something like MS SQL Express as the backend with a 4 GB limit should be enough for any cataloger. I will have to do some research to see if there is a cataloging service you can hit 9library of congress, amazon, etc) like you can for mp3's.
Since I haven't started writing it yet, feel free to toss requests here or shoot me an email or something. I can't promise dates or anything because they will be based on my time and what features we come up with.
what I can promise is that it will be windows based written in visual basic (maybe MS Access for a version or 2 since it is so easy) I wouldn't mind screenshots of your access DB HarryT, it will get a jump start on things. One of the limitations of Access though is that you have to have access to use it, so that will exclude a lot of users since access is about as much as a eReader now
