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GroqitMan · 03-19-2008, 08:07 PM

The problem with trying to import into librarything is many of the barcodes on books are not the ISBN. Only if the barcode is a 13-digit European Article Number will be ISBN be the same. Paperback UPCs are really weird. Readerware & Groqit both do conversions. Librarything can't. So, you would have to use Groqit's services to convert any paperback UPC. We do it automaitcally & build an ISBN file on the Groqit during the upload/download process.

Adding a memo is the easiest way to tag an item.

Your wife might want to look at some of the free services. Other people can build inventories on our site and share the lists, which she could then load to her Groqit. Items are not restricted to books, movies, etc. We support a generic type that can be just about anything. People can even add clothing sizes and preferences. Shared lists can be very useful for gift shopping.

03-19-2008, 08:07 PM	#18
GroqitMan Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: groqit	The problem with trying to import into librarything is many of the barcodes on books are not the ISBN. Only if the barcode is a 13-digit European Article Number will be ISBN be the same. Paperback UPCs are really weird. Readerware & Groqit both do conversions. Librarything can't. So, you would have to use Groqit's services to convert any paperback UPC. We do it automaitcally & build an ISBN file on the Groqit during the upload/download process. Adding a memo is the easiest way to tag an item. Your wife might want to look at some of the free services. Other people can build inventories on our site and share the lists, which she could then load to her Groqit. Items are not restricted to books, movies, etc. We support a generic type that can be just about anything. People can even add clothing sizes and preferences. Shared lists can be very useful for gift shopping.