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Originally Posted by theducks
900+ entries in Main, are Empty Books, just documenting what (paperbacks) is in my storeroom. Add User manuals for household and office stuff. The numbers crawl up. The there are the dratted 99c boxed sets on offer when I hit Amazon 
Another Library documents 30Y of Analog tm, also in storage.
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I have thought about using Calibre to index physical books but it just seems complicated to me. Maybe if I dedicated a second library to them in calibre. I actually use a brilliant software called reader-ware. Unfortunately it is not open source and I live in dread of it being purchased or no longer being developed. I have a multi user license and it is a client/server program fully suitable for even a public library running on mac/windows/linux as needed. It allows me to scan the isbn bar codes on a book and have it automatically add that book to the library or to check that book out to someone so I know ive loaned it. On the positive side as far as paying for it. its a one time license fee and then a lower upgrade fee between major versions. I only upgrade it every several major versions. I know I have donated more money to kovid over the years than I have paid for license fees for it. I also use calibre a lot more than reader-ware. Both offer features the other doesn't and calibre is more inclined to the digital where reader-ware is more aimed at being a physical library book management system.
https://www.readerware.com/index.php
I would probably move over to calibre for physical books if some of the library management features were added such, bar code scanning and checking books out and back in as well as a clear distinction of physical vs digital and location of physical books. I know I could twist calibre to do some of it with the ability to customize fields and such but I'm more happy just using something that already works and I don't have to do extra brainwork to modify it myself.