Importing list of paper books

[Norik]

I'm moving house in the next couple of months, packing up all our boxes and boxes of paper books, and i was thinking this might be the perfect time to try and add them all to my Calibre library so I have a record of what we have.

I got an email about CLZ Barry for the iphone, and I was wondering if there was a way that I could use this? It lets you scan the barcode, and then send them to your PC somehow. However the app is £5ish, I think, and I'd rather not waste my money if its pointless.

TIA

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Norik

I'm moving house in the next couple of months, packing up all our boxes and boxes of paper books, and i was thinking this might be the perfect time to try and add them all to my Calibre library so I have a record of what we have.

I got an email about CLZ Barry for the iphone, and I was wondering if there was a way that I could use this? It lets you scan the barcode, and then send them to your PC somehow. However the app is £5ish, I think, and I'd rather not waste my money if its pointless.

TIA

Add from ISBN is one input method.
Select the arrow on the add books icon for info a the different ways to use.

I use a Keyboard Wedge (Mine is a industrial model :Symbol 4004. Others will work, just with a little more care.)
The output is TEXT (as if you typed on a keyboard)

If your App can create a Text file, with 1 code per line, you are good to go as you can use a File.
Note: Not all (mostly older) barcoded ISBN's will be found. Best to process in small batches, so you can manually resolve those 'not found'

[Norik]

Thanks, I think I might give it a go.
With all our books boxed up, each box would be a natural batch, and it is cheeper than a Barcode Scanner.

Cheers

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Norik

Thanks, I think I might give it a go.
With all our books boxed up, each box would be a natural batch, and it is cheeper than a Barcode Scanner.

Cheers

Be sure you scan the code starting with 978 and not the UPC