If you are like me, you read so many books/ebooks during the year.
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Fiction, nonfiction, cookbooks, craft books, and in my case, manuals and instructional materials.
I struggle to recall what print books are shelved in bookcases and what paperback novels I have scattered around the house.
How difficult can it be, you scoff.
The closet in my office is a bookcase. Floor-to-ceiling, which takes up one entire wall of the room. Plus, the 4 additional standing bookcases in numerous other rooms.
And then there are the eBooks. I own a Kindle, a Nook, and an Apple tablet, which house the works of my favorite fiction authors, and sample reads.
You can see where this is leading....how many times have I re-purchased a book?
I'll give you an example. There is a western novelist (who shall remain nameless); books have always been must-reads for me.
There was one novel (I can't recall the title, which was part of the problem 😉). I purchased the original hardbound via a book club, then a paperback version. A few years later, the book was republished with an updated cover (paperback and hardbound).
Yep. I bought them all. (remember, this is only one case in point.) since the books were new, my father received a hardbound copy on his birthday, and several paperbacks were given prizes at the local library fund-raiser event.
Lists, log books, etc., were a real pain and never foolproof.
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It was quite by accident that I located a free app. Book Buddy.
The reviews were glowing, so I decided to give it a try.
I paid a small fee for additional storage because I was uploading so books.
Why do I love this app?
I can track who I've loaned a book to, my reading status on each book, my next read,
Favorites, Series Titles, books I've donated (my personal tracking addition),
You simply scan the ISBN, and all the info uploads.
If it's without the current 13-digit ISBN, you snap a picture of the cover and add some information.
It's also available on my phone. This will be a great help when I'm Christmas shopping this year!
Remember to check out all of BWL's November and December new releases! Get those stocking stuffers early--there are only 26 shopping days...📅 🎅🎄
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Connie's BWL Author Page: https://bookswelove.net/vines-connie/
Happy Reading!
Connie
