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Honestly it's more about not forgetting them. The Amazon wishlist has honestly helped me a lot here, I can also annotate and sort it in case I come across a b
by kristopolous 7y ago
Honestly it's more about not forgetting them.
The Amazon wishlist has honestly helped me a lot here, I can also annotate and sort it in case I come across a book again.
Plus it helps people buy gifts for me on holidays really easily.
Sorry for turning this into an Amazon ad but it's a great feature
- efreak 7y agoIf I'm understanding your comment right, you could use Calibre to do this just as easily, possibly with more information. There's no requirement to actually have a file associated with a record in Calibre, so you can add your comments into the metadata (or have the record point to a file with comments and notes instead of/alongside the ebook). I use a Calibre database to keep track of my bookshelves; the metadata includes ISBN, my review, my rating, average online rating from various sites, where I got the book, similar and associated books, etc. It should be relatively simple to get a single-click plugin going that brings up a search for the ($ISBN|$ASIN|$TITLE+$AUTHOR) of the currently selected record. The only thing missing here is public access (the buying gifts part)
- ChickeNES 7y agoWhile I myself would like to do just this at some point, this is a lot of work to learn a new tool vs using a website that someone is already familiar with. And you get the added bonus of it being in the cloud and available on your phone (especially great for trips to used bookstores).
- ChickeNES 7y agoReply since I can't edit: Note that I'm not endorsing using this for "flipping" books, quite the opposite. I've been screwed over so many times in my search for old out-of-print technical books, that it's a bit of a sore spot.