Libellus Personal Library for Windows

User Reviews

• Exactly What I wanted, If only it worked right

  a1000wtpNovember 25, 2011

  Pros

  Exactly what I was looking for, love the check out section

  Cons

  Bugs in the editing option, and (as said above) the tabs shouldn't go away every time. There looks like theres also some bugs in the check out selection but I haven't had a chance to play around with it too much

  Summary

  I hope the author keeps going with this software because I really do like it!

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• LOVE IT, exactly what I was looking for, a library app.

  seedplantaApril 18, 2011

  Pros

  Great program, easy to use and allows easy adding of books and auto add via ISBN online search.

  Cons

  no book cover picture or way to include it, download it and interact using it. no way to search online for books to add to library via other options other than isbn (i.e title, author, etc).

  Summary

  Great program, especially if you are looking for a free way to keep track of your book collection and also have the ability to use your collection as a library with check-in/out features, a great enhancement would be to include the cover of the book.

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• It will print out the book list that I need.

  RandallBarfellJanuary 12, 2011

  Pros

  It prints out what I need as long as I play with it to get what I want. Thank goodness for print preview.

  Cons

  The ISBN lookup feature works when it wants to. When it works, the data is never uniform. You can change it. You can't add a photo of the book. There is some options I still can't figure out. The help link is useless.

  Summary

  I have tried several book databases and this is the best overall program I have used. It enables me to print out the database so I don't buy duplicate books. I have four databases on this program and I don't see any limit on how many you can have.

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• It's freeware so it doesn't have to be perfect!

  cstromanJuly 16, 2010

  Pros

  Overall, I am very pleased with the book catalog. Just what I needed - a way of cataloging my books with easy sort/select options to view the list. I liked that it could retrieve much of the book's info from amazon just by providing the ISBN..

  Cons

  It does have a few minor bugs but nothing worth mentioning.

  Summary

  I like the product. It is simple and easy to use. I liked that it could retrieve much of the book's information from amazon just by providing the ISBN. The sort/select feature makes it easy to find the books by author or subject. The only enhancements I can think of is that it would also be handy if it could look up by title/author since I spent a lot of time looking up the ISBN's. It would also be nice if when you select columns to view, it could save it under a preference so I wouldn't have to select the columns every time I bring it up. I would also like to be able to save the print report as a text file so I could put it on my PDA to have it at the book store so I know what books I have/don't have before buying. Over all I am very pleased with it.

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• It's freeware, so you can't be too choosy. It's ok

  RhayshaFebruary 8, 2010

  Pros

  Relatively straightforward to use Free ISBN lookup saves a great deal of time and typing (no use of course for CD's and DVD's)

  Cons

  Didn't know about the 100 items limit ( ?create a second collection?) place where you log the price you paid doesn't save the information if you change view settings (fields viewed), it doesn't save them DVD and CD's a bit awkward to log

  Summary

  It could use a tutorial, or at least a basic intro help screen. Not being able to set it up permanently for how you want to view it is annoying. 100 item limit should have been disclosed. Haven't hit that yet, will try creating a second collection. Also, all monetary units are in US$. I want to be able to change the country. eg, I live in Australia, but sometimes buy books from overseas like the US and the UK. It's shareware, so I can't complain too much. We wanted something free for our church library. You get what you pay for. :D<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Feb 9, 2010<p/>I forgot to say, if you edit the title more than once, although it says it saves, it doesn't seem to. I did a typo the first time, then we got a second copy, so I added Copy 1 to the title of the first one, and it won't save it. I had to delete the item and then re-enter it.

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• Program does not find any Dutch books or ISBN

  dijks006November 8, 2009

  Pros

  Could not find any pros

  Cons

  Does not work for me

  Summary

  I hoop that the writer will install also a dutch database

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• excellent but has limit of 100 books per library

  internetexplorerOctober 28, 2008

  Pros

  ISBN entry, batch additions

  Cons

  hitting undocumented limit of 100 books triggers faulty "already exists" notice (bug); some users may not like .Net Framework requirement.

  Summary

  very well down except for bug noted above; limit also noted above should be disclosed in advance along with .Net requirement.

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• a very competent program

  Rachel NordstromJuly 30, 2008

  Pros

  I like this program for its organzation and ease of looking up info.

  Cons

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• Very useful

  john_j_wallAugust 19, 2007

  Pros

  I find it reasonably easy to use although if an ISBN isn't recognised I try several times before giving up - the reviewer above who couldn't get the online features to work may not have tried this. The developer has a forum where problems/suggestions can be posted. I'd recommend any user contribute to this.

  Cons

  Some ISBNs aren't recognised but these can be posted to the developer's forum.

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• Good useful tool

  mastronaJuly 19, 2007

  Pros

  If you want an easy way to load your personal library, and track who you loan books out to, this is a perfect tool. <p> <p>The software was very easy to use...and the ISBN feature worked great, even with some older books I had. It took me roughly about an hour to enter 25 books of which about 5 failed to be found via the search. This is a MAJOR time savings over typing in all the titles and authors. The search also gave other information (page numbers, summaries, avg used price) that I wouldn't have typed in on my own. <p> <p>The loan feature is helpful, especially to those who willing share their books with others and forget whom they are loaned to. Its easy to use and simple to get started.

  Cons

  This is just a simple catalog of books. Reporting is simple (limited to what you have filtered and displayed on the screen). No advance functions or filters are available. But more over, there is no export function to a csv, or txt file which would have been very helpful.

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