I'm trying to transition from most webapps to desktop apps (partly due to pernicious overseas three-letter agencies), but I can't find any replacement for the book-managment site Goodreads.
I don't own any ebooks (my collection is paper-only), so from what I gather Calibri won't be much use to me; I want an app purely for cataloguing my book collection, though additional features are welcome.
Desired Features
The features that a suitable app might have (not all are strictly required):
- Ability to add and catagorise books.
- Access to that data, either directly or by exporting to json | md | xml.
- Metadata download from an online metadata API (amazon, goodreads).
- Book recommendations based on my collection.
- Gnome integration.
Do any suitable apps available for Linux? Any app even remotely converging on these features would be helpful.
I found a similar question, but it was more specifically about Greek language integration.
What Book-Library Organizing Programs are available?
If my question needs refinement or additional information please leave a comment below.
Thanks.
1 Answer
Tellico is the best!
Tellico capabilities include:
- creation of user-defined custom collections with unlimited fields,
- automatically formatted names,
- sorting and filtering by any field or property,
- ISBN validation,
- full customization for printing or display through XSLT files,
- import and export of CSV, RIS, BibTeX and BibTeXML files,
- import data from Amazon, IMDb, CDDB or any US-MARC compliant z39.50 server,
- tellico files are stored in XML format, avoiding the need for a database server, and allowing other software applications to use the data.
