1pwavery
I used Readerware many years ago and loved it. I have a new project now and started with the Readerware eval copy but cannot get any answer from them about upgrading. I guess they are out of business. So I am thinking to imporst a csv file to Library Thing and then keep adding. Any suggestions?
2bnielsen
>1 pwavery: How many books? How much detail do you want to preserve? I run a script that tells me about errors / omissions I've made when adding / editing my books. So fixing errors / omissions on say hundreds of books is feasible. (I recently added List_Price for a similar number of books and that was done one by one.)
Simple advice:
I think you should just try importing a bunch of books and see if it's kind of ok :-) Maybe create a collection for experimenting so it is easy to delete again if something goes amiss.
Simple advice:
I think you should just try importing a bunch of books and see if it's kind of ok :-) Maybe create a collection for experimenting so it is easy to delete again if something goes amiss.
3JimFarrington
Anyone have any experience çonverting a sizable readerware database (3000+ books) to Library Thing?
Also, can Library Thing extract a report or file to view on Andoid phone?
Also, can Library Thing extract a report or file to view on Andoid phone?
4AnnieMod
For the second question: We have exports in multiple formats: https://www.librarything.com/export.php
You can also install the app or open the site from the phone (as long as you have internet - no offline/downloaded option on the app).
You can also install the app or open the site from the phone (as long as you have internet - no offline/downloaded option on the app).
5paradoxosalpha
On an android phone, depending on what you're trying to achieve, it might make sense to export to a spreadsheet format and load that into google sheets.
6EAllynM
I have over 10,000 books cataloged in Readerware, nearly all classified via Dewey system. I want to export them from Readerware (defunct) and import them into LibraryThing without losing the Dewey numbers, or the publication information for books that have no ISBNs. Is it better to export as CSV or tab-delimited? Do I have to break up the files so that LibraryThing can handle them?
7ulmannc
>6 EAllynM: I had a home grown system (Access - hated it but it was all I had before I found LT).
As I recall, I created a little script that stuffed all the data into a field called "publication information" with my initials on the front of it. Every time I went to a book after I imported my library into LT my little housekeeping function was to cut and paste that info down into the private comments field.
Worked for me but that is just one person's way of getting the job done and not losing data. At the time I had about 5k entries in my file.
Why Access? I wanted something to maintain row integrity. I started with a spreadsheet and screwed things up more than once and didn't know it!! Besides, it was free and I knew just enough to get Access to do what I wanted.
As I said above, "Then I found LT!"
As I recall, I created a little script that stuffed all the data into a field called "publication information" with my initials on the front of it. Every time I went to a book after I imported my library into LT my little housekeeping function was to cut and paste that info down into the private comments field.
Worked for me but that is just one person's way of getting the job done and not losing data. At the time I had about 5k entries in my file.
Why Access? I wanted something to maintain row integrity. I started with a spreadsheet and screwed things up more than once and didn't know it!! Besides, it was free and I knew just enough to get Access to do what I wanted.
As I said above, "Then I found LT!"
