Digital book cataloger

Question

Books

Is there a program in nature for collecting several dozen GB of digital books into a catalog (it’s not correct to call them electronic, in my opinion), which would be able to do the following:

• walk around the computer and knock all pdf, djvu, fb2 and other txt into the database, isolating (if any) various information from the file name or from the file itself;
• would have a tag system similar to GMail, but + with nested tags (as in Evernote). For sorting by folders does not deliver any convenience: for example, there is a book "Robin Nixon - Building Dynamic Websites with PHP, MySQL and JavaScript 2011.djvu". It would be quite logical to label it “Web development”, “PHP”, “MySQL”, “SQL”, “JavaScript”, “AJAX”, add Robin Nixon to the list of authors, and mark that this particular file is revisions 2011. Automatic assignment of tags for keywords is generally gorgeous;
• would allow group operations on the collection (like assigning 5 tags to 897348 books);
• could somehow put the file collection in order (automatic renaming, sorting by folders);
• would make it possible to specify a folder or group of files as one book (if it is divided into parts or if it is a copy of the site at all).

Preferably for Windows.

Answer 1

I am using the WhereIsIt cataloger. He really doesn’t load the book into the database, but I like it. Those. I make some disk archive. Each book is in its own folder, next to it I put a cover image and a text file with a brief description (title, year, introduction, etc.). Then I scan this directory with the WhereIsIt program and disconnect the disk for further storage. All information about the files will be in the catalog, covers and descriptions will be uploaded to the catalog. And there is already a tagging system, etc.

Answer 2

There are two of our projects in Runet, which may suit you. The first is the All My Books book cataloger and the second is the Booknizer book cataloger . Both programs are for Windows and work with e-books. The functionality is similar, but there are nuances in the interface and approach to organizing books.

Answer 3

Zotero is good for cataloging anything, but especially articles. I did not operate with hundreds of thousands of records, but it copes with dozens perfectly.

Answer 4

I recommend Caliber - free, open source, cross-platform.

Answer 5

Bundle FBD Maker + Myhomelib

Answer 6

Mendeley. Extracts metadata from PDF, uses filenames, everything else is manual. It is possible to bind a group of files to a single directory entry. Tags, automatic renaming.

Answer 7

I have been using the ELIBRARY999 program to manage my home library of e-books for a number of years .
At the moment, in the book library:
- over 4000 DJVU and PDF books with a total volume of about 23 gigabytes.
The program differs from analogues in many respects, but I will note three:
- book files are stored by the program in folders. ELIBRARY999 manages the contents of folders, limiting the size of each folder to the size of the DVD. This is handy when making DVD copies
- ELIBRARY999 provides the ability to keep track of and filter books in your library using Library Classifier Codes. I have loaded about 700 LBC codes into my Classifier, assigned codes to my books, and now I have the pleasure of filtering my books into LBC topics and hierarchy.
- ELIBRARY999 is written in Java and uses Java Web Start technology to run.
This means that it does not have a traditional EXE module. It is downloaded when you connect to the Internet in a special area called Java Cache on your computer. There it is stored and launched by a desktop shortcut or from the Start menu, regardless of the presence of the Internet.
In addition, you do not need to keep track of program updates. Web Start technology provides automatic updates of the program in the background when the computer is connected to the Internet.
The program is distributed free of charge and is available for download at
https://elibrary999.java.net/ru/download.html