Published by Jaime Stokes on 2021-05-13
What is Book Crawler?
Book Crawler is a mobile app designed for book lovers who want to keep track of their book collection, avoid buying books they already own, and find out if a book is available at their local library. The app allows users to upload their entire book collection into one easy-to-manage library cataloging database. It also provides users with the ability to share and discuss books with others near them, view Goodreads reviews, and purchase books through iBooks.
1. With Book Crawler, you finally have a way to quickly and accurately upload your entire book collection into one easy-to-manage library cataloging database! Adding new books to your database is simple and fast with the ISBN barcode scanner or manual number search.
2. New features and improvements are continuously added to make Book Crawler the most useful book cataloging database available! We make every effort to provide expedient and personalized customer service, should you have a question or issue.
3. Title, author, publisher, copyright, cover art, summaries, Goodreads ® reviews, and local library location/availability are automatically generated when you enter a book.
4. Note: Book Crawler is not an e-Reader and does not allow you to read books.
5. Established in 2009, Book Crawler has been supported and updated based off of continuous user feedback.
6. Sort and search your library collection with selected or custom parameters to quickly categorize or navigate your entries for quick recall.
7. Powered by OCLC WorldCat ®, locate books and know their availability at a selected library.
8. *Upload books using integrated ISBN barcode scanner.
9. World’s first location-aware app helps you share and discuss books with others near you.
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Or follow the guide below to use on PC:
Select Windows version:
Install Book Crawler app on your Windows in 4 steps below:
Download a Compatible APK for PC
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Get APK for PC → | Jaime Stokes | 4.14 | 7.7 |
Get Book Crawler on Apple macOS
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Get Free on Mac | Jaime Stokes | 469 | 4.14 |
Download on Android: Download Android
- ISBN barcode scanner or manual number search for adding new books
- Automatically generated book information such as title, author, publisher, copyright, cover art, summaries, Goodreads reviews, and local library location/availability
- Location-aware app that helps users share and discuss books with others near them
- Powered by OCLC WorldCat, locate books and know their availability at a selected library
- Sort and search library collection with selected or custom parameters
- Supports ASIN format for logging Amazon Kindle e-books
- Link to favorite e-Book reader to read digital copies
- Smart Collection function allows users to customize sorting and searches based on rules they set
- Share favorite books via Twitter, Facebook, & Goodreads; or by emailing them to friends
- Detailed in-app and developer website user guide
- Continuously updated with new features and improvements
- Proven performance: currently supporting users with 10,000+ book entries
- Harness the power of Google Books to support searches, book summaries, and downloadable cover artwork
- View what others around you are reading and partake in discussions using the new Community feature
- View/Post Goodreads reviews for your books, and download your library
- Purchase books through iBooks
- Locate books available for checkout at nearby libraries; Featured Partnership with OCLC WorldCat
- Use Dropbox service or email to import CSV and SQLite files
- Enter multiple books by author or multiple authors for a book
- Sort and view database by title, author, copyright, date, decimal, genre, collection, rating, if read/when, ownership status, media format, series information, loan status, price, or customizable fields.
- Advanced searching and sorting capabilities, suitable for large multi-genre collections and past reads
- Can search local libraries for hard-to-find books and show Goodreads reviews
- Easy to use and includes a picture and summary of each book
- Allows for adding information on the book being part of a series
- Can keep a backup in Dropbox to avoid data loss
- Requires backups which take a long time and seem to be wasteful of data transmission requirements
- The database on the iPhone does not synchronize with the Dropbox file, requiring multiple uploads and downloads
- The 3-D effect on the book picture when selected is unnecessary and looks dumb
- Not suitable for cataloguing old, small press, and rare books
Most Powerful Book Database App!
Exceedingly handy to keep track of books and avoid buying duplicates
A bit clunky...
Book Crawler