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Book Vs. Scanner
Unfortunately, when you assume that technology is going to solve all your problems, the usual result is that it is actually only part of the answer. In this case, it turned out that the ISBN numbers that were being read by the scanner were a bit different in the older volumes -- 13 numerals instead of 10 -- and we're not even talking about books old enough not to even have bar codes on the covers. In other words, technology when applied to the printed page has its limitations -- and I'd run straight into them. This wasn't the case, of course, with the more recent music CDs and film DVDs, which worked quite nicely with the scanner/software combination. But those of us who deal with technology on a day-to-day basis tend to sometimes forget that not everything has a technological solution. So while I may still try to organize my book collection, there's a good chance I'm going to have to do it the old-fashioned way -- by pulling out each book and noting its title, author, etc. Of course, typing it into a spreadsheet couldn't hurt either.... « A Frustrating Couple Of Days For A New Mac User | Main | Would You Use A Virus Writer's Antivirus Patch? » |
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