Comments on: Search your bookshelf with a $65 barcode scanner http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/scan-and-search-books/ neat fun stuff Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: TJay http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/scan-and-search-books/#comment-477236 TJay Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:52:14 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2602#comment-477236 This would be a great app to create a record of a cd or dvd collection. Just scan in the bardcode, create the list and sent to a pc via email.. or even better, a record keeping wesite. This would be a great app to create a record of a cd or dvd collection. Just scan in the bardcode, create the list and sent to a pc via email.. or even better, a record keeping wesite.

]]> By: DE. Utomo http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/scan-and-search-books/#comment-389984 DE. Utomo Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:05:43 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2602#comment-389984 This is awesome ! I can search the text of book I want in my private library just by scanning bar codes? Thanks for the pos Matt! This is awesome ! I can search the text of book I want in my private library just by scanning bar codes? Thanks for the pos Matt!

]]> By: Carlos http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/scan-and-search-books/#comment-388732 Carlos Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:44:37 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2602#comment-388732 "The aim of Google Books is to help you discover books and learn where to buy or borrow them, not read them online from start to finish." It would be super awesome if we could log onto Amazon, Abebooks, ebay, etc and have them send you folks a list of books that we've purchased from them. If we can prove that we've purchased the books then there's no reason why we shouldn't have full access to those books in our Google Books library. Well...unless we resold them or gave them away...which people would be more inclined to do...which would violate copyright. So it's possible to practically prove that we've purchased a book (at least from major online book stores), but impossible to practically prove that we currently own that book. Darn it. I rarely reread novels but it would be really helpful for reference books that I frequently need to reference. “The aim of Google Books is to help you discover books and learn where to buy or borrow them, not read them online from start to finish.”

It would be super awesome if we could log onto Amazon, Abebooks, ebay, etc and have them send you folks a list of books that we’ve purchased from them. If we can prove that we’ve purchased the books then there’s no reason why we shouldn’t have full access to those books in our Google Books library. Well…unless we resold them or gave them away…which people would be more inclined to do…which would violate copyright.

So it’s possible to practically prove that we’ve purchased a book (at least from major online book stores), but impossible to practically prove that we currently own that book. Darn it. I rarely reread novels but it would be really helpful for reference books that I frequently need to reference.

]]> By: Jim Brock http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/scan-and-search-books/#comment-377881 Jim Brock Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:33:50 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2602#comment-377881 This is great! We're creating a small library for a college prep school in Santa Cruz, and are using a bar code scanner to get all of our books online through Google Books. The entire school will be able to search our library, and we can export the titles to make check-out cards. BUT after 90 minutes of scanning and checking, we're getting throttled because they think we're using automated queries. Can you help? Thanks! This is great! We’re creating a small library for a college prep school in Santa Cruz, and are using a bar code scanner to get all of our books online through Google Books. The entire school will be able to search our library, and we can export the titles to make check-out cards.

BUT after 90 minutes of scanning and checking, we’re getting throttled because they think we’re using automated queries.

Can you help?

Thanks!

]]> By: Greg http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/scan-and-search-books/#comment-368691 Greg Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:06:32 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2602#comment-368691 Fantastic post. This is going to revolutionize our company's library. I do, however, have one question: Does anyone have recommendations for adding books to My Library that do <strong>not</strong> have ISBN numbers? Several of the titles are older educational workbooks that don't have ISBN #s. Thanks! Fantastic post. This is going to revolutionize our company’s library. I do, however, have one question:

Does anyone have recommendations for adding books to My Library that do not have ISBN numbers?

Several of the titles are older educational workbooks that don’t have ISBN #s. Thanks!

]]> By: Curtis http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/scan-and-search-books/#comment-361305 Curtis Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:49:25 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2602#comment-361305 COOOOOOL tip. Thank you Matt. COOOOOOL tip. Thank you Matt.

]]> By: Grace Alexander http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/scan-and-search-books/#comment-359518 Grace Alexander Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:08:05 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2602#comment-359518 Completely evil here, and I apologize for that - but isn't there some sort of liability here if simply scaning the bar code can bring up the text for you? What's to stop people from scaning barcodes at all their friends' houses - or even better yet, waltzing into a book store and discretely zapping all the codes of the books they've been wanting? Just saying.... :P Completely evil here, and I apologize for that – but isn’t there some sort of liability here if simply scaning the bar code can bring up the text for you? What’s to stop people from scaning barcodes at all their friends’ houses – or even better yet, waltzing into a book store and discretely zapping all the codes of the books they’ve been wanting?

Just saying…. :P

]]> By: Tom HD http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/scan-and-search-books/#comment-352111 Tom HD Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:37:15 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2602#comment-352111 Great idea. I wish I had this a couple of years ago when I ran a online bookstore through Amazon. It would have helped with the inventory nightmare. Great idea. I wish I had this a couple of years ago when I ran a online bookstore through Amazon. It would have helped with the inventory nightmare.

]]> By: Justin Gray http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/scan-and-search-books/#comment-347072 Justin Gray Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:48:01 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2602#comment-347072 This is really neat. Now I just want to get my hands on the new Google Wave application. This is really neat. Now I just want to get my hands on the new Google Wave application.

]]> By: Kevin Lam http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/scan-and-search-books/#comment-345439 Kevin Lam Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:41:20 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2602#comment-345439 Now that's pretty cool. At first, I thought I could just do a search on Google, but then again, I don't always get it. There are times I want to quote a book and I just simply can't remember what page. This would mainly be the reason why I'd need this scanner for. I'll definitely have to get a hold of this thing soon. Now that’s pretty cool. At first, I thought I could just do a search on Google, but then again, I don’t always get it. There are times I want to quote a book and I just simply can’t remember what page. This would mainly be the reason why I’d need this scanner for. I’ll definitely have to get a hold of this thing soon.

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