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Books, CD's, & Music CD's Barcode reader software needed

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by mrherrera 3 views

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We have a ton of books, music CD's, and software. Most of them have barcodes put on by the manufacturer. I want to find a good, inexpensive, preferably free, software product that will read the barcodes and do something like an inventory. I have sometimes purchased a book or music CD twice because I forgot I already had it. I have a handheld barcode scanner and barcode printer I bought on eBay. Thanks.

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by robo_dev

The barcode is just a number.

The barcode scanner could enter into a spreadsheet or simple database the UPC or ISBN number, but what you would have would be a long list of numbers. You could not easily determine if you owned a title, unless you knew these numbers by heart.

You would need to buy or create a database system which contains a complete listing of millions of book and music titles, along with the UPC and ISBN data used by book and music publishers.

Basically you would have to create and/or buy a computerized record-store inventory system AND a computerized bookstore inventory control system. I would estimate these two systems would cost at least $5,000 USD.

Do a google search on Record store inventory software and book store inventory software.

If you really have such an extensive collection, then it may be cheaper and simpler to hire a librarian.

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