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Delicious Library vs Readerware

December 30, 2025
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Delicious Library
Catalog your books, movies, music, software, toys, tools, electronics, & video games. Import all your stuff onto your digital shelves using your Mac’s iSight webcam, our wireless barcode scanner, or your keyboard.
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Readerware
Library management program for Windows/Mac/Linux with mobile apps for iOS and Android. It allows to enter a list of ISBNs, LCCNs or scanned barcodes, then automatically searches the internet and downloads book information, including cover images. The program can combine information from multiple websites to create the most comprehensive database. The built-in search allows to filter books by Author, Title, ISBN and Category. Search results are displayed in an easy-to-read, customizable table, tree or thumbnail view. You can easily manage your database, categorize your collection, assign ratings and add custom database fields. Readerware includes built-in book lending tracker to register book issues and returns, search and print list of books currently on loan and expired. The program discontinued.
Delicious Library vs Readerware in our news:

2020. Mac-based eBook management software Delicious Library 3.9 limits Amazon update fields



Delicious Library developers say that Amazon has replaced their current “Product Advertising” (version 4) interface - which the program uses to download all information when you scan items into your library. Unfortunately version 5, currently doesn't support all the functionality of version 4: editorial reviews, similar items, customer ratings, track lists (music), minutes (music & movie), series (books) and deweyDecimal are not yet in version 5 and Amazon has made no promise they'll be back. Amazon is now returning some authors last-name-first, like "Asimov, Isaac," so DL modified sorting by author so it recognizes this and sorts correctly (eg, still using last name first). Besides this, the new Delicious Library 3.9 has been updated for Catalina and can now recognize Kindle books as books. Developers also fixed a drawing bug where the ratings widget on the Details popover pane could look like it was always five stars on Mojave and above, fixed an interaction bug where scrolling down to during a Search wouldn't always trigger an Amazon lookup of the search terms. Mostly empty items with only a category (Book, Video, etc) and a title now look up correctly only in the right category.


2004. Delicious Library - a new book library software for Mac



Delicious Library is a new digital asset management software for Mac OS X that allows you to track and organize your physical book collections. When you first open the application, Delicious Library provides a sample library to start with. Delicious has relatively simple preferences, though you can disable the audio settings (which is advisable if you plan to scan a large number of books). By default, Delicious will display your iTunes books and audiobooks. All you need to do is enter a keyword to search for a book. Delicious Library will fetch the image and metadata. If you have a USB or Bluetooth barcode scanner, you can use it to scan item barcodes. Delicious Library also allows you to scan barcodes using your computer’s built-in iSight camera. While it functions quite effectively, you can also manually input ISBNs. Delicious Library automatically retrieves metadata, such as summaries. If you are uncertain about the edition of the book, you can click "More Info" to view it on Amazon. Once you have added it, you can also include your own review or rating.

Author: Maria Lin
Maria Lin, is a seasoned content writer who has contributed to numerous tech portals, including Mashable and bookrunch, as a guest author. She holds a Master's degree in Journalism from the University of California, where her research predominantly concentrated on mobile apps, software, AI and cloud services. With a deep passion for reading, Maria is particularly drawn to the intersection of technology and books, making book tech a subject of great interest to her. During her leisure time, she indulges in her love for cooking and finds solace in a good night's sleep. You can contact Maria Lin via email maria@bookrunch.com