At 12:00 PM 1/3/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>I was just looking for the book of Henry Chinaski's
early years, to
>recommend it. Ham on Rye, correct? I see someone has
stolen my copy
>or failed to
>return it--maddening!
At one point, I had this problem as well. Fortunately, a
couple of Christmases ago, my niece gave me "Your Home
Library" which is from the New York Public Library and
published by Running Press. It is based on Filemaker
software, but is much simpler than standard Filemaker because
everything is already set up. All you have to do is key in
the data. It allows me to keep track of all my books,
including a place where I can list to whom and when a book
was lent. It also allows me to keep track of my library's
value.
In turn, I bought Filemaker Pro to keep track of all my short
stories, CDs, Old-Time Radio shows. So when anything goes out
of this house (even if *I* take it out), I have a record of
where it went and who took it. It's especially valuable in
keeping track of where my short stories are located. As I am
slowly but surely collecting copies of original stories in
magazines like Smart Set, Detective Fiction Weekly, and many
others (as I find libraries which have the particular issues)
these individual copies have a tendency to get "lost" in the
mix but I now have some handle on where certain items
are.
I am not affiliated with anyone who sells any of these
products. Just offering *a* solution for what can be an
irritating problem.
Bill Harker
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