And just because it isn’t updated doesn’t take away from how valuable this can be to some individuals. We’ve written about plenty of programs in the past that haven’t been updated in years, yet still serve a valuable purpose.

It’s like saying that if we stop writing on our site it will instantly become dead because it’s not being updated. That’s not the case at all. We still have a lot of past articles and reviews that people will find useful for years to come.

Just because it hasn’t been worked on in a few months doesn’t mean that it is totally abandoned. The developers obviously weren’t trying to make a lot of money off of the software, and I don’t think you can really complain when you didn’t have to fork anything over for it.

With all due respect, Ryan, it hasn’t been worked on for A LOT of months. More important and more discouraging is the apparent total lack of response to any questions posted on their support forum. I’m not blaming them – it’s their choice – maybe they went to the beach. I just think that it’s too bad – Libra a neat package with some innovative ideas.

I disagree as to their trying to make money. Yes, we all get the software for free. But they are (or were) a successful commercial enterprise with a track record of which they seem (justly) proud. As they have stated in their documentation they are/were trying a new business model – generating revenue from Amazon adwords. That’s why the application only goes to Amazon for data. I’m not complaining and I’m happy to have the software. But the inference that the authors were contributing their work for the “greater good” and therefore I should just be thankful (and quiet) is not correct. I think they were hoping to make a whole LOT of money. I hope they do!

Do your homework, Ryan.

Has it escaped everyone’s notice (including Ryan) that regardless that this application has much interesting potential it seems to have “died on the vine”? There is no evidence that it has been supported or that the authors have even acknowledged any questions for many months.

Just because it hasn’t been worked on in a few months doesn’t mean that it is totally abandoned. The developers obviously weren’t trying to make a lot of money off of the software, and I don’t think you can really complain when you didn’t have to fork anything over for it.

I don’t know much about working with bar codes but would be grateful to anyone who could point me towards a way to input my collections as Libra would if it worked better or if I could get a few questions answered about its’ implementation.

Another one using Ant Movie Catalog here Would be nice if all of these apps would support easy exporting/importing so you could switch easily.

It would be nice if all applications worked that way, but I don’t think that will ever be the case.

Check out listal. It seems to be akin to Libra, and it’s web based. [listal.com]

Dkong, thank you so much; it looks exactly what I was looking for.

When downloading, I red couple of comments on cnet. Someone says that Libra is a Spyware. Is there a way to find out if it is an Spyware? Or has anybody heard about this? Or is it the ONLY bad comment about it?

I’ve got both Windows Defender and Eset Security Suite running, neither of which flagged the software as spyware.

This looks like a very nice application, but I assume that it uses a local database file, so it’ll probably not very well across multiple computers (please correct me if I’m wrong). I wish there were something like this only Web-based.

Check out listal. It seems to be akin to Libra, and it’s web based.

[listal.com]

A problem I’m often experiencing though, and it also goes for Libra: it’s difficult to find programs that are also useful to non-English speaking people. I have a lot of Dutch books, which cannot be found on the Amazon sites. Collectorz is good for this, as it also searches library sites, including the Dutch national library. As a result I don’t have to add many books manually.