iBookshelf

iBookshelf is an application for cataloging your book collection and designing bookshelves based for it. Written in C#/Mono using the Gtk# graphical toolkit. This project is specifically an experiment in computer aided design. If you are just looking for a working catalog application for your book collection, I suggest you take a look at Alexandria.

News
April 7, 2005 - Version 0.1.4 Released
March 16, 2005 - Version 0.1.3 Released
March 12, 2005 - Version 0.1.2 Released. Now depends on Gtk# 1.9.x
March 5, 2005 - Version 0.1.1 Released

Features

ISBN entry using CueCat, standard barcode scanner, or manual entry.
Automatic data fetch using Amazon web services
Manual book entry for non-catalogued books
Bookshelf design based on most efficient book order.

Dependencies
iBookshelf is written in C#, targetting Mono and Gtk#. The program should run on the MS.NET runtime provided you have the Gtk# libraries installed. I have tested it on Mono running on Linux and Windows. Other dependencies as follows:

Mono >= 1.0.4
Gtk# >= 1.9
libgdiplus >= 1.0.4 (your shit will crash if you don't meet this)

Installation
The new release now uses autotools for installation so you should be able to compile and install in the traditional manner. To unpack:

$ tar -xvzf ibookshelf-0.1.1.tar.gz
$ cd ibookshelf-0.1.1

Then to compile and install:

$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install

To run the program use the following command:

$ ibookshelf

That's it.

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