Books - free, but not very friendly librarian

The fact that the book - a source of knowledge, we are told from childhood. Call for more reading. However, the reading will be more productive if you take notes, mark interesting thoughts, to capture ideas. Even better, if you have on hand will be a handy cataloguer of books read. For Mac there is a free program Books, Which is worth a look.

Books easiest to compare with iTunes. If the latter makes a convenient storage of songs and information about the songs, the same Books trying to make with regard to books.

It stores data on the read editions, you can group books in sheets. You can create "smart lists" - for example, it can be automatically updated list of books an author, genre, year of publication, etc.

Adding books is done, however, is not very convenient. The user must manually enter the part of the data (eg, ISBN, or title of the book). Then Books «associated» with the ISBN-server, the Library of Congress or Amazon store and loads the rest of the data - the author, genre, publisher, date of printing, cover. Tell the program to a CSV-file with the names to import the impossible.

If you often give to friends to read books, and they do not always return, the ability to keep records of who and what gave you please. Another useful feature - "attach" files to the descriptions - is useful in cases where you have an electronic version of the book.

Generally, the program too much shortcomings and outright errors (for example, if at the time you create a new sheet change your mind and press the Cancel, it will still be created), but given the status of a free Books, which can be claims? :)

Program Website: Books