Ross Hendry

Book metadata is still awful

A screenshot of an android app after scanning a book barcode. The title includes a summary, and the summary is a review

Here we are in 2026 and the seemingly simple goal of finding a mobile app to scan books, find decent metadata, and create a collection is still too difficult.

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  1. reply from Ross Hendry
    I just want a simple way to catalogue my book collection that I can self host. I might be able to do it with ryot and some scripts.