Book Burro (Firefox Extension)
August 11, 2008
This one is only for those of us using the Firefox Browser. (For those who aren’t, it’s an Internet Explorer alternative, it’s on your computer, and it’s great, especially because it can help you do things like this.) Book Burro is a Firefox extension for book lovers. Whenever Book Burro senses that you are on a page about a book, a little yellow box pops up telling you the price for that book on several online bookstores, as well as, its location in the libraries closest to you. I’ve only noticed the yellow box pop-up on its own when I do Amazon searches, but that’s not a problem, because if it doesn’t pop up, you simply select the ISBN number, right click and choose “Book Burro Search” from the menu.
To install it, go to the Book Burro home page, and click install. Restart your browser when it prompts you. When your browser opens, go to tools>add-ons select Book Burro, then preferences. Watch the video below to see me go through the process. Under the “WorldCat” tab, type in your zip code so that it knows the nearest libraries to you. Then click ok, and you should be set. You can also watch a video of the process. As always, if you’d like any help, let me know.

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Kathy | August 12, 2008 at 8:58 pm
I’m going to install this on my computer at home tonight! It looks really cool. (Like I really really need anything that might suggest I buy any more books.)
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fletch | August 21, 2008 at 7:50 pm
My sister has something like this on her Mac, only it comes with bar code scanner so you can catalog your own collection. It searches all the typical sites for matches including LC, Amazon usa, uk, and many others. The scanner has a buffer so you can walk around and scan then download to your machine when done. Pretty neat.
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Andrea | August 21, 2008 at 7:54 pm
John and I had to get a barcode scanner when we cataloged all of our books with LibraryThing. They can be super useful.