Re: Books, books, and more CdL books...

So.. as i am gradually cataloging my library online, i came across an interesting fact.  Charles de Lint is the 4th! most popular author as far as number of works. 

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Zefariath. I should have known, but it's still surprising to see it in numbers.

If i went by number of physical books, he would be 3rd, as there are a some limited editions, i haven't been able to enter into the system, and it doesn't seem to count multiple copies of the same book unless i enter each separately. The first 3 are all Manga authors, which scarily shows how my manga passion has grown exponentially recently.

I know there are many books... well mostly the chapbooks that he puts out each year, that I am still missing. Also i am not fortunate to have been able to always buy a copy of the trade, limited, and lettered copy of a book when subterranean press  (www.subterraneanpress.com) puts them out, in earlier years I consoled myself with just the trade edition.

Still have about 500+ books to go. the last bits of hardcover fiction, and then a couple of bookcases of various nonfiction books in all sorts of categories. (Plus all the books I've been shoving aside because i couldn't easily catalog them (no isbn, etc.)

After this undertaking is completed... comes DVDs / Blu-Ray Discs / HDDVDs . I do need to find a good way to catalog those too. In both book, and movie my library has gotten to the point where i cannot keep the entire list in mind, resulting in more than one accidental duplicate purchase !

What do other folks do, (who have large collections) to avoid this problem ?

Fox