Get product info from barcodes--home inventory

Q: Translate barcodes to full product info. Where/what are products, databases, or services (including online) that can take barcodes, original or in ASCII digits form, and return product info, rather than just barcode images? Background/explanation: I am inventorying home items, especially hundreds of books, through a WASP barcode reader on my PC. This creates a text file of EAN, UPC etc barcodes in lines of 13 or 18 ASCII digits. If I stick this in a safety deposit box at my financial institution and then there%26#39;s a fire which wipes out my home, theoretically I have a way of listing what I had. This would also be useful just to look through what I have. But first this list, in this initial ASCII form, has to be translated from ASCII %26quot;barcodes%26quot; to useful form. E.g. surely somewhere, somehow there is a way to translate a given barcode into at least the publication info often found on what may be the %26quot;frontspiece%26quot;; viz., the left-hand page with title, ISBN/ISSN, author(s), keywords, LOC number, etc. That%26#39;s precisely why I%26#39;m doing this, as entering all this manually is too much to do. Google searches such as %26quot;translating barcodes%26quot; or %26quot;barcode to product%26quot; only turn up software, products, etc. that read a barcode and make an image--of the barcode itself. Again, what is/are product(s) and/or service(s) to go from barcode to product info? Without such, the barcode itself is useless. (Doing this via ISBN should be possible too, but that is almost another question. I expect by answering barcode to product info one should get a start on ISBN to book info, for those books that have no barcode but have ISBN. Again, that is a separate question). Thanks in advance.
Hi merlin_ch_goo, There are two programs that will make your project a whole lot easier - the hardest task will be choosing which one to get. %26quot;Book Collector%26quot; and %26quot;ReaderWare%26quot; (both cost about $40) will let you scan the barcode and will automatically generate a database of your books. Not only will they make an inventory of your books including title, author, etc., they will even grab an image of the dustjacket if available. If a book doesn%26#39;t have a barcode, you will be able to enter the ISBN number and get the same results. ReaderWare 2.0 Overview: %26quot;Readerware is the tool for book lovers, collectors, researchers, anyone who has to catalog and maintain a library. Easy to use yet powerful enough to manage the largest collections. Readerware is a book lovers dream come true. It includes: * Auto-Catalog - Readerware can search the internet and automatically catalog the books you own. There is no simpler way of cataloging your library. It eliminates the chore of manual data entry. * Cover art support - Readerware can automatically extract cover art from web sites and add the images to your database. You can also scan in your own images. * Bar code reader support - Literally catalog a book at the swipe of a bar code wand.%26quot; %26quot;Download Readerware now for a free 30 day trial.%26quot; http://www.readerware.com/rwOvw.html %26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt; Book Collector catalogs your books in a database: * Catalog your book collection quickly and easily %26quot;Just scan the barcode or type the title and Book Collector will automatically add it to your book database.%26quot; http://www.collectorz.com/book/ %26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt; Additional Links: Bookaholic Solutions: Organizing Your Addiction: http://www.sfronline.com/articles/bookaholicsolutions.htm The Book Scanning Project: http://isbntools.com/ Bar codes in the Used-Book Business http://www.ioba.org/newsletter/V12/IOBANL-BarCodes-8-03.php BarCode 1 Universal Product Code (UPC) and EAN Article Numbering Code (EAN) Page http://www.adams1.com/pub/russadam/upccode.html UPC Database Entry: http://www.upcdatabase.com/ UPC Lookup: http://www.schworak.com/upc/ Need the U.P.C. Database? http://www.glondon.com/upcdatabase.html Abebooks HomeBase: free book inventory software: http://www.abebooks.com/docs/homebase/HB23Information.shtml I hope you enjoy reading about the software - if you have any questions, please post a clarification request before closing/rating my answer and I%26#39;ll be happy to respond. Thank you, hummer Google Search Terms Used: %26quot;bar codes%26quot; books