If you're doing a lot of books it may be worth getting Bookpedia ($18) and a CueCat scanner ($12 or so on ebay) -- completely unsolicited endorsement here - I got both before adding a few hundred books to BD and it was well worth it - now whenever a new book order comes in I just scan the barcodes then export from Bookpedia to BibTeX --> BibDesk.
Once you have your ISBNs in place, there's an Applescript at http://dfay.fastmail.fm/bibdesk/Open%20Google%20Book%20URL.scpt which will automatically add links to Google Books based on the ISBN. > Hi there, > > I'm a complete LaTex and Bibdesk Newbie, therefore perhaps a > question a > little stupid: I'd like to add the ISBN identifier to my cited books, > but although BibTex seems to support that, I'm not able to find a > field > in Bibdesk to enter the ISBN identifier... What's the problem? I've > got > type "book" set for my reference. You can add any field you like to your entries in BibDesk. You can either do it ad hoc with the little plus sign button in the lower left corner of an the entry window, or you can have it as default for an entry type with the Fields setting in the prefecerences. Note that it entirely depends on the bibtex style whether the ISBN number is actually printed in your LaTeX document. Most styles wont print it by default (and to be honest, I very rarely see printed bibliographies where the ISBN number is included). Simon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
