LibraryThing and the redundant barcode scanner

A while back I wrote about how good it was to use a barcode scanner to add books to LibraryThing. But now that I have finished cataloguing all my books the scanner has become somewhat redundant. From this experience I now recommend you either:

1. get a cheap barcode scanner like CueCat, or;
2. make sure you have a use for the scanner afterwards (like starting a lending library for an extensive reading course)

Even though I have continued to buy and add new books to my library I have found it easier now to enter them manually. The occasional purchase does not warrant the amount of effort it takes to plug the scanner in to the computer when typing the ISBN in is not as tedious as doing this for, say, 1,500-plus books.