collecting software recomendations?

[joemad]

i've only tried collectorz.com's "comic collector", are there any better programs out there?

[garthgantu]

I use Excel, plain and simple. Kind of a bare-bones approach, but it serves my needs nicely, and building value graphs reflecting price guide shifts over multiple years, for individual books or entire title runs, or just books in a given condition, is quite entertaining and informative in some cases...

 

Welcome to the boards!

[blowout]

Comicbase is pretty good, but a tad expensive. Really depends on how many books you have and how extensive and flexible a database you need.

[fiendish]

Ditto Excel for one reason: portability. I picked up a Dell Axim [plug] for the specific purpose of keeping my collection on it, so I can refer to it at shows and LCSs. Prior to that (years ago), I had a plastic box of 4x6 index cards, one card per title, 15 issues per row.

 

As my collection grew, so did my backache, lugging my stupid "database" around.