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Tools for book collectors
Identify, check and track your books. Every tool is free and works in your browser, on a phone at a book fair or at home with the book in your hands.
Value checkerIs my book valuable?Find your book, check the printing and the condition, and see what it could be worth.
At a book fair?Book scanner and ISBN lookupScan a barcode to see the edition, whether it is a first and what it is worth.
Book club or trade?Book club edition checkerAnswer a few questions about the jacket, boards and copyright page and get a verdict.
Which printing?Number line decoderType the row of numbers from the copyright page to find the printing and year.
Sprayed edges?Special editions finderTell FairyLoot, Illumicrate, Waterstones and deluxe editions apart.
Your shelvesCollection tracker and importTrack every book you own, import from Goodreads and see what it is worth.
What does it mean?Collecting glossaryPrice-clipped, foxing, points of issue and 60 more terms in plain English.
Where to start
Scan the barcode first: it finds the edition. Then check the printing with the number line decoder or the points on the edition's page, rule out a book club edition, and grade the book and jacket. Our guide to identifying a first edition walks through each step.