Shelf Life – Suboptimist

I’ve been working on something new. Shelf Life is a personal library that makes a home collection easy to browse, easy to search, and easy to share.

Keep track of what’s on (and off) your bookshelf.

A 100-book library in the Shelf Life Mac app

Start with the shelf you already have

Add one title, import a list, or photograph a bookshelf. Shelf Life matches likely titles, authors, genres, and covers, then lets you review the results. Keep future reads organized in the wishlist while you’re at it.

Adding books from a photo, file, or title in Shelf Life — Add from a photo, file, or title.

Wishlist folders in Shelf Life — Add from a photo, file, or title.

Lending without the loose ends

See borrowing requests with the title, author, cover, and requester together. Friends can share their own libraries too, so browsing, requesting, lending, and returning stay connected on both sides.

Detailed lending requests in Shelf Life — Requests that tell you what you need to know.

Browsing a friend’s shared library in Shelf Life — Requests that tell you what you need to know.

Coming soon

Shelf Life is being built for Mac and the browser, with the same library kept in step between them. It’s getting its final polish now. More soon.