November 17, 2017, 8:22 AM

It was at this moment that the idea that would become ExLibris was born.

My collection was progressing slowly and I was sorting and comparing duplicates before an exchange. That's when I noticed a variant on the french title L'Héritage de Vashna (The Legacy of Vashna), so-called V2 edition from the late 90s. Indeed, one had the name of the collection in gold and the other in blue. The next moment, I was rummaging through the boxes to find other variants; La Guerre des Runes (Rune war) appeared. And from there, the fateful question in the LDVELH-Québec group:

The observation

My friend Patof's response revealed a common problem for collectors: finding accurate and complete information. From this observation, ExLibris.to's mission was born: "To become the reference for information on game books and fantasy literature."

The draft

I quickly set up a collaborative file so that community members could browse their collection and add their findings. In a few days, the document was well-filled and would have lived for four years before being revised and clarified. Today, this document was a source of information for populating the ExLibris database.

Today

Five years later, the ExLibris beta is taking shape. It took a lot of thought, input, and, it must be said, money to build a solid and flexible platform to host this project.

Happy searching!

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