Sophie Michaud
Founder of Plumerie
Sophie Michaud is the founder, developer, and designer of Plumerie — a personal library app for readers who share. Based in Helsinki, Finland, she builds Plumerie independently with a focus on intentional reading: read what you own, borrow before you buy, and share freely.
Sophie writes about home libraries, book organization, and the culture of reading physical books. Her writing covers everything from how to start a home library to the best book scanning apps.
Home Library
- Personal Library Kit: What You Actually Need (and What You Don't)
April 13, 2026
You don't need to buy a personal library kit. You need a shelf, a system, and about fifteen minutes…
- Books in Every Room: The Case for a Whole-Home Library
April 12, 2026
Your library doesn't live on one shelf. It lives in the stack by your bed, the cookbook shelf in the…
- Personal Library Embosser vs Stamp: Which Is Better?
April 5, 2026
A library embosser presses a raised seal into the page. A stamp uses ink. Both mark a book as yours…
- How to Share a Home Library with Your Family
April 3, 2026
Most book management apps assume one library belongs to one person. But in a household, books belong…
- Home Library Ideas: From One Shelf to a Whole Room
April 1, 2026
A home library doesn't require a dedicated room. It starts wherever your books are — a hallway shelf…
- Book Labels for Your Personal Library: Do You Need Them?
March 24, 2026
Book labels mark your books as yours and help with organization — especially if you lend frequently…
- What Is a Personal Library?
March 20, 2026
A personal library is a private book collection organized for actual use — not just books on shelves…
- Personal Library Stamp: What It Is and Do You Need One?
March 18, 2026
A personal library stamp marks your books as yours — useful if you lend frequently or just like the…
- How to Start a Home Library
March 12, 2026
You don't need a dedicated room or matching shelves. Here's how to build a home library from what yo…
- How Many Books Make a Library?
March 11, 2026
There's no official threshold, but 1,000 books is a number often cited informally as the point where…
Organize Your Books
- How to Organize a Children's Book Collection
April 14, 2026
Children's books multiply. They arrive as gifts, from school book fairs, and from well-meaning relat…
- Plumerie vs LibraryThing: Modern Library Management for Your Home
April 10, 2026
LibraryThing is the gold standard for book metadata depth. Plumerie is the modern alternative for pe…
- How to Move Your Library from Goodreads (or LibraryThing, or a Spreadsheet)
April 8, 2026
Your Goodreads data is portable. Here's how to export it and move to something that works better for…
- The Best Book Catalog Apps in 2026
April 6, 2026
A book catalog app turns your physical collection into a searchable digital library. The best one de…
- How to Make a Book Inventory at Home
March 28, 2026
A book inventory is a complete count of every book you own, where it is, and what condition it's in.…
- How to Organize Books by Series
March 26, 2026
Series books need their own system — one that keeps volumes together, in order, and makes it obvious…
- How to Organize a Home Library: By Genre, Author, Color, and More
March 22, 2026
There's no single right way to organize a home library — but some methods are much more practical th…
- Best Book Organizer Apps for Your Home Library
March 19, 2026
A book organizer app keeps your collection searchable and your lending trackable. Here's an honest l…
- How to Catalog Your Book Collection at Home
March 13, 2026
A step-by-step guide to building a home book catalog — what information to capture, how to organize…
Scan & Add Books
- Amazon Book Scanner Alternatives: Free Apps for Your Personal Library
April 4, 2026
Amazon's book scanning tools are built for resellers — they show prices and profit margins, not libr…
- ISBN Scanner: What It Is and How to Use One
March 31, 2026
An ISBN scanner reads the barcode on a book's back cover and instantly looks up its title, author, p…
- How to Scan Books with Your Phone
March 29, 2026
Yes, you can scan books with your phone — any phone with a camera. A barcode scanning app reads the…
- Book Barcode Scanner: Best Apps Compared
March 16, 2026
A book barcode scanner reads the ISBN on any book and pulls title, author, and cover automatically.…
- Best Book Scanner App: Free and Paid Options Compared
March 15, 2026
A book scanner app uses your phone camera to read ISBN barcodes and catalog your collection automati…
Reading & Tracking
- Plumerie vs Goodreads: What's Different and Who Each Is For
April 9, 2026
Goodreads is huge, social, and built for book discovery. Plumerie is smaller, independent, and built…
- Reading Log: How to Keep One (and Why You Should)
April 7, 2026
A reading log is a record of the books you've read — and, if you want, what you thought about them.…
- How to Track Your Reading (Without Goodreads)
April 2, 2026
Tracking your reading means keeping a record of what you've read, what you're reading now, and what…
- The Best Reading Tracker Apps for Physical Book Lovers
March 25, 2026
Most reading tracker apps are built for ebooks or social sharing. If you read physical books and wan…
- Goodreads vs StoryGraph vs Plumerie: Which Should You Use?
March 21, 2026
Goodreads, StoryGraph, and Plumerie solve different problems. Here's an honest breakdown of what eac…
- TBR List: What It Is and How to Actually Use One
March 14, 2026
TBR stands for 'to be read' — a list of books you want to read. Here's how to build a TBR list that'…
Lending & Borrowing
- How to Set Up a Lending Library Between Friends
April 11, 2026
A lending library between friends doesn't need a building. It needs a small group, a shared catalog,…
- What to Do When Someone Doesn't Return a Borrowed Book
March 30, 2026
You lent a book to a friend six months ago. You've thought about asking for it back fourteen times.…
- Book Lending App: The Best Tools for Lending Books to Friends
March 27, 2026
Lending books to friends is one of the best things about having a library. Getting them back is one…
- I Cataloged All 400 Books in My House. Here's What I Found
March 23, 2026
I finally scanned every book in my house — 400 of them across six rooms. It took one afternoon. Here…
- How to Keep Track of Books You've Lent Out
March 17, 2026
Most lent books never come back — not because people are dishonest, but because everyone forgets. He…
Product Updates
- Welcome to Plumerie
March 10, 2026
Plumerie is here — a personal library app for intentional readers who want to organize their books,…