Version 8.0 build 6 (April 11, 2012) Improved Quick Search: - Now searches most text fields. Yes, including the Author field :-). - After a search, the search words are hilited in the Details Panel. - Improved performance: searches are much faster now. - Search happens automatically "as you type", no need to press enter. Fixed: - Edit Book: Width and Height labels were reversed - Link Books: selecting a search result would select the result above it - Details View: when clicking some local links they would not open - Sync Up To Connect: when page count was empty on Connect and '0' locally they would always show to be updated Version 8.0 build 5 (March 30, 2012) Fixed: - New or open(recent) database would crash the program Version 8.0 build 4 (March 29, 2012) Added: - Main Screen: - Total/Selected number of books now showing in status bar at the bottom Fixed: - Database preferences weren't saved - Add Books Automatically: - Multiple selections were not enabled - Edit Screen - Auto fill didn't work for all fields - author, creator and character drop down lists weren't sorted - Field Defaults now also use user field names - Edit Lists: - used count for Loaned To wasn't calculated properly - it wasn't possible to remove a Loaned To item - Main Screen: - it wasn't possible to remove a book from the tree - several bugs fixed in saving/restoring selection - folding on a creator would group on wrong creator - Connect Sync: checking/unchecking of multiple selected intended changes wasn't possible Version 8.0 build 3 (March 21, 2012) New: * New Field Names screen: set your own field names for the User Defined fields and rename all other fields to your own liking (Tools / Field Names). * Loan Manager screen: now has a search box to search your loan history. * Main Screen: - New direct editing of folder items from the right click menu of the tree. - Improved "remembering" of selection after adding/editing books - New Keyboard shortcuts: - shift + cmd + N: add new item - cmd + F: quick search - cmd + U: update selected items Fixed: - Edit Book: making an author name empty (as opposed to removing it), could cause a database problem, resulting in a program crash at start up. - Import V3 database: in rare cases the V3 database couldn't be imported - Main screen: - Changes to the font size were not remembered for the Details Panel. - Print option was always disabled in main menu - Update Automatically: Updating Books would clear Notes field Version 8.0 build 2 (March 9, 2012) New: - Main screen list and tree how show different icons for different book formats. Fixed: - Editing books: - Edit Book didn't work when dimensions units were set to inches (in Prefs) - When clicking "Next" or "Previous", discard warning appeared even if changes had not been made - Edit Multiple Books was always disabled when multiple books were selected - Add Automatically: - The popup stating that the book is already added to the collection was displayed even when adding a new book with the same title but a different ISBN - It was possible to add empty entries to the queue - Update automatically: - Covers were not re-downloaded when there already was a file link that was invalid - Edit Story: Lookup items weren't stored - Capitalization: words starting with a number (e.g. 2nd) were not correctly capitalized - Main screen: - The Classic Layout wasn't restored properly on startup - Double clicking the database file in finder started the program without columns showing - Main list could freeze when horizontally scrolling the columns - Edit Lists: - Some lookup items like Subject, User Lookup 1 and 2 could crash the Edit Lists functionality. - Column sizes are now being saved and restored Version 8.0 build 1 (March 6, 2012) Add Books Automatically: Faster, Better and More data (back covers!) * Easier to use Add Books Automatically screen, with separate tabs for * Adding books by ISBN, either by typing or using a barcode scanner. * Adding books by Author & Title. * Adding books by LCCN. * New: Automatic Back Cover images for many books. Book Collector now auto-downloads back cover images for many popular books. * Faster ISBN searches. More efficient ISBN look-ups result in faster results for ISBN searches. * Improved success rate on ISBN searches. Book Collector 8 now recognizes over 7.5 million ISBNs, resulting in an average hit rate of 94% (over 96% for US books!). (and we're adding tens of thousands of ISBNs *each week*!) * New data source for Dutch books: TitelBank Our online book database system now includes the full TitelBank database of Dutch books. TitelBank contains over 1.2 million dutch books, most with front cover image *and* back cover image! New: Find Cover Image screen, find missing covers online using Google Images - Find missing cover images online (using Google Images) and add them to your database with just a few clicks. - Built-in Crop tool to remove unwanted borders. - Get to the Find Cover Image screen : - by clicking the new "No Cover" placeholder image in Details View - right from Preview in the Add Books Automatically screen, when no cover is found in the Collectorz.com online book database. - from the right-click menu on any book entry in the main screen - from the Images tab in the Edit Book screen Re-Designed Loan Manager * Complete re-design of the Loan Manager screen. - Two panel design with separate Outstanding Loans and Loan History panels. - The new Loan Manager is now the central place to return *and* loan books. Use the switch at the top to switch between separate Loan and Return modes. * Over-due books are clearly indicated at the top and in red. * Improved barcode scanner support: - Scanners can now be used to return and loan books. - Batch scanning support (e.g. with the OPN-2001 or CLZ Barry). * Automatic overdue notifications when starting Book Collector. New: Support for Author Pseudonyms / Pen Names * Link pseudonyms under 1 "master" author * Select the used pseudonym per book (extra column in Edit Book / Authors) * When using Author folders in the main screen, all books by the same "master" author will be grouped in the same folder, even if the books were written under different pseudonyms. New: Support for book Box Sets: * Use the Box Set field to combine multiple books in a Box Set group. * Add additional information at the Box Set level, e.g. set a box set image, barcode, notes, purchase date, condition, etc... * Box Set information will show up in the special box set panel at the top of the new Details View templates. New: Backdrop support * Set Backdrop images (manually) in the Edit Book screen. Use the Find Backdrop Online screen to easily find suitable background images. * Backdrop images are used as the background in the new V8 template. New: Cover Flow view: * The Cover Flow is a 3rd viewing option, next to List and Images. * Browse through your books by cover image, in a cool looking 3D image browser. New: Collection Statistics (pie and bar charts) integrated in main screen. * Switch the lower right part of the screen between book details and collection statistics. * View collection statistics based on the current Folder field (e.g. by Author, by Genre, or by Publisher). * Switch between Bar Chart or Pie Chart. * Order bars/pie parts by names or by values. Improved Wish List functionality. * Quickly check your Wish List using tabs at the bottom of the main screen. * Add books to your Wish List right from the Add Books Automatically screen. * Right click a book to "Move to Wish List" / "Move to Collection". * Edit Book: clearer separation of Collection Status values into "Collection" and "Wish List" groups. * Updated terminology for the Collection Status values. * Revamped icons for all Collection Status values. Save your own field sets for Columns, Sort Order and Folders. * Columns: Create and save your own column sets for the list panel. * Sort Orders: Create and save your own multi-field sort orders for the list. * Folders: Create and save your own single or multi-level folder combination for the tree panel. * Easily switch between the save field sets using the drop down menus of the Columns, Sort and Folder buttons. New: Automatic Capitalization of book Titles. * Have Titles AutoCapped when adding books automatically. * Have Titles AutoCapped as you type. * Or, just click the AutoCap button in the Edit Book screen. * Select your AutoCap Method in the Preferences screen. Choose from: UPPER CASE, lower case, First letter only, First letter only with exceptions, First Letter Of Each Word, First Letter of Each Word with Exceptions * Define your own Exceptions List (words you don't want capitalized). New: Automatic Sort Titles. * Have the Title Sort field filled in automatically when adding books. * Or just click the Generate Sort Title button in the Edit Book screen. * Define your own list of recognized articles for Sort Title generation. Improved Layout of Edit Book screen * Clearer separation of book data, edition-specific data and personal data * The main personal fields (status, index, quantity, rating) are now in a "sticky" panel at the bottom, which is available on all tabs. Multiple main screen layout options. * Choose from 6 different layout options for the main screen: Horizontal Split, Vertical Split, Full Width Details, Full Height Tree, Full Height Details, Classic Layout. New V8 templates for Details View and Add Auto Preview * New Box Set panel at the top showing box level information (see above) * V8 template is available in 8 styles: Blue, Black, White and Purple, all with Becky or Logo background Version 3.5 build 5 (June 20, 2011) Fixed: - XML Import: Authors weren't imported Version 3.5 build 4 (December 3, 2010) Improvements: - Synching to Connect: ability to check/uncheck multiple intended changes at once Fixed: - Synching to Connect: reports "Changes processed successfully" while changes are not made in Connect - Synching to Connect: report window shows only deletions - Crash when clicking on "Edit a Credit" in "Edit Section" screen while editing the person name Version 3.5 build 3 (November 16, 2010) Fixed: - "Server Error" issues while syncing to Connect. - Edit Book: each Subject added was added twice Version 3.5 build 2 (November 12, 2010) - Export to CLZ Books: - Fixed: Fields were missing in the export - Fixed: Incorrect changes report when using the Update function Version 3.5 build 1 (November 11, 2010) - Export to CLZ Books: - Now supports CLZ Books HD app for iPad - Now supports CLZ Books app for Android - New: Export to File option, for transferring data to the mobile app over USB. (Currently only supported in the iPad and Android apps. Of course, the upcoming update for the CLZ Books iPhone app will support it too). - Installation: - Simpler installation: just drag the app to the Applications folder. - This also fixes the folder permission problems that many users have run into. - Improvements: - Edit Book, new keyboard shortcuts: - Press CMD + [ to edit the previous book in list - Press CMD + ] to edit the next book in list - Fixed: - Automatically removes dashes in ISBN in Add Automatically - Loan due date were incorrect/not shown - OPR-3201 support: Scanning with OPR-3201 jumped to main screen - Close button: now closes the database and exits Book Collector Version 3.4 build 1 (November 10, 2009) Installation: - Book Collector is now installed in /Applications instead of ~/Desktop - Need administrator credentials to install in /Applications folder Syncing Up TO Connect: - The following fields will be uploaded from your local data when up-syncing AND are now editable as "user fields" in Connect : - Publisher - Format - Nr of Pages - Subjects Upload your own cover images to Connect: - After syncing UP, you can now also upload the Cover Images for books that don't have a cover image in Connect yet. - You can now also upload your own cover image on the Edit Book page in Book Collector Connect, using the Browse (or Choose File) and Upload buttons. Syncing Down FROM Connect, improvements to prevent unwanted changes to local data: - Extra "Are you sure?" question before syncing down. - New layout of Sync screen, with a BIG Upload button and a small Download button. - Syncing down will never clear fields / make fields empty - Syncing down will never update or add to existing local data values, EXCEPT when the local field is still empty. For example: no Authors, Genres or Subjects will be added to existing lists, Titles, Publishers, Pub Date, Nr of Pages, etc.. will not be overwritten. - For Personal fields (purchase data, notes, rating, etc...) full syncing will be maintained. - Syncing down will never un-link books Linking: - The question box "You have unlinked books. Do you want to link them now?" now has a "Never ask for these books again" option. - Link Screen: When using "Search All" all exact ISBN matches are now linked automatically (and removed from the queue) - If you upload unlinked books, Connect will try to auto-link them by ISBN. - After linking, the program does not auto-update the linked books anymore, preventing unexpected (and possibly unwanted) data additions to your local entries. Fixed: - Scanning with OPR-3201 sometimes closes the Add Screen - Export to iPhone: crashes on 10.4 - Export to iPhone: Sometimes not able to use the Update function Version 3.3 Build 1 (October 12, 2009) New: Synchronize with Book Collector Connect: - What is Book Collector Connect? See http://connect.collectorz.com/books - Use the new Connect / Synchronize menu to upload your collection to Book Collector Connect and host your collection on Collectorz.com servers - Then share your collection with friends, by just giving them a web-link - Browse your online collection from any online mobile device, including iPhone, iPod touch, Blackberry, Nokia phones, PDAs, etc.. - Manage your collection (add or edit books) using just a web-browser, from any Windows, Mac or Linux computer. - Download changes you made online back to your local Book Collector database. - Sign up for a trial account here: http://connect.collectorz.com/books/register Export to Clz Books for iPhone / iPod Touch: - Support for Clz Books 1.1 (coming soon) - New "Update" option, for exporting updates only (as opposed to exporting the entire database every time) - New "Intended Changes" screen for viewing and selecting updates. - Extra exported data: - Read It - Notes Version 3.2 Build 1 (September 1, 2009) - Snow Leopard compatible Version 3.1 build 1 (June 30, 2009) Export to iPhone / iPod Touch - Browse your book collection on your iPhone or iPod Touch with the new Clz Books app - Available in Apple AppStore for $9.99 (search the AppStore for "clz books") - Use File | Export to iPhone / iPod Touch to transfer your data to the Clz Books app (Requires Wi-Fi connection on your iPhone or iPod Touch, connecting to the same local network (LAN) that your Windows computer is in.) Fixed: - User defined lookup lists were switched in Edit Lists screen - Templates: 'First edition' and 'Rare' fields are now enabled - Add Automatically: The 'Edit after adding' setting now also works with 'Add Checked' Version 3.0 build 1 (April 27, 2009) - New Add Books Automatically screen - New easy-to-use screen combines both Wizard Mode and Advanced Mode - All searches are done "via" the Collectorz.com database, no more need to choose results from multiple sources, just enter ISBN or Author & Title, click Search, select a result, click Add Selected. The Collectorz.com server will automatically give you the best data possible. - Select your Region(s) to: - control which sources the Collectorz.com server will use (when needed) - filter the results of Author & Title searches - Available Region list is updated from the Collectorz.com server on a daily basis. - Hide / Show Search Queue button to switch between "Search Now" and "Add to Queue" mode - Add multiple books from one Search: just check the checkboxes in front of multiple matches and click Add Checked. - Edit searches in Queue with new Edit Search Criteria screen (right-click menu). (This replaces the Update in Queue button) - You can now double-click a queue entry to perform a "Search Selected" - New "Add Anyway" button to add a book anyway when no results are found, using the ISBN or Author & Title you entered for the search. - New multi-column view for Search Results, with separate ISBN, Author, Title, Publisher, Format and Cover columns - Search results can be sorted by clicking the column headers - Search by LC Classification Number: Find older (pre-ISBN era) books by entering their LC Classification Number - New: the Collectorz.com online book database system - Book Collector now uses the Collectorz.com online book database to search and download book information and cover images - When a book is not found in this database, the Collectorz.com server automatically goes out to search multiple online book stores and national libraries. - Results returned from other sources are saved ("cached") for future searches, automatically building a fast and reliable source of book information. - The new system makes it possible to add extra info sources "server side", that is, without releasing a new version of the Book Collector software. - Info sources (used "indirectly", through the Collectorz.com server): - Improved for US: Library of Congress (loc.gov) - Improved for Netherlands: National Library Netherlands (kb.nl) - Added for Spain: - UNED Spain - Spanish Congress - Public Library Palencia - Added for Italy: - SBS - University of Siena - Added for Denmark: - Public Library Kolding Denmark - National Library of Education Denmark - Added for Switzerland: - IDS Zurich University Switzerland - IDS Basel Bern Switzerland - Added for Portugal: - Public Library Portugal Database Changes: - New field: Quantity, the number of identical copies in your collection - New field: Tags, for adding free-form key phrases to books - New In Collection Status value 'On Order' Main screen: - More polished and space efficient layout - Title sorting takes numbers into account ('book 9' sorts ascending before before 'book 10'). - Better key bindings: - Apple-F focusses the toolbar search field, if possible. - Apple-Option-N opens the new 'Add Automatically' screen. Edit Screens: - Improved layout of the edit screens for books and sections. - Edit Book screen: High quality artwork is now shown at its optimal size. Templates: - New search result preview template (in Add Automatically screen) - Support for new quantity field, proper display of 'Nr. of Pages' label Barcode Scanners: - Find Scanner function for detecting CueCat, Flic and Opticon scanners (replaces 'Initialize Flic Scanner') - Fixed crash when scanning some types of barcodes with Flic or CueCat scanners Other changes: - Currency formatting now uses correct format (. or ,) for the local currency. - Automatic backup creation when upgrading the database to a new version. - Better support for case sensitive file systems. (HFS+ Case Sensitive). Version 2.2 build 1 (January 13, 2009) Improved Barcode Scanner support: - Added support for the new Opticon OPN 2001 pocket barcode scanner. - Improved support for the CueCat scanner. Requirements: - Requires at least Mac OS X 10.4.11 to run. * Note: Book Collector will no longer run on Mac OS X 10.3 Version 2.1 build 2 (April 16, 2008) Fixed: - new lookup list entries did not retain their values when entered in the edit screen. - incremental search in list view was not working properly / consistently - manage list button on edit screen invoked empty lookup list on first call - new templates allowed collection status symbol to be "dragged and dropped" as an image. - 'Buy Pro version' button did not use standard license information to upgrade from Version 2.1 build 1 (April 8, 2008) Added: - New Book Collector templates, in 4 different styles (Blue, Black, Grey and iTunes) - Completely revised Book Collector manual - Help buttons on all screens to access the relevant manual section - Getting started option on first start Changed: - better handling of Cuecat barcode scanner - new improved toolbar look and layout * Note: existing users will have to adjust the toolbar, choosing the menu "view | customize toolbar" and drag the new default set to the toolbar. Fixed: - drag and drop of images to edit screen was not working - forward slash in cover name caused cover not to show - canceling currency conversion screen made Book Collector unresponsive - loan manager did not show dates after selecting from calendar under Leopard Version 2.0 build 8 (November 22, 2007) Fixed: -licence validation could not be performed using the license screen -No search criteria could be entered in add advanced screen -Barnes and Noble info source updated Version 2.0 build 7 (November 9, 2007) Added: -main screen status bar displays more relveant collection statistics Fixed: -using Flic barcode scanner under Leopard (OSX 10.5) caused program to crash -barcode scanner fills barcode in wizard barcode field -filter could not be used on 'collection status' field -filter could not be used on 'quantity' field -lookup list items could not be merged -loan settings screen could be closed incorrectly by hitting the escape key -export to Ipod takes sort names into account Version 2.0 build 6 (August 30, 2007) Fixed: -Manage List screen: Toolbar buttons would not keep their position when resizing screen -"Automatically create backup" preference was off by default -Invalid license validation for license names containing certain characters -Swedish library did not return results on titles containing certain characters -Export to iPod: Incorrect handling of special characters -Duplicate Book: the Index and ID fields were not set correctly -Add Automatically (advanced) screen: "Search Selected" from context menu searched entire queue -Edit Book screen: Cosmetic changes to the cover tab pages Version 2.0 build 5 (August 2, 2007) Fixed: -Delicious Library import: collections with empty lookup values were not imported -Update file links: Crash when searching for files across the entire system -searching on the National Dutch Library failed Version 2.0 build 4 (June 8, 2007) Fixed: -Edit Book: Using Next and Previous did not save changes Version 2.0 build 3 (June 4, 2007) Fixed: -Export to iPod: Empty lines between items if release year was present -Lookup lists could have duplicate entries in certain conditions -Author names were not inherited on Contents level -Delicious Library import: Values of the genre field were garbled -Delicious Library import: Cover images were not imported Version 2.0 build 2 (April 4, 2007) Fixed: - Collectorz.com barcode scanner was not detected by the software Version 2.0 build 1 (February 20, 2007) Added: - Export to iPod Notes (PRO only): export your list to the Notes section of your iPod - Add Books screen (advanced mode): ability to lock queue entries and update searches - Universal Binary support - Flic barcode scanner support: -Add books to the collection by scanning their ISBN codes -Locate a book in the collection by scanning its barcode -Cordless scanning for up to 500 barcodes -Laser scanner for high scanning speed and accuracy -Fully integrated support, no drivers necessary -Delicious Library import -Add Book screen: Added 'Lock selected' and 'Update in queue' functions -Toolbar: the following icons can now be added: Add Book manually, Edit Multiple Books, Remove Book, Duplicate Book Fixed: -Installer places application on the Desktop instead of the Applications folder -Lookup items (like authors or genre) could incorrectly be marked as unused -The 'Select Random' function was not very random -Quick Search used the current filter settings for case sensitivity and NOT -Details View: The Collection Status field was not shown -Import from XML: failed if data was exported on Windows in language other than English -Edit Book screen: Currency fields now use the system setting for decimal separator -Printing: Saving a customized template in the template list failed -Tools\Maintenance\Factory Settings erased the name of the current database -Online search: Several errors in searching Barnes & Noble -Edit Book screen: Adding a credit sometimes did not remember the name -Edit Section screen: Was confusingly called 'Edit Book' -Main screen: the 'eBook File' field was not shown in the details view Version 1.0 build 2 (May 24, 2006) Fixed: -Preferences: The folders for Images and Backups could not be changed -Searching on National Library Netherlands sometimes returned empty results -Printing: Customized lists did not use the font size setting Version 1.0 build 1 (April 25, 2006) - Initial release