Book Collector Manual
for Windows edition
Welcome to Book Collector Download and Install Navigating the Main Screen Adding Books How to search your Collection Adding Books Automatically Adding Books Manually Barcode Scanning Adding e-book Files Search Settings Importing from text Managing your Wish List Importing from Windows/XML Field Defaults Editing Books Editing Multiple Books List Items and more Adding Links and Files Update File Links Find Cover Image Managing Pseudonyms Editing List Icons Adding a Box Set Changing the layout Sorting your Collection Custom Field Names Using Folders Custom Views Edit, Merge List Items Customizing Book Collector Activating Connect Sync & Share Linking your books for Connect CLZ Books for iPhone/iPod CLZ Books for Android CLZ Books HD for iPad Loan Manager Printing a Simple List Lists for insurance purposes Using the Filter screen Updating Book Collector The Options Screen Print screen Keyboard Shortcuts Creating a Backup Data Submission Guidelines Lists for insurance purposes Collection Statistics Validating Book Collector Field Reference
Adding e-book Files
This great feature is available in Book Collector 7 and above. Are you still on version 6, or older?
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Cataloging your book collection is a whole lot of fun with Book Collector. Adding books to your collection is easy and fast. With Book Collector version 7, you can now also add Book Files (eBooks), in may formats, to your collection!
With just a few clicks, Book Collector adds your Book Files (.rft, .lit, .pdf, .djvu, .epub, .txt and many more) to your collection. Here's those clicks:
- In Book Collector, click Edit > Add Book Files
Figure 1: Edit > Add Book Files - Book Collector 7 - In the next screen, click Choose to browse to your Book Directory and click Scan, to scan the folders containing your Book Files.
Figure 2: Browse for Book Files - Book Collector 7
Before adding your Book Files to your collection, you can rename your files straight from the search results. Click the title in the left column and correct the title.
- With your folders scanned, you have three options:
- Select a Book and add it as a New Book to your Collection
- Link the Book File to an existing Book in your Collection
- Batch Add Checked Books titles to your Collection
Figure 3: Search Results - Book Collector 7
ad 1. Add Selection as New Book
Select a Book from the Scan Results and click the Add Selection as New Book button. Book Collector automatically opens the Update Book Automatically screen, searches the Book Collector database and selects (by default) the top result.
Just click the Update button to add the book to your collection.
Figure 4: Update Books Automatically - Book Collector 7
ad 2. Link Selection to Existing Book
You can link your book file to an existing book in your database. This is cool, because Book Collector will add a link to the book in your database, that will play the Book File when clicked!
Select the Book File you want to link and click the Link Selection to Existing Book button. A new screen will open. Locate the book you want to link to and click Select.
Figure 5: Select Existing Book - Book Collector 7
In the Main View of your collection, your book file will appear as a link:
Figure 6: Link in Main View - Book Collector 7
ad 3. Batch Add Checked Books
Click this button to add all checked books to your collection. Book Collector will open the Update Book Automatically screen. If the titles are correct, Click the Search All button.If you need to make a change in a title, right click and choose: Edit Criteria (or select the book and press F2).
Figure 7: Update Books Automatically - Book Collector 7
Click Update All to add selected results to your collection.
Adding Book Files