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 Books Manually
The Collectorz.com online book database is pretty complete, so you will probably be able to add most of your collection using the Add Books Automatically screen. Just let the program download all book details and cover images from the central Collectorz.com database.
However, it will happen once in a while that our central database does not include your book.
Of course, you can still add those books to your personal database. This is what the Add Book Manually screen is for. Open this screen using the second button on the toolbar (or click Edit > Add Book Manually).
Adding books manually
This screen is just like the Edit Book screen that you have probably used already. Only now all entry boxes are empty, ready for you to fill in. There are several different tabs with different Fields to fill out.
All the available Fields are optional, so remember that you don't have to fill them all out. Just enter the data that's relevant for you. You might just want to add the title and come back later to add more data later.
It's also well possible that our central database will be able to provide the extra details after some time, as our database is being updated daily with many, many new additions. So, it's always worth trying a search again, after some time.