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
Lists for insurance purposes
Use the Print or Export features of Book Collector to create a list of the books you own, either on paper or in digital form.
This way you can have a list of all the Books you own. This could come in handy to use for insurance purposes.
For an old-school paper list:
- Click the Print button on the toolbar to open the Print screen.
- At the top of the screen, choose the following settings:
- Books to Print: All Books
- Sort Order: Sort on Author
- Below, choose "List". Then on the right choose "Single Long List"
- Now use the Columns button to select which fields to print as columns.
For insurance purposes, I recommend to include at least the following fields to identify the book and the edition you own:
- Author, Title, Publication Year and ISBN
- Plus, make sure to include an indication of value, so either include Purchase Price or Current Value.
(Of course, make sure that the fields you choose actually have data in them!)
- Finally, click the Print button to print your list.
For a future-proof list in digital form:
- Choose File / Export to Text to open the Export to Text File screen
- Use the Browse button to choose the destination folder and file name, e.g. mybooks.txt on your USB stick.
- For the other settings, select:
- Books to export: All Books
- Sort Order: Sort on Author
- Include Field Names on First Row: Yes
- Delimiter: Semicolon
- Text Qualifier: Double Quote
- Again, use the Fields button to select which fields to print as columns (see above for tips).
- Finally, click the Export button to create the file.
Now keep the list in a safe place, outside your home.