Upgrade to Book Collector 8 for Windows

Book Collector 8 for Windows is live!

Improved ebook support, faster, better and more automatic data, cover flow and a new loan manager. But there's more, read on for the full list of What's New in V8.

Upgrading to version 8
You can upgrade from any previous version to the new version 8 PRO for only US $24.95.
Yes, that's right, we will always give you the PRO edition, even if you own a Standard one now.
Just enter your current license key in the box on the right and click the "Upgrade Now" button.

Quick overview of What's New

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• Improved e-book support (now reads Author/Title meta data from ebook files)
• Add Books Automatically: Faster, Better and More data (inc. back covers!)
• New: Cover Flow view: browse your books in a cool looking 3D image browser.
• New: Backdrop support: set background images for use in the details panel.
• New: Format, Country and Language icons, plus custom icons for other items.
• Re-Designed Loan Manager: loan *and* return books in batch, by barcode, etc..
• New: Box Set Support: group books in Box Sets and set special box-level data.
• Improved layout of Edit Book screen + calendar tool for entering date fields.
• New V8 templates for Details View and the Add Automatically Preview panel.
• New startup "splash" screen featuring Becky.

Improved eBook support
(now reads Author/Title meta data from files)

• Add Book Files screen now automatically reads meta-data from supported formats.
• Supported e-book formats for meta-data reading: Kindle, MobiPocket and ePub.
• Support meta-data fields: Author, Title, ISBN, Publisher and Publication Date.

Add Books Automatically: Faster, Better and More data (back covers!)

• 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 6.5 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!

Automatic Back Cover images for many books

TitelBank data example:

New: Cover Flow view

• The Cover Flow is a 3rd viewing option in the main screen, next to List and Images.
• Browse through your books by cover image, in a cool looking 3D image browser.

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: Format, Country and Language icons,
plus customizable images for other list items

• Set your own image for any list item, e.g. for Genres, Publishers...
  • Set a 16x16 image that will appear in the tree and list on main screen.
  • Set a larger template image for use in Details View templates.
• Book Collector now comes with many included pick list images that are automatically used in the tree, list and Details Panel templates, for:
  • Formats
  • Countries
  • Languages

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.
  • Clear indication of over-due books.
• Improved barcode scanner support:
  • Scanners can now be used to return and loan books.
  • Batch scanning support (e.g. with the OPN-2001, Flic or CLZ Barry).
• Automatic overdue notifications when starting Book Collector.

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 Details View templates.

Improved Edit Book screen

• Better layout:
  • 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.
• New calendar tool for easier entry of date fields, plus an easy button to set a date field to today's date.

New V8 templates for Details View and Add Auto Preview

• Format, Country and Language are now shown with images (see above)
• 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

New startup "splash" screen featuring Becky