Book Collector
Downloadable desktop software for Windows
Catalog books and e-book files on your Windows PC
Last updated:
May 30, 2022
Compatibility:
Windows 7, 8, 10, 11
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USD $29.95
per year
subscription includes all
software updates + online services
software updates + online services
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Browse, sort and search your book collection in various layouts and views
Book Collector's main screen is highly customizable, so that you can make it look the way you want. Choose between:
- Multiple layouts for the main screen folder, list and details panels.
- List, Images or Card View for your book lists.
- Different templates for the book details panel.
- Light, Dark and System skins for all screens.
Easily add books to your database, by Author and Title or by ISBN
Adding new books to your personal book database is quick and easy:
- Just search our online books database by author and title or by ISBN.
- Select the book that you own.
- Click the Add button.
Our Core online book database will then automatically provide
- The main book details like author, title, publisher, publication date, etc..
- Other information like number of pages, genres and subjects, dimensions, etc..
- Front cover images, author images, author wiki-page links.
Adding books by ISBN:![]()
Adding books by author and title:![]()
Organize your e-book files by scanning your folders
Book Collector can also catalog your e-book files. Just let it scan your computer for e-book files, then link the files to the book entries in your database. After that, the e-books can be opened right from your book details panel.
Free CLZ Cloud storage for backups, syncing and sharing
Use the free CLZ Cloud service to:
- always have an online backup of your book database.
- synchronize your book data to other computers and mobile devices.
- share your book list online, for friends and family (example).
Other features and tools
- Efficiently edit your data using field defaults, batch editing, direct editing in main screen list, etc..
- Add missing cover images by searching the internet with the built-in Find Image Online tool.
- Customize your database by renaming existing fields, or by creating your own User Defined Fields.
- Manage your loans with the integrated Loan Manager system.
- Export your book database to Text or XML files.
- Print book lists in any order, with your configurable columns.
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Book Collector reviews from customers
September 15, 2022
Great product
First up - really impressed with the rapid response from tech support - it
was much appreciated (how to add multiple authors to a book).
I've been using BookDB, which has been great, but remembering to export to txt and then copy to my phone so that I didn't buy duplicates in the 2nd hand book stores was getting tedious (you may have noticed I have a lot of pre-ISBN books). So the search was on for something that would allow me to maintain a sufficiently comprehensive database on my laptop and sync it to my phone with minimal effort. Your team has delivered.
Mapping fields between BookDB and Book Collector took a bit of trial and error (mark all as Skip Field, then go back and set correctly) and there are a number of notes I'll have to port manually (eg first edition/signed by author/family connection, austerity printing c WW2, condition of binding etc), but all in all, this is a great product - and the cost is extremely reasonable - I've definitely spent more than that on a single book, so the potential saving in avoiding duplicates is real!
I've been using BookDB, which has been great, but remembering to export to txt and then copy to my phone so that I didn't buy duplicates in the 2nd hand book stores was getting tedious (you may have noticed I have a lot of pre-ISBN books). So the search was on for something that would allow me to maintain a sufficiently comprehensive database on my laptop and sync it to my phone with minimal effort. Your team has delivered.
Mapping fields between BookDB and Book Collector took a bit of trial and error (mark all as Skip Field, then go back and set correctly) and there are a number of notes I'll have to port manually (eg first edition/signed by author/family connection, austerity printing c WW2, condition of binding etc), but all in all, this is a great product - and the cost is extremely reasonable - I've definitely spent more than that on a single book, so the potential saving in avoiding duplicates is real!
May 06, 2022
Book library
I recommend Collectorz to all the collectors I know and my father-in-law loves it for keeping track of his extensive book library.
February 26, 2022
Book Collectorz is one amazing application!
I've been using it now for a few years to manage a 1000 book library collection for my quilt guild. What I really love is that the Collectorz team is constantly making improvements to the app that make it easier and faster for the user to manage their collection. The team is responsive and genuinely interested in what their users have to say about the program. The app is simple to use, and very intuitive. You can slice and dice your collection in any way you want to see what you have, and there are a lot of customizable fields if you have specific interests. The connection to "core" is flawless, and simply by putting in the ISBN from the back of a book you get all the information you need in seconds. The price is very reasonable for the value you get from this app.
While I haven't used their other products, I'm sure they are just as refined and useful. Thank you CLZ team, great job!
While I haven't used their other products, I'm sure they are just as refined and useful. Thank you CLZ team, great job!
October 09, 2021
Excellent program
I realized today that I have been using your Book Collector software for nearly ten years now, since I switched from a physical book collection to ebooks. Simply put, I seriously doubt there is a better program available for managing my ever growing collection. The ease at which books can be added and managed, the efficient manner in which databases can be searched and reviewed, and the overall smoothness of the program in general is what makes it superior. Keep up the good work and I'm looking forward to another ten years of your excellent program!
September 15, 2021
You are the best
I could not manage my collection without. I love the option to scan a book in the store and find out if I already own it. Happened a couple of times before I converted my collection to your program.
September 10, 2021
Just a short note of thanks
Just a short note to tell you I would be totally lost without your program (Book Collector) with 2000 books on the shelves it would be impossible to know where to find a specific book, and I would finish up with a lot of doubles on my shelves.
Thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
August 02, 2021
Wonderful software
This software has been wonderful for me - I have over 6000 books and this has made cataloging them much easier.
April 30, 2021
Excellent!
Your "Collectorz" program for my books is "excellent". Keep up the good work!! I always recommend the Collectorz program to all of my Civil War Book Fanatics!!
April 25, 2021
A joy to use
I have really enjoyed the use of your products over the years. The Books and Comics in particular made cataloging my collections a whole lot easier to finish and sort. It was really nice that I was able to add most items without having to enter each piece of data separately, like some of the other software out there.
What seemed like an endless task of adding 3500+ paperbacks and hardcover, became a joy to do. The use of a barcode reader just made it that much faster. I still had to manually input a fairly large number of books as they were printed before the barcode system came into being, but even that, for the most part, was reasonably easy to do by using the ISBN. A bit tougher to enter the ones without any ISBN listed, but there the search by title and author made things doable.
What seemed like an endless task of adding 3500+ paperbacks and hardcover, became a joy to do. The use of a barcode reader just made it that much faster. I still had to manually input a fairly large number of books as they were printed before the barcode system came into being, but even that, for the most part, was reasonably easy to do by using the ISBN. A bit tougher to enter the ones without any ISBN listed, but there the search by title and author made things doable.
April 22, 2021
Intuitive and user-friendly
I also wanted to take a moment to thank you for creating the Book Collector software. I have an extremely large book collection that I need to downsize, and I was hoping to find a tool that would allow me to easily catalog my books so I could determine which ones to sell, which ones to bring to the used bookstore, and which ones to keep. I also wanted to capture other details about my books. I discovered your website by pure chance through a Google search, and I am so happy I did since your software does everything I wanted to do (and more)! I having been working with data for 35 years and find that most tools lack the functionality that users would like, but that is not the case with Book Collector. It is very intuitive and user-friendly, and I have been able to figure out how to do something without looking at the manual. The app is a life-saver too since I found it challenging to use my web cam to scan the ISBNs. With the app synchronization, this work is very easy.
Thanks again for the wonderful resources you have created.
Thanks again for the wonderful resources you have created.