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19.3: Many more fields now sync with the CLZ Cloud (inc. Back Cover)!

October 14th, 2019

With all the big comic and game related releases going on, it has been a few months since the last Book Collector update. But we didn’t forget you! In the background, we have been “secretly” working on a big update, which is available now as version 19.3!

Here’s what’s new:

  • Many more fields now sync with the CLZ Cloud / Book Connect:
    • Audiobook length, Abridged (yes/no), Narrator
    • Illustrator, Edition, Extras, Cover Price
    • “Original” fields: Title, Subtitle, Publisher, Publication Date, Country, Language
    • AND the Back Cover image!
  • The Location field has been moved to the bottom of the Edit Screen
  • Collection Status field is now a dropdown menu

Many fields added to the sync

We’ve added many fields to the sync with CLZ Cloud:

  • Audiobook length
  • Audiobook abridged (yes/no)
  • Narrator
  • Illustrator
  • Edition
  • Extras
  • Cover Price
  • Original Title
  • Original Subtitle
  • Original Publisher
  • Original Publication Date
  • Original Country
  • Original Language
  • Back Cover image!

IMPORTANT: after the update a FULL sync to cloud is required!

Please note that after updating your software to version 19.3, Book Collector needs to upload any book that contains information in one or more of those fields. For some users this could mean almost your entire collection needs to be synced to the CLZ Cloud again. This is necessary to upload your data for the above new cloud sync fields.

We are aware this can take a long time, especially for large collections, but there really is no way around this, sorry.

What about the CLZ Books mobile app?

We’ll be adding the new edition specific fields (except back cover for now) to the CLZ Books mobile app as soon as possible.

Back Covers

With this big update for Book Collector we’re adding custom back covers to the sync!

We introduced a new checkbox “Custom Image” in the Edit screen for back covers of book entries.
This checkbox will be automatically checked when you replace the Core image, e.g. by using Find Cover Online, by dragging and dropping or by using the Browse button to add a local image.

Once this Custom Image box is checked, that cover will automatically sync to and from the CLZ Cloud.

Same as with custom front covers, you can automatically check your database for custom images by clicking menu Tools / Maintenance / Auto Mark Custom Images. You only have to do this once!

Also, they will always stay marked as custom, so that even if you clear your cloud and sync everything again, they will re-upload automatically.

Modifications to the edit screen

  • The Location field has been moved to the bottom of the Edit Screen
  • Collection Status field is now a dropdown menu

Recent changes

v23.2.3: Fixed a problem with editing/displaying characters September 20th, 2023 v23.2.2: Fixed sync problem with authors and a corruption issue September 4th, 2023 v23.2: Simplified Sort Name editing for all pick list entries August 31st, 2023 v23.1.4: Several Improvements June 1st, 2023 v23.1.3: Sorting fixes and improved Add Screen stability April 18th, 2023 v23.1.2: Various Fixes April 6th, 2023 v23.1: Now supports our new CLZ Scanner barcode scanner app March 27th, 2023 v23.0: 3 completely new data fields and 4 new sync fields January 16th, 2023 v22.0.3: Various bug fixes May 30th, 2022 v22.0.2: Various bug fixes March 21st, 2022 v22: Configurable Pre-fill & Update from Core + WebP support March 10th, 2022 v21.5 Improved Submit to Core system October 8th, 2021 v21.4: Bar chart in folder panel background September 14th, 2021 v21.3.2: Transfer Field Data: fix for Date fields August 12th, 2021 v21.3: New “Transfer Field Data” tool August 9th, 2021 v21.2: New Link Books with Core screen April 28th, 2021 v21.1: More fields now sync to CLZ Cloud / Book Connect March 22nd, 2021 v21.0.3 Various improvements and fixes March 4th, 2021 v21.0.2: Fixed a “list index out of bounds” error January 20th, 2021 v21.0: New: Pre-fill fields while adding books January 18th, 2021 v20.5.2: Fixed an error popup August 25th, 2020 v20.5 Easier access to the Manage Pick Lists screen August 25th, 2020 v20.4: Changing your folder field is now much easier July 30th, 2020 v20.3.3: Couple of fixes June 30th, 2020 v20.3.2 Several fixes June 26th, 2020