What's new in Book Collector for Windows?
Book Collector (Windows)
V17.0.1: Major updates to the Quick Search and Image Viewer popup!
February 14th, 2017
Quick Search: Search-As-You-Type suggestions
Instantly find and select a particular book in your local database:
- In the Quick Search box, just start typing the first few letters of the author or title you are looking for.
- While typing, a drop-down list will appear, showing the first five matching books.
(for most books, it only takes 2 or 3 letters before it shows up.) - Once you see the one you were looking for, use the up/down keys to select it, then hit Enter.
- The book will now be selected in your list, with the details showing in the Details Panel.
Quick Search: Search Field selector
Narrow down your searches to a particular field, e.g. search in Title only, or Plot only:
- Click the new arrow button to the left of the Quick Search box.
A list of search fields will appear. - Now pick the field you want to search in.
- Use the Quick Search box as you normally would to search in this field only.
New Multi-Image-Viewer pop-up
Easily browse all images attached to a book:
- In the book details panel, click an image to open it in the new Multi-Image-Viewer popup.
- Click the thumbnails on the left (or just use up/down keys) to browse through all images attached to the book:
front cover, back cover, backdrop and all other image files. - No more need to close the popup and click to re-open for the next image.
Recent changes
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: 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: 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: New: Pre-fill fields while adding books
January 18th, 2021
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: Faster image downloads, faster Update from Core
June 25th, 2020
v20.2: Faster Shelves View + 2 new Shelf Styles
June 8th, 2020
v20.1 Faster CLZ Cloud syncing!
March 25th, 2020
v20.0.2 Better Tag editing / Faster syncing
February 4th, 2020
v20: Folder panel improvements + new Statistics screen
January 13th, 2020
19.3: Many more fields now sync with the CLZ Cloud (inc. Back Cover)!
October 14th, 2019
v19.2.1: New: Duplicate Finder tool
April 15th, 2019
v19.1.2: More tweaks to the Add button
March 25th, 2019
v19.1: Three cool tweaks requested by our users
March 7th, 2019
v19.0: multiple collections, auto-sync images, 64-bit and a new Flex template!
December 17th, 2018
Success rate for ISBN searches now 97%! (was 90%)
August 6th, 2018
v18.4.1: Secure HTTPS connections
July 30th, 2018
v18.3.1: Selection checkboxes / New Action Bars
May 30th, 2018