Top 10: Book collection software

2023. Alfa Ebooks Manager is available in Microsoft Store



Popular ebook collection software Alfa Ebooks Manager is now available in Microsoft's Windows Store. It brings two advantages for the users. First - is easy installation with one click (the drawback is that you can't change the installation folder, but if you need it - you can still download the regular setup file from Alfa's website). The second and more import, this guarantees the security of the software because every program is tested by Microsoft specialists before adding to the store. In particular they require the strong security certificate SHA256 to be applied. Taking into consideration Calibre's recent security flaws this is an important step for Alfa.


2023. Book Collector adds 3 completely new data fields and 4 new sync fields



The new version of Book Collector (v23) has added 3 completely new data fields and 4 new cloud-sync fields. The new fields (Signed By, Dust Jacket and Number Line) were added to all of our book database solutions (mobile, web and desktop). Also, you can now finally sync these existing Book Collector fields through the CLZ Cloud to the CLZ Books mobile app (Cover Artist, Foreword Author, Ghostwriter and Box Set). The similar updates have also been released for the CLZ Books mobile apps and Book Connect web-based software so all 7 fields now nicely sync between all of them.

2022. Book collection software Collectorz.com added Month folders, Cover-paste feature



Book collection software Collectorz.com has added some new features. In the Cover tab of your Edit screen you can now paste an image from the clipboard. A quick popup will appear with the pasted image, asking you if you want to past it as front or back cover. In addition to existing “Year” folder options (e.g. for “Added Year”, “Purchase Year”, etc… ) the developers added two more “granular” folder options. You can now folder by “Month” (e.g. “Purchase Month”) or by the exact day (e.g. “Added Date”). These Month and Date folder options are now available for all your date fields. The final and smallest tweak: the “Move to Other Collection” command is now available for one specific items, from the toolbar above its Details Panel. The developers also did a small re-design to the screen that pops up for selecting which collection to move to.


2021. Book collection software for Linux Tellico gets Graphical chart reports



KDE-based collection software Tellico 3.4 is available, with several new features, updated data sources, bug fixes and build changes. New data sources for UPCitemdb, TVmaze and Numista were added. Batch searching was added for ISBNdb. The Group View can now be sorted by fields other than the title. The MultiFetcher data source was improved to “daisy-chain” results from multiple sources, merging them together. For example, a UPC search with UPCitemdb could be connected such that the result has additional information from TMDb. Entries can now be filtered using minimum or maximum image size. Importing from the Collectorz software family was added. Graphical chart reports were added (requires compiling with QtCharts). Overall, the entry updating and merging was also improved to both make a better search request as well as match existing results more efficiently.


2020. Calibre 5 adds highlighting to ebook viewer



Cross-platform eBook management, reading and editing software Calibre saw a new release. There has been a lot of work on the calibre E-book viewer. It now supports Highlighting. The highlights can be colors, underlines, strikethrough, etc. and have added notes. All highlights can be both stored in EPUB files for easy sharing and centrally in the calibre library for easy browsing. Additionally, the E-book viewer now supports both vertical and right-to-left text. calibre has also moved to using Python 3. This is because Python 2 was end-of-lifed this year. This should be completely transparent to calibre users, the only caveat being that some third party calibre plugins have not yet been ported to Python 3 and therefore will not work in calibre 5


2018. Kindlian 4 is like iTunes for your Kindle


AlfaNetSoft has launched a new version of its software for managing Kindle books and collections—Kindlian 4. It introduces a new approach to handling your Kindle library. The concept is to manage the library exclusively on your PC while using your Kindle solely for reading. Essentially, it functions similarly to iTunes for your e-reader. When you first connect your Kindle to Kindlian, it backs up all your books to your computer. You can effortlessly create collections and organize books using a drag-and-drop interface. Collections are not synchronized from Kindle because, according to the developers, Amazon does not permit third-party software to access the collections file. However, you can quickly arrange and rearrange collections thanks to various viewing, sorting and searching options. Additionally, the new Kindlian includes a built-in reader for previewing non-DRM books on your PC and a converter for converting non-Kindle books to MOBI format. With your entire library on your computer, you can delete most books and collections from your Kindle, keeping only the books you're currently reading.


2017. Book Collector adds completely new Add Books screen



Book Collector for Windows v17.1.1 introduces a completely revamped Add Books screen. The screen has been entirely redesigned to be both more user-friendly and visually appealing. The new two-panel layout displays search results on the left and a preview on the right. Search Results now include cover images. An automatic preview of the selected result (no need for double-clicking) is shown. For ISBN additions, the ISBN Barcode Queue and Search Results are now merged into a single list. When adding by title/author, automatic previews are available. The Add button now opens a small “Add to Collection” versus “Add to Wish List” menu. This can be turned off using the “Adding to Collection/Wish List” option in “Tools > Options > Add/Update Books Automatically”.


2015. LibraryThing released iOS mobile app



Online service for book collection management LibraryThing has launched an official iPhone app. This initial version is limited to performing the basic tasks necessary for cataloging. You can browse and search your library, add books by scanning barcodes, search for books, browse and upload covers using the iPhone camera and make minor edits such as changing collections and ratings. LibraryThing is offering free lifetime memberships to anyone who uses the app within the next month. You need to create a new account using the LibraryThing app.


2013. Amazon launched new Kindle app with collections



Amazon has just rolled out a significant update to its Kindle for iOS app. The app is optimized for iOS 7 and features a completely new design, along with the Collections feature, which simplifies organizing books, documents and magazines. You can add a book to multiple collections — for instance, place *A Game of Thrones* in both “My Favorites” and “Fantasy Epics.” However, these collections are not synchronized with those created on your e-reader device. As always, the Kindle iOS app allows you to customize your reading screen, quickly highlight key sections and the X-Ray feature enables you to explore the “bones of the book” and learn more about significant characters, places and phrases with details from Shelfari.com and Wikipedia.


2012. Alfa Ebooks Manager 3: Audiobook management, Filter Builder and other 40 improvements



After the year of silence Alfa.NetSoft released the new version of its book collection program Alfa Ebooks Manager 3. The developers say that they added more than 40 improvements. The main new features include Filter Builder (allows to filter book library by any condition), full drag-n-drop support, autoscaling Thumb View, audiobooks (MP3) support, hot Keys, import from CSV, new cool Export to HTML, new Interface Languages (now Alfa is available on 10 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Czech, Turkish and Farsi), enhanced 3D View, new tool to create ISO images, parallel Scanning, web plug-ins autoupdate, calendar in Library Explorer, context Help, multiple book selection in lookups and more.


2012. Why you need Kindle collection manager to organize books on Kindle



Kindle e-readers with eInk screen - are perhaps the best reading devices on the market. In any case the most popular. But they have two big drawbacks. The first is the limited support for e-book formats (no support for epub, doc, fb2, ect). And the second - is very inconvenient built-in library manager. When the number of books on your Kindle grow up - you'll immediately notice it. For some reason, Amazon developers decided that folders are not cool and invented collections. Collections – is the only option for managing books in Kindle. It’s something similar to tags, because one book can be contained in two or more collections. This feature could be fine for organizing books, but not at this time. ***


2010. Use Calibre with Nook e-reader to manage your e-library



If you have a huge ebook library on your Nook and not all of these ebooks were purchased from Barnes & Noble directly, so you probably have rather challenging task of managing those books, since Barnes & Noble doesn't manage titles purchased from other stores. But now you have a solution.  The new version of the popular library management software Calibre (v.0.6.27) added support of Barnes & Noble Nook e-reader device. Calibre can now connect to Nook on Windows, OS X and Linux. It scans the e-reader and adds ebooks to your digital library. Or, vice versa, you can send ebooks from your computer e-library to Nook. The software can also convert ebooks to/from EPUB and PDB, the two e-book formats supported by the Nook. Nook integration is realized via add-on driver. ***