8.5.3
2023-11-06
- For new users: no more Demo Mode
- Edit screen: Picking something from a pick list: The search could mess up your choice
8.3.1
2023-09-14
New: Added in-app getting started tips for new users (tap “dismiss” to dismiss)
8.1.3
2023-05-25
Fixed:
- When using multi-level folders, the folder panel search text would sometimes copy over to the next folder (and not be remembered when going back)
- After syncing, the main screen did not always refresh
- A crash could occur when entering Selection Mode in Card View if no cards were available
- A crash could occur when selecting folders
- When switching between collection statuses while in multi-level folders, the app could show a wrong selection of items
- The app crashed on devices with iOS13
- iPad: The folder panel search did not have an “X” to clear the search
8.0.1
2023-01-16
New in CLZ Books 8.0: 7 new data fields!
* 3 new Credit fields: Cover Artist, Foreword Author and Ghostwriter
* Signed By, for adding the names of people who signed your copy
* Dust Jacket (yes/no)
* Number Line, for indicating the print run of a book (als called Printer's Key)
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer%27s_key
* Support for book box sets with the Box Set field
(with subfields Title, ISBN, publication date and front/back images)
7.4.2
2022-05-12
* New "Card View" in main screen, showing big cover images (3 per row), plus the main book information (Author, Title, Year)
* Selecting books is now also possible in Images View and the new Card View
* Floating "+" button on the bottom right now automatically disappears/appears when scrolling, so that it does not obscure book details of the bottom row
7.2.1
2022-03-15
NEW: Progress Bars and Cancel buttons!
No new features, just a nice improvement that just makes existing functionality a bit better. All actions in the app that can take bit longer are now showing a progress bar, giving you some idea how long it will take, and a Cancel button for stopping the action.
The new progress bars are now shown when:
* Adding multiple books
* Editing multiple books
* Removing multiple books
* Updating from Core
7.1.2
2022-02-18
* New: Sort by Date Modified
* New: Sort by Date Added (previously called "Order of Entry")
* New: use Added Year as your folder field
* Improved display of sort values in bottom right corner of list cells
7.1.1
2022-01-27
* The Pre-fill screen is now fully configurable.
(this is the screen that lets you set values while adding books)
Use the little gears icon at the bottom to add or remove fields.
* The Pre-fill screen is now also used to set field defaults.
7.0.1
2021-12-01
* Use barcode scanner to search your own database
* New Collection Status: Sold
* New Collection Status icons and colors
* Improved Add Books screen (tap thumbs to enlarge, new scan beeps, numpad when typing an ISBN)
* Manage Pick List: use "favorites" to place your most commonly used lists at the top
* The quantity field now shows in the list entries (when not "1")
* In the Statistics screen you can now use "Tap to show all" to show all recent additions
6.6.1
2021-09-27
** New: Submit to Core
Help us improve our Core online book database by submitting your data corrections.
On the book details page, click the Action button and choose Submit to Core.
** New: Action menu on book details page, with Duplicate, Remove, Update from Core and Submit to Core actions.
** Improved: Select Mode and Action menu.
Select Mode can now also be activated using checkbox icon at the top. (tap&hold on a book also still works). New look for Action menu.
6.1.1
2020-12-28
Another big update for your CLZ Books app, version 6.1!
New today:
* New Pre-fill screen that pops up when adding books, letting you set various fields right then and there. No more need to edit your added books afterwards!
Fields available in the Pre-fill screen: Location, Owner, Purchase Date, Purchase Store, Purchase Price, Quantity and Tags.
* All Collection Status options are now available under the Add button in the Add Screen.
* New look and layout of Field Defaults screen.
6.0.4
2020-10-23
* Fixed:
- Layout issue in the edit screen for authors with long names.
- Date entry in the edit screen.
6.0.3
2020-09-08
* Fixed:
- Edit screen: multiple valued fields (like author and genre) were always saved alphabetically.
- Edit screen: crash when removing an author on devices running iOS 10.
- Edit screen: image from taken from the camera was saved rotated.
- Manage pick list screen: sortnames could not be changed and saved.
6.0.1
2020-08-31
** NEW: Edit Multiple Books in one go! **
Finally make changes to multiple (or all) database entries in one go. Just tap and hold to select books and choose "Edit [x] Books" from the menu button on the bottom right.
** IMPROVED: Edit Book screen **
A new look for all edit boxes and a more compact layout with fields side by side. Making it much easier to edit your database entries, without scrolling through long lists of fields.
** NEW: Built-in Crop and Rotate tool for cover images
In the Edit screen the Cover is now on its own tab, with new Crop and Rotate tools for instant rotating and cropping of self-made cover photos or downloaded images.
** IMPROVED: Folder Field selection screen
Yep, another update of this screen. It now includes a search box at the top for quickly finding the field you want, plus the ability to create your own Favorites (just tap the star icons).
5.5.1
2020-06-11
* New:
- Folder options are now nicely grouped for easier selection
- Faster Update from Core
5.4.2
2020-04-14
Fixed:
- When downloading new entries from CLZ Cloud, previously cleared fields could get filled in.
- In the Add from Core screen, when adding a book that is already in your app as ‘On Wish List’ or ‘On Order’, the app will now offer to change its status to ‘In Collection’.
- On devices with intermittent internet connection, app could revert to trial mode
- After down-syncing update cover images, the list could still show old cover.
- Improved error messages in case of core search problems.
5.4.1
2020-03-18
* Faster CLZ Cloud syncing!
Several structural changes to the CLZ Cloud syncing, making it much much faster than before, especially when syncing large amounts of entries up or down.
Note that most of the performance improvements are in the actual Sync with CLZ Cloud screen. The Auto-Syncing in the background is also slightly faster now, but if you need to sync many entries, please use the CLZ Cloud screen.
* New design for Sync with CLZ Cloud screen
While we were at it, we decided to do a quick make-over for the Sync screen, with a new look and layout and a direct link to your CLZ Cloud page online.
5.3.1
2020-02-14
New:
- Quick-search your folders
This update introduces a new search box right above the folder panel, that lets you instantly search/filter the folder panel as you type! Just typing a few letters is often enough to bring the folder you are looking for into view
- Sort your folders by count
By default, the folders are sorted alphabetically. But as of today, there is another option: sort your folders by the counter, that is by the number of books contained.
Sorting by the counters is a nice way to find the most important author, publisher, genre, etc..
- Now uses our brand-new CLZ Cloud Sync server
Previously one big server was handling the Connect website, the CLZ Cloud website AND the CLZ Cloud syncing from the desktop programs and the mobile apps.
But this week we have set up a brand-new dedicated Sync-server to handle just the CLZ Cloud syncing.
Fixed:
- Field Defaults: It wasn't possible to set the rating field back to zero.
- Manage Pick Lists: Merging list items caused too many sync changes.
5.2.2
2020-01-06
* Fixed:
- Rare incident where timeouts occurred during CLZ Cloud sync.
5.2.1
2019-12-19
* New: "infographic"-style Statistics screen"
(choose Statistics from the menu)
Showing database totals, recent additions and cool charts for books by format, by author, by publisher, by genre, by subject and by read it.
5.1.3
2019-12-03
* Fixed:
- Crash while syncing
5.1.2
2019-11-22
*New:
- Added purchase year folder grouping
5.1.1
2019-11-14
A big step forward for the CLZ Books app today, in which we add many new editable fields:
* Illustrator
* Cover Price
* Extras
* For audiobooks: Narrator, Length and Abridged Yes/No
* About the original book: Original Title, Original Subtitle, Original Country, Original Language, Original Publisher, Original Publication Date
Of course, all the new fields sync to/from the CLZ Cloud too.
5.0.11
2019-10-24
* Fixed:
- Custom images were uploaded too often
5.0.10
2019-10-10
* Changed:
- Add by barcode: Swipe to remove a single barcode wasn't working. To remove a single barcode now, just press and hold on it!
* Fixed:
- When changing a cover, the list and images view wasn't updated correctly
- Date pickers weren't showing correctly
- Some colours were wrong (tabs/switches)
5.0.9
2019-10-08
* New:
- With iOS 13 we've now implemented "modality" in certain screens. Some popups and screens will look like "sheets" which you can work in directly, make changes or slide down to dismiss and cancel any changes.
- Edit screen: Easier editing of pick list fields, especially multi-value fields
- Selected/checked values are now always at the top
- For multi-value fields (like Genre), check/uncheck multiple values in one go!
- Easier to find big button at the top for adding NEW values..
- Complete Re-design of Manage Pick List screen:
- Easier to find big button at the top for adding NEW values.
- Remove Unused and Merge action have now been moved to action (...) button top right.
- Easier to use Merge mode.
- Add by barcode:
- New "Clear Queue" button
- New "Scanning tips" popup
5.0.8
2019-09-03
- Fix for a crash that some iPhone users experienced after adding/editing entries
5.0.7
2019-08-30
*New:
- "Sync with CLZ Cloud" menu item now shows if there are sync changes pending
- iPhone only: New button bar at the bottom with big "Edit" and Remove" buttons
5.0.6
2019-07-24
* Fixed:
- 'Add manually' button was missing in the add screen
- 'Move to other collection'-option was missing its icon
- When adding a book by ISBN that was "already in collection", the ISBN wasn't cleared from the ISBN queue
5.0.5
2019-07-16
* Improved:
- When trying to send a support e-mail, instead of showing an error message, redirect to a web based contact form if there is no e-mail address set in the standard e-mail app.
* Fixed:
- Re-added the ability to save a cover to the photo's app in the edit screen. (Long-press the cover)
- Small text fixes.
5.0.4
2019-07-02
* Improved "start trial" interface for users who are logging in with an existing CLZ Account.
5.0.3
2019-06-20
CLZ Books 5.0: Vee Five is alive!
* CLZ Books is now a subscription app, costing $1.49/month or $14.99/year.
Users who have purchase the app earlier will automatically receive a life-time "Basic"-level subscription to access their existing CLZ Core and CLZ Cloud services.
* Now supports and syncs multiple collections !
Manage multiple "sub-collections" within your database. Use the menu to add a new collection, switch between collections or manage them.
Sync multiple collection through the CLZ Cloud, e.g. to/from the Book Connect cloud-based software or the Book Collector desktop software.
* Automatic cloud-syncing of your own “custom” images
No more need to "force" the upload of your own images through the Edit screen. Once you replace an image, the image is automatically flagged as "Custom Image" and will automatically sync to the CLZ Cloud.
* Re-designed top-bar:
- The menu icon now includes the "CLZ Books" mark (bigger tap area)
- The "Collection Status" filter button has been moved to the right
* Re-designed main menu:
- Now clearly shows your Account and Subscription Status at the top. Tap to manage.
- New "Maintenance" screen that now contains:
-- the "Clear Database" option
-- the "old Import from Book Collector" option
-- the new "Update from CLZ Cloud" option (only use when instructed by support staff)
* Changed:
- Now requires an active subscription before signing up for a CLZ Account.
5.0.2
2019-06-13
CLZ Books 5.0: Vee Five is alive!
* CLZ Books is now a subscription app, costing $1.49/month or $14.99/year.
Users who have purchase the app earlier will automatically receive a life-time "Basic"-level subscription to access their existing CLZ Core and CLZ Cloud services.
* Now supports and syncs multiple collections !
Manage multiple "sub-collections" within your database. Use the menu to add a new collection, switch between collections or manage them.
Sync multiple collection through the CLZ Cloud, e.g. to/from the Book Connect cloud-based software or the Book Collector desktop software.
* Automatic cloud-syncing of your own “custom” images
No more need to "force" the upload of your own images through the Edit screen. Once you replace an image, the image is automatically flagged as "Custom Image" and will automatically sync to the CLZ Cloud.
* Re-designed top-bar:
- The menu icon now includes the "CLZ Books" mark (bigger tap area)
- The "Collection Status" filter button has been moved to the right
* Re-designed main menu:
- Now clearly shows your Account and Subscription Status at the top. Tap to manage.
- New "Maintenance" screen that now contains:
-- the "Clear Database" option
-- the "old Import from Book Collector" option
-- the new "Update from CLZ Cloud" option (only use when instructed by support staff)
* Fixed:
- Crash when the collection status was edited.
5.0.1
2019-06-13
CLZ Books 5.0: Vee Five is alive!
* CLZ Books is now a subscription app, costing $1.49/month or $14.99/year.
Users who have purchase the app earlier will automatically receive a life-time "Basic"-level subscription to access their existing CLZ Core and CLZ Cloud services.
* Now supports and syncs multiple collections !
Manage multiple "sub-collections" within your database. Use the menu to add a new collection, switch between collections or manage them.
Sync multiple collection through the CLZ Cloud, e.g. to/from the Book Connect cloud-based software or the Book Collector desktop software.
* Automatic cloud-syncing of your own “custom” images
No more need to "force" the upload of your own images through the Edit screen. Once you replace an image, the image is automatically flagged as "Custom Image" and will automatically sync to the CLZ Cloud.
* Re-designed top-bar:
- The menu icon now includes the "CLZ Books" mark (bigger tap area)
- The "Collection Status" filter button has been moved to the right
* Re-designed main menu:
- Now clearly shows your Account and Subscription Status at the top. Tap to manage.
- New "Maintenance" screen that now contains:
-- the "Clear Database" option
-- the "old Import from Book Collector" option
-- the new "Update from CLZ Cloud" option (only use when instructed by support staff)
4.14.2
2018-12-18
* New:
- The resizable panels in the add screen now have the same design as the ones in the main screen.
* Fixed:
- iPad: Wrong initial panel layout in the main screen when the app is started in landscape mode.
4.14.1
2018-12-07
* New: resizable panels (for tablets only):
- All panels in the main screen (folders, list and details) are now resizable using draggable separators between the panels, so that you can customize the layout to your own liking.
* Fixed:
- Huge fonts in the collection status picker when the 'Larger Text' accessibility option was turned on.
- When moving an album from 'wish list' to 'collection' in the 'Add by ISBN' screen, the search result was not removed form the queue automatically.
- Activity indicator was not updated during the 'Update from Core' process.
- Barcode of added album was sometimes not set when adding by barcode.
4.13.1
2018-11-09
* New: Redesigned app icons
We designed new icons that give new users a better indication of what the app actually does (as opposed to just a different color CLZ logo), but still obviously belong together, when shown together.
* Fixed:
- List did not scroll to top when the status bar was tapped.
4.11.1
2018-08-26
* New: Starting with version 4.11 CLZ Books now uses secure HTTPS connections for all communications with our servers:
- for logging in with your username and password
- for syncing your data with CLZ Cloud
- for sending your searches to Core.
To make this possible, we have created new secure "entry points" on our servers, that are only allowing secure HTTPS connections. The new CLZ Books app only communicates with those secure entry points.
For your privacy and security, we strongly recommend updating your app to v4.11.
* Changed:
- The buttons to switch folders, sorting and view options have been moved to more logical places to make them more accessible.
- The skins and templates options have been moved to the settings screen.
- The selection mode button has been removed, just tap and hold on an item to start selecting items.
* Fixed:
- Last update made some settings disappear in the settings screen. They are back now.
- Added bottom margin to the add auto screen on iPhone X to make the add button more reachable.
- The sync screen wasn't logging local deletes.
4.10.2
2018-05-09
* New for the Add Books screen:
- Add button is now bigger and easier to spot (some new users missed the little round "+").
- Add button now "remembers" your collection vs. wish list selection. No need to pick from the Collection/Wish List popup menu every time you add anymore.
* Fixed:
- Crash when sorting on Index field when a book didn't have an index value.
- Already added barcode results could reappear in the 'add by barcode' queue.
- Adding a book would clear the collection status filter in the main screen.
- The sorting option screen would sometimes not fully show the chosen sort option when opened.
- iPad: Main screen: the details view did not refresh after changing the details template.
- iPad: Main screen: the 'edit my rating' pop up was rotated when in landscape mode.
4.10.1
2018-04-03
*** NEW: Many new sort options and a redesigned Select Sort Order screen ***
We've added new fields to sort on to change the order in which your books are displayed in your list. Your book list will adapt to sort and show the field you're sorting on. On top of that we've redesigned the Select Sort Order screen to make it more clear what you're choosing.
Open the Select Sort Order screen by tapping the menu top right, then tap "Sort order".
All available sort fields:
- Author
- Title
- Publication Date
- Number of Pages (New!)
- Order of Entry (New!)
- Index
- Reading Date (New!)
- My Rating (New!)
- Purchase Date (New!)
- Purchase Price (New!)
- Current Value (New!)
- Quantity (New!)
- Dewey (New!)
- LoC Classification (New!)
- Series / Volume (New!)
- Series / Issue (New!)
4.9.3
2018-03-01
* New: Single Search Box
- Just one box for search (e.g. like Google or Amazon). No more separate Author and Title boxes. Just enter (part of) the author's name and (part of) the title and you will get the best matching results.
- Search by Publisher and Year: Getting a lot of results? Filter down to the book edition you're looking for by adding the publisher and/or publication year to your search!
4.9.2
2018-02-27
* Fixed:
- Crash during a search in the device's database.
4.9.1
2018-02-22
* New: Quick Search: Search-As-You-Type suggestions
- In the search box, just start typing the first few letters of the title/author 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, tap it to bring up its detail page.
* New: Quick Search: Now searches more fields. Now also searches in:
- Sub Title
- LoC control number
- Series
- Plot
- Notes
- Tags
* Fixed:
- Crash within a few seconds of opening the app.
- Crash when pressing 'Change account info' in the sync screen.
- Faster loading of detail screen.
4.8.2
2018-01-30
* Fixed:
- Crashes while syncing
4.8.1
2018-01-10
* New: Automatic CLZ Cloud syncing
- Add or edit books and your changes will auto-upload to the CLZ Cloud instantly. Made changes on the desktop or Connect side? Just start the app and changes will download automatically. Auto-Syncing is switched OFF by default. Switch it ON in the Sync screen. Don't have a CLZ Cloud account yet? Just sign up from the app, it's free! As always: having problems with this update? Let us know through help.clz.com.
* New: 'None' entries
- Added 'None' entries to list of folders: The [None] folder groups the books you have not set the field for on which you’re currently folder grouping.
* Fixed:
- Add Screen: by ISBN: Very long book titles could overflow into the author name.
- Search cleared when the X button was pushed in the search bar of the main screen.
4.5.14
2017-11-11
v4.5.14 Submitted November 10th 2017
* New:
- Redesigned list cells in the add automatically screen:
- - Slightly smaller font for the book title, so that longer titles fit better.
- Color high-lighting: Books already 'on wish list' now have an orange title, books already "in collection" show up with a blue title.
- Improved scroll behaviour.
* Fixed:
- Full screen cover scroller on iPhone/iPod devices was not properly updating its title bar.
4.5.13
2017-10-21
* New:
- Optimized layout of main screen on 10.5 and 12.9 inch iPads
- Optimized the performance of the main screen thumbnail view
- Fresh placeholder cover images
* Fixed:
- Black bars showing on 10.5 and 12.9 inch iPads
- Add screen: ISBN button wasn’t working correctly
- Disappearing floating add button when switching from list to thumbnail view
4.5.12
2017-10-17
* Fixed:
- Crash in add screen on devices running iOS10 or lower
4.5.11
2017-10-15
* New:
Redesigned Selection Mode
- Tap and hold on a book to select it, select as many books as you like (or select all, using the “Select All” top right).
- Then use the blue action button to perform an action on the selected books (Remove / Update from CLZ Core).
* Fixed:
- Crash when saving a cover image to the camera roll
- Odd scrolling behavior when scanning book ISBNs in the barcode scanning screen
- Stuck keyboard after searching in main list
- Autocorrect was enabled for the main list search bar
- Small iOS11-related UI glitches
4.5.10
2017-09-27
* Fixed:
- Missing app icons for 12.9 inch iPads
4.5.9
2017-09-23
* Fixed:
- Show more buttons not working in the iPhone versions of the sybmols/bookshelf book detail templates
- The on-screen keyboard was covering the lower input fields in the edit/add manually screens
4.5.8
2017-08-30
* This update converts your database *
In order for this update to work, your database has to be converted once. This happens automatically after starting the app for the first time after updating and can take a couple of minutes depending on the size of your database (amount of books) and the speed of your iPhone or iPad. This could take a couple of minutes on slower devices or with very large databases (5000 or more books).
* New:
- CLZ Cloud syncing: Added loan fields to the sync.
- Edit Book: Autocorrect now works on the plot and notes fields.
- New folder option: You can now group your books by reading year. To do this, tap the menu button top right, then “Folders”, then tap “Reading Year”.
* Fixed:
- Title sort order option not working correctly.
* Coming up:
- A loan manager to loan and return books.
4.5.7
2017-08-28
* This update converts your database *
In order for this update to work, your database has to be converted once. This happens automatically after starting the app for the first time after updating and can take a couple of minutes depending on the size of your database (amount of books) and the speed of your iPhone or iPad. This could take a couple of minutes on slower devices or with very large databases (5000 or more books).
* New:
- CLZ Cloud syncing: Added loan fields to the sync.
- Edit Book: Autocorrect now works on the plot and notes fields.
- New folder option: You can now group your books by reading year. To do this, tap the menu button top right, then “Folders”, then tap “Reading Year”.
* Coming up:
- A loan manager to loan and return books.
4.5.6
2017-07-21
* New:
- Added a new “All Books” folder with a back button to go back to your folders
* Fixed:
- Barcode queue was lost when a crash occurred in the add auto screen
- The move to wish list functionality in the add auto screen was not working at all
4.5.5
2017-06-14
* Fixed:
- iPhone: the main add button turning into an edit button after editing a book
- iPhone: navigation is reset to the listview instead of the detail view after editing a book.
4.5.4
2017-06-11
* New:
- Add Books from CLZ Core: New skinned preview templates.
- After adding/editing a book, the app will now always find and show your last added book in your main screen.
- If you log in to your CLZ Account on a new or empty device, the app will now ask you if you wish to download your books from CLZ Cloud.
- Added skinning to Sign up/Log in/In App Purchase screens.
* Fixed:
- After each CLZ Cloud sync the “Quick Search” and “Collection Status Filter” was cleared.
- When a custom cover was downloaded via CLZ Cloud syncing, the thumbnail in the list wasn’t immediately updated.
- When a book was removed, the list would scroll back to the top.
- Various skinning, layout and color fixes
4.5.3
2017-05-21
New:
- The app now remembers view settings / navigation after closing/re-opening.
Changed:
- Old Import from Book Collector has been moved to Settings screen
Fixed:
- Crash when using "search-as-you-type"
4.5.2
2017-04-26
New in 4.5.2:
* New Details View templates which are easier on the eye:
- Clear Light
- Clear Dark
* Changed layout in some templates (repositioned "Subtitle" to make more room for "Title").
Fixed:
* The last book in a list could not be selected.
* Covers were not updated in the main list after editing a book.
* “Change Template” button moved to right sidebar in the main screen.
* Better thumbnail layout in Landscape Mode.
* After closing the add books automatically screen, it now selects the latest added book.
* After syncing “collection status” no longer reverts to “all”.
* Improved “tap” area of hamburger menu button so you can back out of a folder more easily.
New in 4.5.1
Welcome to a completely refreshed CLZ Books!
* A completely new look, that is cleaner and brighter.
* The choice between two skins/themes: Light & Dark.
* No bottom toolbar means more screen space for your book collection.
* Big floating blue '+' button on bottom right for adding new books.
* Access all other features and tools from 'hamburger' menu top left.
* Access all view settings from menu on top right.
* Quickly switch between All / In Collection / Wish List at the top.
4.5.1
2017-04-13
Welcome to a completely refreshed CLZ Books!
* A completely new look, that is cleaner and brighter.
* The choice between two skins/themes: Light & Dark.
* No bottom toolbar means more screen space for your book collection.
* Big floating blue '+' button on bottom right for adding new books.
* Access all other features and tools from 'hamburger' menu top left.
* Access all view settings from menu on top right.
* Quickly switch between All / In Collection / Wish List at the top.